Unlocking a device remotely - Amazon Snowcone User Guide
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Unlocking a device remotely

To connect and unlock your device remotely

  1. Open the flap on your device, locate the power cord, and connect it to a power source.

  2. Connect the device to your network using an Ethernet cable (typically an RJ45 cable), then open the front panel and power on the device.

    Note

    To be unlocked remotely, your device must be able to connect to device-order-region.amazonaws.com.

  3. Open the Amazon OpsHub application. If you are a first-time user, you are prompted to choose a language. Then choose Next.

  4. On the Get started with OpsHub page, choose Sign into remote devices, and then choose Sign in.

    Get started with Amazon OpsHub page with Sign into remote devices chosen.

  5. On the Sign in to remote devices page, enter the Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials (access key and secret key) for the Amazon Web Services account that is linked to your device, and then choose Sign in.

    Sign in to remote devices page

  6. At the top of the Remote devices tab, choose the region of the Snow device to unlock remotely.

    Remote devices tab with region menu highlighted.

  7. On the Remote devices tab, choose your device to see its details, such as its state and network interfaces. Then choose Unlock to unlock the device.

    Device information details

    From the remote device's details page, you can also reboot your devices and manage them just as you do with the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI). To view remote devices in different Amazon Web Services Regions, choose the current Region on the navigation bar, and then choose the Region that you want to view. For more information, see Managing Amazon services on your device.