# General Discussions

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## [Mixing managed and standalone deployments](https://hub.mender.io/t/mixing-managed-and-standalone-deployments/3297)

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**Author:** [@jars121](https://hub.mender.io/u/jars121)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mixing-managed-and-standalone-deployments/3297 "2021-03-04T01:45:50Z")

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Hi, I have a fleet of devices, some of which are internet-enabled, some of which aren’t. From a commercial perspective, if I only set the internet-enabled devices up as ‘managed’, with the non-enabled devices setup as ‘…

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## [Hardware security for Device authentication](https://hub.mender.io/t/hardware-security-for-device-authentication/3292)

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**Author:** [@chaithanya](https://hub.mender.io/u/chaithanya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hardware-security-for-device-authentication/3292 "2021-03-03T18:17:46Z")

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Hi mender team, I would like to test hardware security for device authentication feature in i.MX8QM board. Can I use CAAM as HSM? How to proceed and what are the steps to be followed? Thanks & Regards, Chaithanya

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## [U-boot conflict. Jetson xavier - mender integration](https://hub.mender.io/t/u-boot-conflict-jetson-xavier-mender-integration/3282)

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**Author:** [@anishmonachan](https://hub.mender.io/u/anishmonachan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/u-boot-conflict-jetson-xavier-mender-integration/3282 "2021-03-01T14:41:36Z")

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Hello here, I’m trying to build a yocto image using warrior branch for jetson xavier machine. I had a build error that the machine isn’t in the list of uboot compatible list. Looking at xavier documentation I understoo…

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## [NoSuchKey when uploading an artifact](https://hub.mender.io/t/nosuchkey-when-uploading-an-artifact/3267)

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**Author:** [@dbasner](https://hub.mender.io/u/dbasner)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/nosuchkey-when-uploading-an-artifact/3267 "2021-03-01T13:33:04Z")

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Hello, I have a problem uploading artifacts like system images, which are ~150MB. While smaller artifacts can easily be uploaded, big artifacts get stuck. I am using selfhosted mender on a google VM using google cloud …

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## [Docker-compose: wrong minimal version in production install tutorial](https://hub.mender.io/t/docker-compose-wrong-minimal-version-in-production-install-tutorial/3271)

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**Author:** [@joelguittet](https://hub.mender.io/u/joelguittet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/docker-compose-wrong-minimal-version-in-production-install-tutorial/3271 "2021-02-26T09:12:09Z")

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Hello, Don’t know where to post this information, so creating this topic. I notice the docker-compose minimal version indicated in Production installation | Mender documentation is wrong. The tutorial indicate minimal…

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## [Integrating mender with yocto(core-image-sato)](https://hub.mender.io/t/integrating-mender-with-yocto-core-image-sato/3247)

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**Author:** [@urk2511](https://hub.mender.io/u/urk2511)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/integrating-mender-with-yocto-core-image-sato/3247 "2021-02-25T19:19:29Z")

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hello friends, I have a small issue while running the bitbake command.i have followed the mender documentation for integrating. Build fails while adding the below feature #INHERIT += " mender-full" can anyone pls help…

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## [Question on multi device Mender artifacts](https://hub.mender.io/t/question-on-multi-device-mender-artifacts/3273)

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**Author:** [@nxChPrat](https://hub.mender.io/u/nxChPrat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/question-on-multi-device-mender-artifacts/3273 "2021-02-25T16:54:00Z")

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Hi, I’m using Mender with Yocto and have several machines and images. On the Mender server this results in one artifact for each machine/image combination, which can grow pretty fast. I wanted to reduce the amount of a…

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## [Mender Connect Warnings in Yocto](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-connect-warnings-in-yocto/3265)

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**Author:** [@DSiegmund](https://hub.mender.io/u/DSiegmund)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-connect-warnings-in-yocto/3265 "2021-02-24T14:27:16Z")

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In Yocto ‘zeus’ , building mender-connect, I get two warnings setting the USER and SHELL variables in local.conf. "MENDER\_CONNECT\_USER" is not a recognized MENDER\_ variable. Typo? "MENDER\_CONNECT\_SHELL" is not a…

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## [Rollback from time mismatch (no hardware clock) before time sync](https://hub.mender.io/t/rollback-from-time-mismatch-no-hardware-clock-before-time-sync/2162)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Love](https://hub.mender.io/u/Thomas_Love)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/rollback-from-time-mismatch-no-hardware-clock-before-time-sync/2162 "2021-02-24T00:03:27Z")

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Hi, Our devices lack a hardware clock, so a network-based time sync is required on each boot to bring the system time forward from the Unix Epoch. In some rare cases when rebooting to newly-installed firmware during a d…

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## [Remote Terminal - mender-connect.conf - where to put .bashrc or configure the prompt](https://hub.mender.io/t/remote-terminal-mender-connect-conf-where-to-put-bashrc-or-configure-the-prompt/3264)

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**Author:** [@DSiegmund](https://hub.mender.io/u/DSiegmund)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/remote-terminal-mender-connect-conf-where-to-put-bashrc-or-configure-the-prompt/3264 "2021-02-23T16:16:04Z")

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I just managed to change my raspberrypi3 Yocto-Image from ‘thud’ to ‘zeus’ and included the 2.5.0 mender-client and mender-connect. ‘dunfell’ does not build at all with nodejs-12 in the image. So far, the Remote Termina…

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## [Unable to create deployment for static groups](https://hub.mender.io/t/unable-to-create-deployment-for-static-groups/2620)

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**Author:** [@spratesi](https://hub.mender.io/u/spratesi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/unable-to-create-deployment-for-static-groups/2620 "2021-02-22T16:55:12Z")

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I introduced this problem here: https://hub.mender.io/t/showing-0-of-1-device-pending-authorization-device-missing-in-authorization-interface/2529 not knowing if the two issues where related. Since it seems not to be the…

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## [Is port 80 used anywhere by Mender?](https://hub.mender.io/t/is-port-80-used-anywhere-by-mender/3258)

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**Author:** [@jmeirow](https://hub.mender.io/u/jmeirow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/is-port-80-used-anywhere-by-mender/3258 "2021-02-22T16:46:53Z")

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If port 80 is not used anywhere by the Mender server, I would like to close port 80 on our reverse proxy. Are 443 and 9000 the only ports required by the Mender server to support devices?

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## [Migration from v2.4 to v2.6](https://hub.mender.io/t/migration-from-v2-4-to-v2-6/3213)

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**Author:** [@dbasner](https://hub.mender.io/u/dbasner)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/migration-from-v2-4-to-v2-6/3213 "2021-02-22T13:03:11Z")

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Hello, we recently updated our mender server from 2.4 to 2.6. Now we are facing two problems: We are missing more than half of our devices on the v2.6 UI. We cant use our field serial\_number to sort the devices anymor…

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## [Does a device log failed attempts to add itself to Pending Devices?](https://hub.mender.io/t/does-a-device-log-failed-attempts-to-add-itself-to-pending-devices/3233)

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**Author:** [@jmeirow](https://hub.mender.io/u/jmeirow)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/does-a-device-log-failed-attempts-to-add-itself-to-pending-devices/3233 "2021-02-19T13:22:00Z")

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I just did a clean install of 2.6.0 and my devices aren’t registering with the server as a new pending device. I can see a log on the client device that reads "authorization request failed: Unknown url. Error type: cert…

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## [Maintaining Linux unique password](https://hub.mender.io/t/maintaining-linux-unique-password/3244)

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**Author:** [@kbuck3](https://hub.mender.io/u/kbuck3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/maintaining-linux-unique-password/3244 "2021-02-18T17:57:07Z")

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All of our devices have unique usernames and passwords for when we create an SSH session into the device. How do we maintain each device’s username and password when deploying a new release of our rootfs-image?

