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ThingsBoard Cloud

Choose your data region

Your data stays in the region you choose, for residency and compliance. No credit card required.

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Connect a device and check connectivity

In this step, you will create a device on Edge and activate it.


Edge synchronizes devices to your ThingsBoard account automatically.

  1. In the Edge UI (http://localhost:8080), go to Entities → Devices and click Add device (+).

  2. Enter a name and click Add.


After you create the device, a Check connectivity dialog appears with a pre-configured command for your selected protocol and operating system.

  1. In the Check connectivity dialog, select your preferred protocol and run the displayed command. A 200 OK response confirms Edge received the data. The device status changes to Active.

  2. Optional: In your ThingsBoard account, go to Entities → Devices to confirm the device appears there.