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1. Installation

Install the United Manufacturing Hub together with all required tools on a Linux Operating System.

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If you are new to the United Manufacturing Hub and need a place to start, this is the place to be. You will be guided through setting up an account, installing your first instance and connecting to an OPC UA simulator in no time.

Requirements

Device

  • You will need an edge device, bare metal server or virtual machine with internet access. The device should meet the following minimum requirements or the installation will fail:

  • ARM-based systems, such as a Raspberry Pi, are not currently supported.

  • An SSD is required, as the UMH’s data buffering process is I/O intensive, particularly with Kafka. For production environments, we recommend dedicating a separate SSD for the UMH rather than sharing it with other VMs, to ensure optimal read/write performance and avoid bottlenecks.

  • Ensure the root partition (/) has at least of free space.

For more detailed information on the installation (e.g., specific considerations for VM installations), please see here.

Operating System

We support the following operating systems:

You can find the image for Rocky in the Management Console when you are setting up your first instance. A minimal installation (without GUI) is sufficient and recommended for faster setup.

Newer or older versions of the operating system, or other operating systems such as Ubuntu, may work, but please note that we do not support them commercially.

Network

Sign Up to the Management Console

  1. Open the Management Console in the browser, click on Sign up now and create a new account.

  2. Once logged in with your new account, click on Add Your First Instance.

The Community Edition is limited to one user per organization. For multi-user support, please consider our Enterprise Edition.

Create your first Instance

  1. First you have to set up your device and install the operating system. We support , but we strongly recommend using Rocky. You can find a list of the requirements and the image for Rocky by clicking on the REQUIREMENTS button on the right hand side of the Management Console.

  2. Once you have successfully installed your operating system, you can configure your instance in the Management Console. For the first instance you should only change the Name and Location of the instance. These will help you to identify an instance if you have more than one.

  3. Once the name and location are set, continue by clicking on the Add Instance button. To install the UMH, copy the command shown in the dialogue box, SSH into the new machine, paste the command and follow the instructions. This command will run the installation script for the UMH and connect it to your Management Console account.

  4. If the UMH installation was successful, you can click the Continue button. Your instance should appear in the Instances and Topology sections of the left-hand menu after a few minutes.

What’s next?

Once you installed UMH, you can continue with the next page to learn how to connect an OPC UA server to your instance.

Last modified February 5, 2025: temporarily store the requirements locally (#320) (9685467)