Create an OTA model board and boards inside for deployments

Introduction

The OTA model board (called device_type in Mender) is used for managing several boards inside.

An OTA deployment can be done on several boards but they must belongs to the same device type.

In order to create a model board with a board follow these steps:

Go to the “Model boards” tab
Click on ”+ MODEL BOARD” button
Enter the name of the model board and click ”+ NEXT”
Note that the “Device Type” generated will have to be set on your target (your board). See this section
Go to the “BOARDS” tab
Click on ”+ BOARD” button
Enter the name of the board, the MAC address, (you can pre-authorize the board in Mender) and click ”+ SUBMIT”.
If you did not set a key, the factory will generate a key pair for you. Copy the private key, it will have to be set on your target (your board). See this section

Now follow this documentation on your target so that the board is accepted in Mender and you can perform deployments on it.