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This guide assumes a setup with two separate machines:

- The openBalena _server_, running Linux. These instructions were tested with an
Ubuntu 18.04 x64 server.
Ubuntu 22.04 x64 server.
- The _local machine_, running Linux, Windows or macOS where the balena CLI runs
(as a client to the openBalena server). The local machine should also have a
working installation of [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) so that
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usermod -aG docker balena
```

4. Enable cgroup v1. The balena containers want to start systemd inside the container but this is not possible with just cgroups2.

```bash
echo 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=false' | tee /etc/default/grub.d/cgroup.cfg
update-grub
reboot
```

#### Install openBalena on the server

1. On the server still, login as the new user and change into the home directory:
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| Windows cmd.exe | `set NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=C:\path\to\ca.crt` |
| Windows PowerShell | `$Env:NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS="C:\path\to\ca.crt"` |

### Deploy an application
### Deploy a fleet

The commands below should be run on a terminal on the local machine (where the
balena CLI is installed). Ensure that the `NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS` environment
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specified during quickstart to login to the openBalena server. At any time, the
`balena whoami` command may be used to check which server the CLI is logged in to.

#### Create an application
#### Create a fleet

Create a new application with `balena app create myApp`. Select the application's
Create a new fleet with `balena fleet create myApp`. Select the fleet's
default device type with the interactive prompt. The examples in this guide assume
a Raspberry Pi 3.
An application contains devices that share the same architecture (such as ARM
A fleet contains devices that share the same architecture (such as ARM
or Intel i386), and also contains code releases that are deployed to the devices.
When a device is provisioned, it is added to an application, but can be migrated
to another application at any time. There is no limit to the number of applications
When a device is provisioned, it is added to a fleet, but can be migrated
to another fleets at any time. There is no limit to the number of fleets
that can be created or to the number of devices that can be provisioned.
At any time, the server can be queried for all the applications it knows about
At any time, the server can be queried for all the fleets it knows about
with the following command:
```bash
balena apps
ID APP NAME DEVICE TYPE ONLINE DEVICES DEVICE COUNT
1 myApp raspberrypi3
balena fleets
Id App name Slug Device type Device count Online devices
── ──────── ─────────── ──────────── ──────────── ──────────────
1 myApp admin/myapp raspberrypi3 0 0
```
#### Provision a new device
Once we have an application, it’s time to start provisioning devices. To do this,
Once we have a fleet, it’s time to start provisioning devices. To do this,
first download a balenaOS image from [balena.io](https://balena.io/os/#download).
Pick the development image that is appropriate for your device.
Unzip the downloaded image and use the balena CLI to configure it:
```bash
balena os configure ~/Downloads/balena-cloud-raspberrypi3-2.58.3+rev1-dev-v11.14.0.img --app myApp
balena os configure ~/Downloads/raspberrypi3-4.1.1-v14.13.13.img --fleet myApp
```
Flash the configured image to an SD card using [Etcher](https://balena.io/etcher).
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```bash
balena devices
ID UUID DEVICE NAME DEVICE TYPE APPLICATION NAME STATUS IS ONLINE SUPERVISOR VERSION OS VERSION
4 59d7700 winter-tree raspberrypi3 myApp Idle true 11.14.0 balenaOS 2.58.3+rev1
balena device 59d7700
== WINTER TREE
ID: 4
DEVICE TYPE: raspberrypi3
STATUS: online
IS ONLINE: true
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.43.247
APPLICATION NAME: myApp
UUID: 59d7700755ec5de06783eda8034c9d3d
SUPERVISOR VERSION: 11.14.0
OS VERSION: balenaOS 2.58.3+rev1
ID UUID DEVICE NAME DEVICE TYPE FLEET STATUS IS ONLINE SUPERVISOR VERSION OS VERSION DASHBOARD URL
1 81c1fb6 sleek-dream raspberrypi3 admin/myapp Idle true 14.13.13 balenaOS 4.1.1 https://dashboard.openbalena.flux-dev.cloud/devices/81c1fb61b7882b5cc59b33bc22d18023/summary
balena device 81c1fb6
== SLEEK DREAM
ID: 1
DEVICE TYPE: raspberrypi3
STATUS: idle
IS ONLINE: true
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.178.58 2a02:a463:2679:1:2153:866c:4b2e:3aac
MAC ADDRESS: B8:27:EB:0A:15:34 B8:27:EB:5F:40:61
FLEET: admin/myapp
LAST SEEN: 2023-10-31T09:49:45.965Z
UUID: 81c1fb61b7882b5cc59b33bc22d18023
COMMIT: N/a
SUPERVISOR VERSION: 14.13.13
IS WEB ACCESSIBLE: false
OS VERSION: balenaOS 4.1.1
DASHBOARD URL: https://dashboard.openbalena.flux-dev.cloud/devices/81c1fb61b7882b5cc59b33bc22d18023/summary
CPU USAGE PERCENT: 48
CPU TEMP C: 59
CPU ID: 000000008c0a1534
MEMORY USAGE MB: 144
MEMORY TOTAL MB: 971
MEMORY USAGE PERCENT: 15
STORAGE BLOCK DEVICE: /dev/mmcblk0p6
STORAGE USAGE MB: 75
STORAGE TOTAL MB: 13741
STORAGE USAGE PERCENT: 1
```
It's time to deploy code to the device.
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Then build and deploy the project with:
```bash
balena deploy myApp --logs
balena deploy myApp
```
The project will have been successfully built when a friendly unicorn appears in
the terminal:
```bash
[Info] Compose file detected
[Info] No "docker-compose.yml" file found at ...
...
[Info] Creating release...
[Info] Pushing images to registry...
[Info] Saving release...
[Success] Deploy succeeded!
[Success] Release: f62a74c220b92949ec78761c74366046
[Success] Release: 821e084db0730de5a0e4005ed4c4a331
\
\
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new release. Logs can be viewed with:
```bash
balena logs 59d7700 --tail
[Logs] [10/28/2020, 11:40:16 AM] Supervisor starting
[Logs] [10/28/2020, 11:40:50 AM] Creating network 'default'
[Logs] [10/28/2020, 11:42:38 AM] Creating volume 'resin-data'
[Logs] [10/28/2020, 11:42:40 AM] Downloading image …
…
[Logs] [10/28/2020, 11:44:00 AM] [main] Idling...
balena logs 81c1fb6 --tail
[Logs] [2023-10-31T09:49:38.094Z] Supervisor starting
[Logs] [2023-10-31T09:49:46.469Z] Creating network 'default'
[Logs] [2023-10-31T09:54:42.238Z] Creating volume 'resin-data'
[Logs] [2023-10-31T09:54:42.448Z] Downloading image ...
...
[Logs] [2023-10-31T09:56:02.381Z] [main] Idling...
```
Enjoy Balenafying All the Things!
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