# General Discussions **URL:** https://hub.mender.io/c/general-discussions/12.md?page=66 [Latest](https://hub.mender.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://hub.mender.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://hub.mender.io/tags.md) **Page:** 67 --- ## [How to put a device into a deployment group as soon it connects to mender server for the first time?](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-put-a-device-into-a-deployment-group-as-soon-it-connects-to-mender-server-for-the-first-time/1954)
**Author:** [@Ks89](https://hub.mender.io/u/Ks89)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-put-a-device-into-a-deployment-group-as-soon-it-connects-to-mender-server-for-the-first-time/1954 "2020-05-22T20:30:32Z")
I’m using a self-hosted mender open source server 2.2. Consider this scenario: I have a running deployment with some devices I connect a new device (still unknown to mender, but pre-authorized with public/private keys… --- ## [Mender and efi-secure-boot](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-and-efi-secure-boot/1943)
**Author:** [@malveo](https://hub.mender.io/u/malveo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-and-efi-secure-boot/1943 "2020-05-22T16:41:39Z")
Hello, someone has experience combining meta-mender with meta-efi-secure-boot (https://github.com/jiazhang0/)? Bests, Mauro --- ## [Mender not working in iMX6 UL](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-not-working-in-imx6-ul/1940)
**Author:** [@danie](https://hub.mender.io/u/danie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-not-working-in-imx6-ul/1940 "2020-05-21T08:19:59Z")
Hey, I’m building Yocto project from https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-manifest/tree/imx-4.19.35-1.1.0.xml?h=imx-linux-warrior with mender for iMX 6UL EVK. Here u-boot consists of two parts (SPL & u-boot.im… --- ## [Handling random reboots](https://hub.mender.io/t/handling-random-reboots/1935)
**Author:** [@dhoomakethu](https://hub.mender.io/u/dhoomakethu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/handling-random-reboots/1935 "2020-05-19T08:00:38Z")
Description Hi we are using mender update-module to update some of the binaries on our systems. Basically mender downloads the artifact and updates our agent running over DBus of the availability of the update and the up… --- ## [Failed to read Artifact: type\_info provides values not yet supported](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-to-read-artifact-type-info-provides-values-not-yet-supported/1616)
**Author:** [@ikkysleepy](https://hub.mender.io/u/ikkysleepy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-to-read-artifact-type-info-provides-values-not-yet-supported/1616 "2020-05-18T06:36:35Z")
I am trying to update the os like I would normally and I get this error: time="2020-03-09T05:04:03Z" level=info msg="Loaded configuration file: /var/lib/mender/mender.conf" module=config time="2020-03-09T05:04:03Z" lev… --- ## [Non connected updates?](https://hub.mender.io/t/non-connected-updates/1923)
**Author:** [@nimbusgb](https://hub.mender.io/u/nimbusgb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/non-connected-updates/1923 "2020-05-16T08:57:59Z")
I am investigating the use of Mender as an update mechanism for a handheld device, in fact a couple of devices but one step at a time. The devices are not permanently connected to any network. In fact they are more, rar… --- ## [Mender-convert master branch seems to be broken](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-master-branch-seems-to-be-broken/1912)
**Author:** [@dellgreen](https://hub.mender.io/u/dellgreen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-master-branch-seems-to-be-broken/1912 "2020-05-15T13:56:28Z")
There was a commit recently that seems to have introduced a regression and other problems preventing the ability to run the mender-convert and docker-mender-convert scripts. I have documented it below https://tracker.m… --- ## [Mender-convert: modules/disk.sh: line 61: $4: unbound variable, when using a /data partition on the golden image](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-modules-disk-sh-line-61-4-unbound-variable-when-using-a-data-partition-on-the-golden-image/1921)
**Author:** [@menderUser5000](https://hub.mender.io/u/menderUser5000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-modules-disk-sh-line-61-4-unbound-variable-when-using-a-data-partition-on-the-golden-image/1921 "2020-05-14T21:20:55Z")
Hello, if I run mender convert on my image I get the error from the title. I used the raspbian minimal image and added a /data partition to it to be able to test my application with the /data path that will be used on t… --- ## [How to set variables for initial installation?](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-set-variables-for-initial-installation/1916)
**Author:** [@bri](https://hub.mender.io/u/bri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-set-variables-for-initial-installation/1916 "2020-05-14T13:20:47Z")
Hi, I have come to this step in the production installation: API\_GATEWAY\_DOMAIN\_NAME="mender.example.com" # NB! replace with your server's public domain name STORAGE\_PROXY\_DOMAIN\_NAME="$API\_GATEWAY\_DOMAIN\_NAME" # chang… --- ## [Partition grow error on imx6UL EVK](https://hub.mender.io/t/partition-grow-error-on-imx6ul-evk/1902)
**Author:** [@danie](https://hub.mender.io/u/danie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/partition-grow-error-on-imx6ul-evk/1902 "2020-05-13T19:02:27Z")
Hi, I’m currently working on integrating mender into iMX 6UL EVK and I would like to know that the partition in iMX 8MQuad is compatible with iMX 6UL? I’ve configured the local.conf as below, MENDER\_ARTIFACT\_NAME = "r… --- ## [Why use mender and not just the screen app?](https://hub.mender.io/t/why-use-mender-and-not-just-the-screen-app/1905)
**Author:** [@matteoraggi](https://hub.mender.io/u/matteoraggi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/why-use-mender-and-not-just-the-screen-app/1905 "2020-05-13T18:57:15Z")
Hello, Debian suggest to use the screen program to upgrade the os, why should I use mender instead of screen? https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrade-preparations --- ## [Change default 443 port on clients](https://hub.mender.io/t/change-default-443-port-on-clients/1907)
**Author:** [@matteog](https://hub.mender.io/u/matteog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/change-default-443-port-on-clients/1907 "2020-05-13T11:01:38Z")
Hello, we need to shift Mender services form the usual ports (particularly the 443) as they’re already occupied in our server environment. No problem on the server side of the things, but we’re wondering how to instruc… --- ## [JSON List cannot contain an object](https://hub.mender.io/t/json-list-cannot-contain-an-object/1890)
**Author:** [@purunaya](https://hub.mender.io/u/purunaya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/json-list-cannot-contain-an-object/1890 "2020-05-08T21:30:00Z")
mender-artifact will not allow JSON object within a list in the meta-data I’m creating a custom update module. But ran into the restriction where the meta data file has a restriction "List cannot contain a JSON object. T… --- ## [Read only compressed rootfs in raw flash?](https://hub.mender.io/t/read-only-compressed-rootfs-in-raw-flash/950)
**Author:** [@samlewis](https://hub.mender.io/u/samlewis)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/read-only-compressed-rootfs-in-raw-flash/950 "2020-05-07T17:56:41Z")
On my platform I have NOR flash that is smaller than my rootfs size so would like to use a compressed rootfs that decompresses and runs out of RAM on boot. As far as I can tell, this doesn’t seem to be something that’s … --- ## [Integration 2.3 demo server storage proxy error](https://hub.mender.io/t/integration-2-3-demo-server-storage-proxy-error/1873)
**Author:** [@mEK](https://hub.mender.io/u/mEK)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/integration-2-3-demo-server-storage-proxy-error/1873 "2020-05-07T17:31:26Z")
Hello community, https://docs.mender.io/2.3/getting-started/on-premise-installation/create-a-test-environment I passed the demo-server installation steps from this document but when I run the script below I get an erro… --- ## [How to configure existing Debian mender image after setting up production server](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-configure-existing-debian-mender-image-after-setting-up-production-server/1888)
**Author:** [@PJK](https://hub.mender.io/u/PJK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-configure-existing-debian-mender-image-after-setting-up-production-server/1888 "2020-05-07T14:09:11Z")
Having created a working mender device installation based on Ubuntu Server 19.4 and having it working with the Mender Demo server, we are now moving over to a Mender production server. If set-up my initial Mender produc… --- ## [Using mender with barebox and ubifs coming from using RAUC](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-mender-with-barebox-and-ubifs-coming-from-using-rauc/1875)
**Author:** [@pboettch](https://hub.mender.io/u/pboettch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/using-mender-with-barebox-and-ubifs-coming-from-using-rauc/1875 "2020-05-07T08:51:37Z")
We are using an IMX6UL with a Nand-flash directly attached to the SoC. Our vendor has done the footwork to use barebox as bootloader - hence we use it. We are using RAUC to do dual-system updates today. The partitioning … --- ## [Testing GUI Changes Live](https://hub.mender.io/t/testing-gui-changes-live/1880)
**Author:** [@lizziemac](https://hub.mender.io/u/lizziemac)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/testing-gui-changes-live/1880 "2020-05-06T14:26:04Z")
Hi there, I’m pretty new to front-end development, and would like to contribute to the mender gui. As of now, I’ve been making docker files every time I want to test my changes, but it takes a long time to compile, and… --- ## [Go error occurred by attempting to build mender master branch via cross compiling](https://hub.mender.io/t/go-error-occurred-by-attempting-to-build-mender-master-branch-via-cross-compiling/1849)
**Author:** [@VaillantUser](https://hub.mender.io/u/VaillantUser)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/go-error-occurred-by-attempting-to-build-mender-master-branch-via-cross-compiling/1849 "2020-05-05T12:20:37Z")
hello everyone, I got a very strange error by attempting to build mender master branch via cross compiling with following command: make CGO\_CFLAGS="-I${LIBLZMA\_INSTALL\_PATH}/include" CGO\_LDFLAGS="-L${LIBLZMA\_INSTALL\_PAT… --- ## [Mender-binary-delta x86 (32bit)](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-binary-delta-x86-32bit/1872)
**Author:** [@malveo](https://hub.mender.io/u/malveo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-binary-delta-x86-32bit/1872 "2020-05-05T11:57:25Z")
Hello, is mender-binary-delta available for the i686 platform ? Best, Mauro --- ## [Best practices for automatically building images in a CI/CD pipeline?](https://hub.mender.io/t/best-practices-for-automatically-building-images-in-a-ci-cd-pipeline/1866)
**Author:** [@krystof](https://hub.mender.io/u/krystof)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/best-practices-for-automatically-building-images-in-a-ci-cd-pipeline/1866 "2020-05-04T21:50:10Z")
Hi, I’m looking for any best practices for automatically building images as part of a CI/CD pipeline. Here’s how I envision things working: I push a new commit to a repo containing the manifest files for my applicati… --- ## [Downgrade from yocto zeus to thud and state version incompatibilty](https://hub.mender.io/t/downgrade-from-yocto-zeus-to-thud-and-state-version-incompatibilty/1863)
**Author:** [@alexandre\_cenareo](https://hub.mender.io/u/alexandre_cenareo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/downgrade-from-yocto-zeus-to-thud-and-state-version-incompatibilty/1863 "2020-05-04T09:13:10Z")
Hi, I ran into a problem with mender when trying to downgrade a device from a yocto zeus rootfs (mender client version 2.2.0) to a previous thud rootfs (mender client version 1.7.0). What is observed is that the downgr… --- ## [Can I use mender server with my own Linux system?](https://hub.mender.io/t/can-i-use-mender-server-with-my-own-linux-system/1871)
**Author:** [@tong](https://hub.mender.io/u/tong)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/can-i-use-mender-server-with-my-own-linux-system/1871 "2020-05-04T08:00:33Z")
Hi All, I have a working system on iMX6 HW running on Debian. If I don’t want to integer Mender client into the board, can I use the open Restful API to talk to Mender server then download the deb file and install by my… --- ## [Raspberry Tutorial - Dashboard does not show "Connect Device"](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-tutorial-dashboard-does-not-show-connect-device/1782)
**Author:** [@ryu](https://hub.mender.io/u/ryu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-tutorial-dashboard-does-not-show-connect-device/1782 "2020-05-01T23:30:37Z")
Newbie here. I’m following the Raspberry Quickstart: https://docs.mender.io/2.2/getting-started/quickstart-with-raspberry-pi I downloaded the image, wrote it to a SD card, and got my Raspberry Pi booted and connected. … --- ## [Mender state script for debian](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-state-script-for-debian/1859)
**Author:** [@genedupre](https://hub.mender.io/u/genedupre)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-state-script-for-debian/1859 "2020-04-30T12:55:46Z")
Hello everyone, when using the mender-convert-2.0.0, i included inside my overlay a simple state script that would only allow the RPI to reboot between a certain timeframe. however when i deploy the same again (but wit… --- ## [Deploy squashfs on ubiblock partitions](https://hub.mender.io/t/deploy-squashfs-on-ubiblock-partitions/1852)
**Author:** [@Ratheendran](https://hub.mender.io/u/Ratheendran)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/deploy-squashfs-on-ubiblock-partitions/1852 "2020-04-30T12:54:31Z")
Hi every one, We want to use mender for our OTA service. I gone through the references, yocto mender layer and build-root but none of them are close to my requirement my requirement is similar to discussion in the link … --- ## [\[Feature request\] "smart" (i.e. rules-based) device groups](https://hub.mender.io/t/feature-request-smart-i-e-rules-based-device-groups/1839)
**Author:** [@guillaumekh](https://hub.mender.io/u/guillaumekh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/feature-request-smart-i-e-rules-based-device-groups/1839 "2020-04-29T10:15:02Z")
The UI should allow the creation of “smart groups” of devices. These would be defined not by a fixed array of devices, but by a set of rules (e.g. device\_type ~= “raspberry” AND mender\_client\_version == “2.2.0”). This w… --- ## [Time for an update?](https://hub.mender.io/t/time-for-an-update/1844)
**Author:** [@deku](https://hub.mender.io/u/deku)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/time-for-an-update/1844 "2020-04-29T08:57:59Z")
Hello What is the typical time for a device to update in standalone mode with the files already on the local sd card ? I use a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and 32GB image, that contains two rootfs of about 13GB. The mender artifac… --- ## [Failed container in Mender prod deloyment](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-container-in-mender-prod-deloyment/1784)
**Author:** [@vikram](https://hub.mender.io/u/vikram)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/failed-container-in-mender-prod-deloyment/1784 "2020-04-28T18:22:51Z")
Hi, I have followed this link https://docs.mender.io/2.3/administration/production-installation to install mender production in ec2 instance. Everything worked but when i do docker ps, i could see a container (mender… --- ## [Raspberry pi 4 won't boot if there is no hdmi cable](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-wont-boot-if-there-is-no-hdmi-cable/1820)
**Author:** [@ikkysleepy](https://hub.mender.io/u/ikkysleepy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-pi-4-wont-boot-if-there-is-no-hdmi-cable/1820 "2020-04-28T14:45:45Z")
I updated all repos and now my Raspberry pi 4 won’t boot up unless I plug in the HDMI cable. The lights turn solid red and Ethernet card is solid. I have to boot with the HDMI Cable on. I tried to disable the HDMI on bo… [Previous page](https://hub.mender.io/c/general-discussions/12.md?page=65) [Next page](https://hub.mender.io/c/general-discussions/12.md?page=67)