Onboarding a fleet of devices globally

We already introduced you to the different activities involved in the IoT manufacturing supply chain in Chapter 8, DevOps and MLOps for the Edge. Onboarding refers to the process of manufacturing, assembling, and registering a device with a registration authority. In this section, we will dive deeper into the following activities that play a part in the onboarding workflow:

Figure 9.1 – Device onboarding activities

So far, in this book, you have been using a Raspberry Pi (or a virtual environment) to perform the hands-on exercises. This is a common practice for development and prototyping needs. However, as your project progresses toward a higher environment (such as QA or production), it is recommended that you consider hardware that's industry-grade and can operate in various conditions. Therefore, all the aforementioned activities in Figure 9.1 need to be completed before your device (that is, the connected...