Install Docker Engine for Linux

Verify Docker is installed correctly

docker run hello-world

Install the Edge

Execute the download/installation script to install the Connect+ Edge Docker container

source <(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xyte-io/edge/refs/heads/main/edge_runner_script.sh)

Response return should appear as

Edge Id: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

If the script does not return an ID, the relevant ID is stored in a text file and may be retrieved with the following command:

docker exec -it xyte_edge /bin/bash -c "cat edge_data/proxy_name.txt && echo"

Associate the Edge ID within the XYTE Portal

Common errors

Error: telnet is not installed. Please install it and try again.

# Install telnet
sudo apt install telnet

docker: permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon

The current user doesn't have permission to run docker containers, either run the script as sudo (not recommended) or allow user to run docker containers:

# Allow current user to run Docker without sudo
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker