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1.
Getting started
Requirements
Install a Mender demo server
Deploy to virtual devices
Deploy to physical devices
Download demo images
Maintain the demo environment
2.
Architecture
Overview
Device authentication
Compatibility
Mender Artifacts
Standalone deployments
3.
Board integration
System requirements
Bootloader support
Partition layout
Integrating with GRUB
Integrating with U-Boot
Manual U-Boot integration
Example: Providing custom u-boot-fw-utils
Experimental: U-Boot versions without BOOTLIMIT support
Integration checklist
Raw flash
Example: QEMU
4.
Creating Artifacts
Building a Mender Yocto Project image
Image configuration
Features
Provisioning a new device
Modifying a disk image
Modifying a Mender Artifact
Signing and verification
State scripts
Building for production
Variables
5.
Client configuration
Overview
Identity
Inventory
Configuration file
Polling intervals
Configuration options
6.
Server integration
Using the APIs
Preauthorizing devices
7.
Administration
Overview
Production installation
Certificates and keys
Bandwidth
Storage
Upgrading
Backup and restore
8.
APIs
API overview
Device APIs
Device authentication
Device inventory
Deployments
Management APIs
Device admission
Device authentication
Device inventory
Deployments
User administration and authentication
9.
Troubleshooting
Yocto Project build
Running Yocto Project image
Mender Client
Mender Server
Device Runtime
10.
Release information
Release notes & changelog
Open source licenses
Clear History
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Documentation for Mender 1.6.
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