Enable SmartSupervisor for Each SmartServer

SmartSupervisor is available with SmartServer 4.4 and higher.

You can add new SmartServers to the network using the SmartServer System Configuration page. To add a SmartServer, enable the SmartSupervisor (Remote CMS) option and configure the SmartSupervisor IP address, ports, and credentials to use an external MQTT broker provided by SmartSupervisor.

To enable SmartSupervisor for each SmartServer in the system, perform the following steps:

1. Install and start the SmartSupervisor as described in Set up the SmartSupervisor Host Computer and  Install and Start the SmartSupervisor.
   
   

2. From a terminal window, set the SmartSupervisor IP address or hostname for the SmartServer in the /etc/hosts file. To do so, use any editor to edit the /etc/hosts file by adding the following line:

   <SmartSupervisor IP address> root.cms

   Example: for SmartSupervisor IP address is 10.0.0.6, enter the following line in the /etc/hosts file

   10.0.0.6 root.cms

   An example /etc/hosts file with the root.cms entry is shown below.
   
   

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3. Open the SmartServer Configuration page as described in Accessing the SmartServer IoT Configuration Page. The Network tab appears as the default SmartServer Configuration page. Once the network settings are configured for the SmartServer system, then the System tab will appear as the default as shown in the next step.
   
   

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4. Click the System tab.
   
   

    

5. Click the Enabled option to enable SmartSupervisor (Remote CMS).
   
   

    

6. Set the following fields:

   1. IP Address or Hostname = root.cms

   2. HTTPS Port = 443

   3. Secure MQTT Port = 8883

   4. Password = <SmartSupervisor password>. Click the Show Passwords button ( ) to display disguised characters.
      
      

       

7. Click Update. 
   
   

8. Click the Firewall tab.
   
   

   
   The Firewall Configuration view appears.
   
   

9. Enable the MQTT ports (IAP/MQ) on the Firewall Configuration page.

10. Click Update.

Perform these steps to enable SmartSupervisor for each SmartServer in the network. Once SmartSupervisor is enabled for each SmartServer in the network, you can connect to the SmartSupervisor. Go to Step 2 - Connect to the SmartSupervisor for more information.