Overview
User Journey
3min
the diagram below displays the most common journey of the litmus edge manager experience these tasks include important edge device management activities, but there are many other capabilities and features available to you in litmus edge manager 1a review the available options for installation and deployments docid 0ft8e3hukx 5v8s8jjkma to begin your journey 1b after installing, make sure to review the post installation checklist docid\ dc69ksmc0kkrdtk9q8giy 1c you can review user profile administration docid\ xfog2xrprqinga9clszb to see how to manage your user account and set up keycloak two factor authentication 2\ to connect an edge device (litmus edge instance) with litmus edge manager, you will need to activate an edge device docid\ tdj648wjgatvqzyx79uwb 3\ you can keep track of connected edge devices by reviewing the status and metrics in litmus edge manager to monitor the status of edge devices, navigate to the edge devices pane and hover over the data | control icon to view the device status and additional details to review metrics for an edge device, navigate to the edge devices pane and click the metrics tab to access more device information, you can view edge device details docid\ ywqwd4skuvtwntcav5ijs and view data from a litmus edge instance and/or a child device docid\ e6vquqvsqtufjiyhmfgoo you can also review metrics by using grafana learn more about grafana dashboards docid\ ytc1n5poojr1elw34jqmf and how to visualize child device data using grafana docid\ cy2mwkiuvj2nvnbzhaotc 4\ you can review details for alerts docid\ bwq6obkutnzgijbigqpbe and set up alert triggers docid\ ssmqidtpobpv95sc3lkac for connected devices this allows you to monitor the activity of edge devices connected to litmus edge manager and receive alerts when important events occur 5\ the applications module contains a list of catalogs and applications available to the selected project litmus edge manager includes a default marketplace catalog with applications ready to be deployed you can manage applications docid 1cjul2kjjiqebn2kvhjp6 from litmus edge manager and deploy an application to edge devices docid\ druoocegnxcgi d 5azzw 6\ templates allow you to create a template from an edge device or upload a template from a file for your edge devices important before you can create a template, you must add one or more online edge devices in the edge devices pane learn more about doing the following parameterize a template docid\ ol2rl sxp 6y4ismgzhxa apply a parameterized template docid\ na7fu9l0lnpo0ayr7haov apply a parameterized template during activation docid\ epsymuswz9uhwcmwmnyax 7\ the digital twins feature allows you to use data to create models that can predict how a product or process performs it is a virtual representation of a physical object or system across its life cycle you can add a digital twin model docid\ azdxalrqzy8jgoxmhhnbr , manage digital twin models docid\ udnlsfwtyzfobnajsflyk , and deploy digital twin models to edge devices docid\ hyw gkgyu2vimnc0i8nqg from litmus edge manager 8\ the edge software module provides you with all the tools needed to manage updates and upgrades of the edge devices managed by litmus edge manager you can upload the upd file onto the admin console once and it can be used to upgrade edge devices using the litmus edge manager admin console software update options all the images that you load onto the admin console are available for edge device upgrades you can create groups of edge devices and update them at a specific time or instantly using the upgrade options you can ensure that edge devices are running on the latest version, manage the disk space used, and view a history of updates see edge software update docid 3ievluzfodrxaqoopvt1n to learn more 9\ you can enable the remote ui feature to access and manage your connected edge devices from litmus edge manager you do not need access to public internet to access your edge devices before using this feature, review the before you begin section in open edge devices docid\ xpuri 8b1qsviqepncvzd to use the remote ui feature, navigate to edge devices and click the open litmus edge ui icon or open the action menu and select open ui