Automated enrollment using USB

Lighthouse 5 supports low touch enrollment of Opengear Nodes using Enrollment Bundles and a specially prepared USB storage device, for example a thumb drive, henceforth referred to as the USB key. This is useful in remote deployment scenarios where a remote technician has physical access to the new Node, but no UI or CLI access. A single USB key can be used to enroll many Nodes.

For full zero-touch enrollment, see this article.

1. Create an Enrollment Bundle

• Login to the Lighthouse 5 Web UI as a Lighthouse Administrator
• Click Manage -> Configure Nodes -> Node Enrollment -> Enrollment Bundles
• Click + to add a new Bundle:

Bundle name: Enter a name of your choice, for example USBDemoNodes
Token: Enter a password of your choice, for example my-secret-token
Auto-approve node: Leave unchecked (see this article for details)

• Click Apply

2. Prepare the USB key

• Insert a USB key into your PC
• Format the USB key as a single FAT32 volume

3. Save the Enrollment Bundle manifest to USB

• Login to the Lighthouse 5 Web UI as a Lighthouse Administrator
• Click Manage -> Configure Nodes -> Node Enrollment -> Enrollment Bundles -> Download Manifest File
• Save the manifest.og file to the top-level directory of the USB key

4. Optional: Amend the Enrollment Bundle manifest for full provisioning

By default, the manifest contains these fields which are sufficient for registration with Lighthouse:

address=address.of.lighthouse
bundle=USBDemoNodes
password=my-secret-token

• If set, download the firmware image and save it to the top-level directory of the USB key, ensuring the filename matches that specified
• If set, save the configuration script to the top-level directory of the USB key, ensuring the filename matches that specified

Note: See the Script Method section of this article for important guidance on creating a configuration script.

5. Start enrollment

• Connect a new or factory erased [] Opengear device to the network, or install antennas if using configuration script to configure cellular
• Insert the USB key into any USB port
• Apply power

6. Approve enrollment

• Login to Lighthouse 5 as a Lighthouse Administrator
• Click Configure Nodes -> Node Enrollment -> Pending Nodes
• When the Node has Waiting for approval Status, click Approve Node
• Enrollment is now complete and the new Node is ready for management