ALASKA Virtual Device

The is repository contains the ALASKA Virtual Device. This is a used to experiment with the ALASKA IoT device management platform.

Three versions are provided:

• virtual_device_cli_EU for a terminal invocation, connecting to ALASKA European region.
• virtual_device_cli_AUS for a terminal invocation, connecting to ALASKA Australian region.
• virtual_device_gui for an user-friendly interface.

Get the ALASKA Virtual Device

• Select the folder corresponding to your OS
• Download the file virtual_device_gui, virtual_device_cli_EU, or virtual_device_cli_AUS depending on your preference

On Linux

You need to make the downloaded file executable. You can do this in the console:

$ chmod +x virtual_device_gui

On MacOS

To launch the downloaded application, you need to follow the steps described on this Apple Support page.

Onboard Your Device on ALASKA

Procedd as described in the ALASKA documentation.

You will need a LwM2M Endpoint Name and, if you chose to use "Pre-Shared Key" as the transport security, an Identity and a base64 Secret.

Currently, the ALASKA Virtual Device does not feature Certificate nor OSCORE security.

Connect the Virtual Device

CLI Version

Invoke virtual_device_cli_EU or virtual_device_cli_AUS from a terminal with the following parameters:

virtual_device_cli_EU DEVICE_NAME [PSK_IDENTITY PSK_SECRET_B64]

• DEVICE_NAME: The LwM2M Endpoint Name declared on ALASKA.
• PSK_IDENTITY: Optional. The PSK Identity to use to connect to ALASKA.
• PSK_SECRET_B64: Optional. The PSK Secret to use to connect to ALASKA encoded in base64.

$ ./virtual_device_cli_EU Demo
Use Ctrl-C to stop.

2023-10-02 11:26:30
Registering to ALASKA Server.

2023-10-02 11:26:31
Registered to ALASKA Server with a lifetime of 86400 seconds.

GUI Version

• Launch virtual_device_gui.

• Fill-in the LwM2M Endpoint Name, matching the one declared on ALASKA.
• Select the matching Transport Security.
• Optional. If you chose to use a "Pre-Shared Key" as the transport security, fill in the Identity and the associated Secret.
• Make sure the right region is sel
• Click on the "Connect" button.

Next Steps

Once connected, the Virtual Device appears as connected in your Devices Inventory on ALASKA, ready to process operations.

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