Set Up an Activation Configuration

an activation configuration can be configured with limits, license keys, template and/or template variables these configurations are all entirely optional some of these configurations have existing default values while others can be left blank these configurations are all implemented in the first four steps and can be skipped if no additional customization is needed generating the details for an activation configuration occurs only in step 6 save while retrieving the key details are in step 7 retrieve activation code/url before you begin if you are using a node locked license, make sure you have a license key for deployment to get a license key, contact your litmus account executive if you are using a site based license, make sure you have the url and port for the license server see license server management docid 5u hnnsavs e5hqjeq0o step 1 configure limits after navigating to activation > configuration and clicking the add activation config icon, you can start configuring the limits you have the option of configuring limits, specifically number of edge devices, lease ttl and expiration date if no changes are needed, proceed to the next step number of edg e devices enter the number of devices that will share the activation code the activation code (created after saving) can be used for multiple edge device activation lease ttl for identity certificate enter the number of days the identity certificate for the activation will be valid from the day you activate the edge device expiration date select the expiration date when the activation code can no longer be used step 2 configure licenses and license types you have the option of using either a node locked or a site license by default, a node locked license is selected a node locked license associates and attaches a license with a litmus edge instance use this option for assigning one license to each edge device a site license is when litmus edge obtains a license from a litmus edge license server use this option to specify the ip address of the license server see site and node locked license overview for litmus edge docid\ nbx0o6c5ylsh qvy0sdjc to learn more if no changes are needed, proceed to the next sub step configure a site based license ensure the site based license has already been applied in litmus edge manager before activating the device the site license must be created through offline activation in license server management docid 5u hnnsavs e5hqjeq0o configure a node locked license you have the option of adding node locked license skus manually or uploading them in a file add license sku manually to manually add a node locked license key select the checkbox for license sku only one core license sku can be selected upload license keys to upload node locked license csv click the upload icon the upload license keys dialog box appears click the select file button and navigate to select the file from your local computer file name (optional) rename the file if needed example of the csv file is available here click upload step 3 add templates you have the option of applying templates when activating a litmus edge instance learn more about templates docid\ me1x3i4rpt iignpcy1ga if the litmus edge instance doesn't need a template, proceed to the next step to add at least one template from the template section, click the add icon the template select dialog box appears select one or more templates from the list, and then click select the selected template appears in the templates list step 4 add template variables you have the option of applying template variables when activating a litmus edge instance before using template variables, you need to parameterize a template docid\ ol2rl sxp 6y4ismgzhxa if the litmus edge instance doesn't need any template variables, proceed to the next step adding template variables manually to add at least one template variable manually from the template variables section, click the add icon the add new variable set dialog box appears adding template variables for all devices in order to add template variables for all devices from the add new variable set dialog box, click the variable set type toggle so it displays all devices click add the variable set all devices appears in the template variables list click the add icon next to the variable set the variables line items drop down in the variable name field, enter a variable name in the variable value field, enter a variable value adding template variables for individual edge device from the add new variable set dialog box, click the variable set type toggle so it displays per edge device in the host name field, enter the host name for an edge device to find host name for an edge device, see configure the network settings docid\ jw2n7vohntfagknzoylqc ' host information click add the variable set per edge device \<hostname> appears in the template variables list click the add icon next to the variable set the variables line items drop down in the variable name field, enter a variable name in the variable value field, enter a variable value adding template variables using csv file multiple template variables can be uploaded using a csv file a sample csv file is available to download for customization to add at least one template variable using a csv file from the template variables section, click the upload icon the upload variable sets dialog box appears (optional) click the here link to download a sample csv file click select file , navigate to a variable set csv file, and then click open the selected csv file appears in the file name field click upload the variable sets listed in the csv file appear in the variable sets list step 5 provision options note the provision options feature is available for litmus edge manager 2 12 0 and later to apply the aws sitewise edge integration during activation, select the aws sitewise edge integration checkbox this feature enables litmus edge to connect with the aws sitewise edge mqtt broker when deploying le components using the aws sitewise console to apply the edge password policies docid\ nzxdm63ip1guj mqin140 during activation, select the password policy checkbox if there are multiple password policies, the master default password policy that can't be deleted is implemented after activation, you can update the policy docid\ cmhgjeolzn qu jlojdbo for individual edge devices step 6 configure advanced settings note the advanced settings feature is available for litmus edge manager 2 11 0 and later when litmus edge manger (lem) connects to a litmus edge (le), it uses remote access remote access has a parameter persistentkeepalive that you can reconfigure on how often to send an authenticated empty packet to a litmus edge for the purpose of maintaining the lem le connection by default, remote access uses 22 seconds to set advanced settings, from the remote network persistent keepalive field, enter a number of seconds between 1 25 step 7 save when done configuring the activation configuration, click save once saved, the activation code will then be generated at the activation code field step 8 retrieve activation code/url after saving, the activation code will display underneath the activation code section this code and the activation url will be needed when activating a litmus edge instance to retrieve the activation code/url copy to clipboard the activation code it will be needed for activating a litmus edge instance copy to clipboard the activation url it will be needed for configuring a litmus edge instance next steps use the copied activation code and activation url to activate an edge device docid\ g1kwiydlsr5u8qejk0djp