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## [Automating preauthorization using the API](https://hub.mender.io/t/automating-preauthorization-using-the-api/3152)

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**Author:** [@bradw](https://hub.mender.io/u/bradw)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/automating-preauthorization-using-the-api/3152 "2021-02-18T16:29:04Z")

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I’ve set up a cloud function in Firebase Functions that my device triggers by publishing to a pubsub topic. The cloud function makes the fetch request to the preAuth endpoint; https://hosted.mender.io/api/management/v2/…

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## [AWS S3 storage via proxy or interface endpoint](https://hub.mender.io/t/aws-s3-storage-via-proxy-or-interface-endpoint/3231)

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**Author:** [@jonah\_robinson](https://hub.mender.io/u/jonah_robinson)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/aws-s3-storage-via-proxy-or-interface-endpoint/3231 "2021-02-18T11:43:25Z")

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Hi All, We are looking to utilise Mender to update our clients in the field. We have successfully implemented a self-hosted Mender-server and have integrated Mender-client onto our board. All our server-side infrastruc…

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## [Download Enter script is not working](https://hub.mender.io/t/download-enter-script-is-not-working/3218)

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**Author:** [@SamanRatna](https://hub.mender.io/u/SamanRatna)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/download-enter-script-is-not-working/3218 "2021-02-18T10:42:20Z")

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Hi there, I have been unable to run Download\_Enter\_01\_test.py script. It is located in /etc/mender/scripts directory, it has 755 permission configuration. The mender server shows pending all the time. Here is the log f…

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## [Recommend a good/cheap i.mx6 eval board for use with Mender/Yocto and maybe Windows IoT?](https://hub.mender.io/t/recommend-a-good-cheap-i-mx6-eval-board-for-use-with-mender-yocto-and-maybe-windows-iot/3234)

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**Author:** [@craigcomstock](https://hub.mender.io/u/craigcomstock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/recommend-a-good-cheap-i-mx6-eval-board-for-use-with-mender-yocto-and-maybe-windows-iot/3234 "2021-02-17T21:32:35Z")

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I was looking at Windows IoT and noticed the i.mx6 line of procs is supported: Suggested Prototype Boards - Windows IoT | Microsoft Learn I remember this board because of Novena | Crowd Supply and thought, why not give …

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## [Is it possible to remove ca-certificate dependency from stand-alone mender 2.0?](https://hub.mender.io/t/is-it-possible-to-remove-ca-certificate-dependency-from-stand-alone-mender-2-0/3225)

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**Author:** [@ajithpv](https://hub.mender.io/u/ajithpv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/is-it-possible-to-remove-ca-certificate-dependency-from-stand-alone-mender-2-0/3225 "2021-02-17T18:54:02Z")

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Hi, I’m using Mender 2.0 in stand-alone mode and as part of the security requirements, I need to remove the ca-certificate from the Yocto (we are using sumo version). When I removed the ca-certificate, the below error …

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## [Using the --software-version with directory update module](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-the-software-version-with-directory-update-module/3227)

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**Author:** [@martind](https://hub.mender.io/u/martind)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-the-software-version-with-directory-update-module/3227 "2021-02-17T06:58:12Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to use the --software-version flag with the directory update module as I read in the documentation. I assume it can be passed as an argument to mender-artifact like I have done with my update scripts. He…

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## [Using Device API for checking new update](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-device-api-for-checking-new-update/3219)

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**Author:** [@SamanRatna](https://hub.mender.io/u/SamanRatna)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-device-api-for-checking-new-update/3219 "2021-02-15T17:34:52Z")

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Hi there, I worked on the Check for update API for devices. It gives amazon AWS link for the latest pending update. How can the device explicitly download and install the update? I am guessing that the link should facil…

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## [Updating the boot partition on Raspberry using Debian (non Yocto)](https://hub.mender.io/t/updating-the-boot-partition-on-raspberry-using-debian-non-yocto/3207)

