Connect and check your first Linux device.

Run the agent install command on a device you can access. Confirm its check-in, check the device record and prove remote access before repeating the setup across a fleet.

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Get the install command by email. Remote access is free on one device. Pricing

  • Install the agent using your generated command.
  • Confirm that the device checks in and appears in inventory.
  • Check the signals required for your use case.
  • Test the relevant alert routing before production.

Install and register

Use the install command from the login flow.

Install

Agent install

Run the provisioning command for the first device.

Identity

Inventory record

Device appears in inventory with default metadata.

Provisioning

Device class

Assign the device to the right class and cohort.

Validate signals

Confirm metrics, logs, and events are arriving.

  • Confirm telemetry, logs, and events in one place.
  • Check that cohorts and tags are correct.
  • Validate alert routing before production.
Dataplicity logging console with device and platform events from the Northstar demo fleet

Telemetry

Ops dashboard

Confirm metrics stream in for the device.

Logs

Log search

Tail syslog to ensure logs are flowing.

Events

Event history

See install and heartbeat events in the timeline.

Set the first alert

Create a heartbeat or threshold alert to test response.

Alert rules

Create alerts

Add threshold or heartbeat alerts for the cohort.

Routing

On-call routing

Verify alerts route to the correct rota.

Incidents

Incident notes

Capture mitigation steps for audit.

Ready to deploy?

Install the agent and see inventory, logs, and alerts in one place.