Getting Started with ThingsBoard

This guide introduces the core ThingsBoard concepts and helps you get started with IoT data in just a few minutes. 🚀

By completing it, you will learn how to:

• Connect a device to ThingsBoard
• Publish telemetry data
• Visualize data on interactive dashboards
• Configure alarms and notifications
• Add a customer and securely share data with them

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You will need a ThingsBoard server up and running:

• ThingsBoard Cloud: The fastest way to start with zero setup. Click for the North America or Europe region.
• Self-Managed Installation: Alternatively, you can manually install ThingsBoard using our guides for Windows (Docker) or Linux and macOS (Docker).

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Open the ThingsBoard web interface.

• If you are using ThingsBoard Cloud, sign in with Google, GitHub, Apple, or your email address.
• If you are using an self-managed installation and imported the sample tenant account, sign in with the default tenant administrator credentials: tenant@thingsboard.org / tenant

After successful authentication, you will be redirected to the ThingsBoard interface. All further steps in this guide are performed at the Tenant level.

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