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**Author:** [@dwjbosman](https://hub.mender.io/u/dwjbosman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/updating-the-boot-partition-on-raspberry-using-debian-non-yocto/3207 "2021-02-12T23:45:57Z")

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I am using mender 2.5 and Debian on Raspberry 3B I need to update the boot partition. I am following these steps: Configure the golden device Use mender-convert to create an artifact and .img Mount the boot partition …

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## [Source compilation generates segmentation fault error!](https://hub.mender.io/t/source-compilation-generates-segmentation-fault-error/3206)

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**Author:** [@abhishek](https://hub.mender.io/u/abhishek)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/source-compilation-generates-segmentation-fault-error/3206 "2021-02-12T12:54:12Z")

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Hi all While compiling from source for Debian OS, it throws “segmentation fault” error! Target architecture is NOT arm. go build github.com/mendersoftware/openssl: /usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/linux\_riscv64/cgo: signal: segmen…

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## [ArtifactInstall\_Leave state script not executed](https://hub.mender.io/t/artifactinstall-leave-state-script-not-executed/3203)

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**Author:** [@dwjbosman](https://hub.mender.io/u/dwjbosman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/artifactinstall-leave-state-script-not-executed/3203 "2021-02-11T22:46:09Z")

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Mender 2.5 I have provided a custom state script for the ArtifactInstall\_Leave event. However I am not sure if it executes. The mender deployment log shows 1:00"} {“level”:“info”,“message”:“State transition: update-a…

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## [Using --provides rootfs-image.myapp.version with mender-convert](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-provides-rootfs-image-myapp-version-with-mender-convert/3153)

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**Author:** [@martind](https://hub.mender.io/u/martind)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-provides-rootfs-image-myapp-version-with-mender-convert/3153 "2021-02-11T18:31:47Z")

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I am creating a mender converted image that includes a version of my application. I would like to include the version of the app in the image so it is reported on inventory check in. I know that the --provides rootfs-im…

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## [What comprises a board integration?](https://hub.mender.io/t/what-comprises-a-board-integration/3199)

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**Author:** [@ASwingler](https://hub.mender.io/u/ASwingler)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/what-comprises-a-board-integration/3199 "2021-02-11T17:08:37Z")

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Apologies if this is documented somewhere - I’ve searched the docs and this forum and haven’t been able to find a definitive answer. I’d like to know what comprises a board integration. I have a Raspberry Pi image that …

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## [How to setup Local server and client on target?](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-setup-local-server-and-client-on-target/3197)

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**Author:** [@abhishek](https://hub.mender.io/u/abhishek)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-setup-local-server-and-client-on-target/3197 "2021-02-11T16:15:03Z")

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Hi I am looking to setup local server on my laptop and client on my target board. How to do it? It asks for pubic IP but I want to setup using local IP so that my target can communicate on local network. How can to do t…

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## [How to force rootfs-image instead of delta update](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-force-rootfs-image-instead-of-delta-update/3204)

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**Author:** [@bender](https://hub.mender.io/u/bender)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-force-rootfs-image-instead-of-delta-update/3204 "2021-02-11T15:38:21Z")

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Hi… I have uploaded releases 1 and 2 both as rootfs-image and as delta. I have manually edited the filesystem of a machine with version 1 and now I want to update it to 2. Deployment automatically chooses the delta re…

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## [Multiple pending updates piling up](https://hub.mender.io/t/multiple-pending-updates-piling-up/3191)

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**Author:** [@SamanRatna](https://hub.mender.io/u/SamanRatna)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/multiple-pending-updates-piling-up/3191 "2021-02-09T15:27:56Z")

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Hi there, Suppose there are 5 device users. I deploy update\_1 and 2 out of 5 install it successfully and the rest of them choose to update later. But, before rest of the 3 device users install the update\_1, I deploy upd…

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