Start a new device

Getting a device into your Hub takes three steps. The Hub guides you through them under How to start (/how-to-start). For the bigger picture of the ways a device can join your account, see How onboarding works.

1. Download an image

Pick your board and download a Pantavisor image (/download-image). The image is preconfigured to claim itself into your account on first boot.

2. Flash and boot

Write the image to your device's storage and power it on. On first boot it registers with the Hub and appears in your Devices list.

3. Connect Wi-Fi (optional)

For devices without Ethernet, use Provision Wi-Fi (/provision-wifi) to hand the device your network credentials so it can reach the Hub. Once the device is online, the flow hands you off to claim it with its ID and challenge prefilled.

Automating provisioning

To provision devices non-interactively, create an auto-join token and bake it into your image/provisioning flow. See Auto-join tokens.

For factory flows where the token could leak, add a second factor: enable owner verification on the token so devices must also prove key possession over mutual TLS. See TLS onboarding.