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  • Overview
    • Introduction
      • Features
      • Use cases
      • FAQ
    • Getting started
  • Device usage
    • First steps
      • Connecting to the internet
      • Syncing content
      • Exploring content
    • Bundled applications
      • Mapeo Data Hub
        • Syncing with Hub
        • Observations map
        • Mapeo Observations as Terrastories Places
        • Customization
      • Pataka
      • Terrastories
      • File management
        • Storing locally
        • Sharing locally
      • Content syncronization
      • Application installers
      • Tile server
    • Managing device
    • Customizing experience
  • Device setup
    • Introduction
    • Choosing a device
    • Single-board-computers
    • Regular computers
    • Using Balena Cloud
    • Using Docker
    • Troubleshooting
  • Support Team
    • Onboarding new device
    • Devices dashboard
    • Online Cloud
      • Services
      • Customizing synced content
      • Managing EDT Cloud
      • Setting up EDT Cloud
  • For developers
    • Architecture overview
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    • Development workflow
    • Development devices
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  1. Device setup

Using Balena Cloud

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Last updated 1 year ago

Third party company will be managing a monitoring platform for your devices, and they have backdoors to your devices

You'll need some software to burn images to a storage device (pen drive or sd card), we recommend .

Anyone can deploy there own EDT-Offline by following these steps:

  1. Click on "”

  2. You'll be asked to create a Balena Cloud account

  3. You'll be prompted to deploy a new fleet, change the name if necessary and click on "create and deploy”

  4. Click on the "Add device” button

  5. Leave in "Production" mode unless you'd like to experiment and have ssh access to the device

  6. To setup the device you'll need Internet, choose the way you intend to connect, either through WiFi (provide the credentials) or Ethernet cable

  7. Finally either click "Flash" which will automatically flash using Etcher, or using the arrow click on "Download balenaOS", which will download the image file

  8. Insert the storage in the computer and burn the image

  9. Finally insert the storage to the device and watch your , a new device should appear and start updating it's software

  10. To sync with default content you'll need to get in touch with us through e-mail, Telegram or Whatsapp

Change your device location on the Balena Cloud “Location” tab. This is recommended if you don’t want your device to be found on the .

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