How to connect new device setup in mender server

General Discussions
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Hi Mender Community,

I went through the i.MX8M Mini Document with mender integrated. My question is if we want to test that , then what should I select in the Dashboard , while I connect a device? It is showing only two options RPI and virtual machine.

Regards,
Kunal

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Hi @Kunal , assuming you meant this link as the mini document, DART-MX8M : NXP i.MX8M, you shouldn’t need to do anything to connect it. That link uses the mender-convert utility which sets up your target image to connect automatically, assuming you have the rootfs_overlay setup properly. It will show up in the “Pending” tab under “Devices”.

The link on the dashboard to connect a device is for quick onboarding and testing with stock OS images and should not be used with mender-convert.
Drew

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Hi @drewmoseley, Thank you for your prompt response.

I was going through i.MX8M Mini EVK document, i.MX 8M Mini Evaluation Kit.

What should I select in this case in the dashboard?

Regards,
Kunal

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That should be preconfigured to connect with no need to do anything on the dashboard other than go to the Pending devices tab and admit the device.

See the subsection " Configure Mender server URL (optional)" for details on how to make sure it’s configured properly.

Drew

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Hi @drewmoseley,

Yes, It was pre-configured. Many Thanks.

Regards,
Kunal