Installing the SiteWise Edge gateway software on your local device - Amazon IoT SiteWise
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Installing the SiteWise Edge gateway software on your local device

Once you've created an SiteWise Edge gateway, you need to install the SiteWise Edge gateway software on your local device. SiteWise Edge gateway software can be installed on local devices that have Linux or Windows server operating systems installed.

Important

Make sure that your local device connects to the internet.

Linux

The following procedure uses SSH to connect to your local device. Alternatively, you can use a USB flash drive or other tools to transfer the installer file to your local device. If you don't want to use SSH, skip to Step 2: Install the SiteWise Edge gateway software below.

SSH prerequisites

Before you connect to your device using SSH, complete the following prerequisites.

  • Get the IP address of your device.

  • Get the username to connect to your device.

  • Install an SSH client on your local computer as needed.

    Your local computer might have an SSH client installed by default. You can verify this by typing ssh in the command line. If your computer doesn't recognize the command, you can install an SSH client.

Step 1: Copy the installer to your SiteWise Edge gateway device

The following instructions explain how to connect to your local device using an SSH client.

  1. To connect to your device, run the following command in a terminal window on your computer, replacing username and IP with a username that has elevated priveleges and IP address.

    ssh username@IP

  2. To transfer the installer file that Amazon IoT SiteWise generated to your SiteWise Edge gateway device, run the following command.

    Note

    • Replace path-to-saved-installer with the path on your computer that you used to save the installer file and the name of the installer file.

    • Replace IP-address with the IP address of your local device.

    • Replace directory-to-receive-installer with the path on your local device that you use to receive the installer file.

    scp path-to-saved-installer.sh user-name@IP-address:directory-to-receive-installer
Step 2: Install the SiteWise Edge gateway software

In the following procedures, run the commands in a terminal window on your SiteWise Edge gateway device.

  1. Give the installer file the execute permission.

    chmod +x path-to-installer.sh

  2. Run the installer.

    sudo ./path-to-installer.sh
Windows server

Prerequisites

You must have the following prerequisites to install the SiteWise Edge gateway software:

  • Windows Server 2019 or later installed

  • Administrator privileges

  • PowerShell version 5.1 or later installed

  • SiteWise Edge gateway installer downloaded to the Windows Server where it will be provisioned

Step 1: Run PowerShell as administrator

  1. On the Windows server where you want to install SiteWise Edge gateway, log in as administrator.

  2. Enter PowerShell in the Windows search bar.

  3. In the search results, open the context (right-click) menu on the Windows PowerShell app. Choose Run as Administrator.

Step 2: Install the SiteWise Edge gateway software

Run the following commands in a terminal window on your SiteWise Edge Gateway device.

  1. Unblock the SiteWise Edge gateway installer.

    unblock-file path-to-installer.ps1

  2. Run the Installer.

    ./path-to-installer.ps1
    Note

    If the script execution is disabled on the system, change the script execution policy to RemoteSigned.

    Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned