Installing the Edge Agent on an Edge device

Now that we have AIO Open Horizon Management Hub installed, we can make use of it to install an Edge Agent on an Edge device. Follow these steps:

1. Open a CLI Terminal to work on a Linux VM that you plan to use as an Edge device node. We will be installing Edge Agent on it.
2. Log in as a non-root user:

   ssh <username>@<ip-address-of-the-host>

3. Update and upgrade the Linux operating system. Follow the instructions as prompted about updating and upgrading your host machine:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt upgrade

4. Make a directory in the git-cloned agent-install repository. Organize your working environment as per your preferences:

   mkdir -p ~/github.com/PacktPublishing
   cd ~/github.com/PacktPublishing

5. Ruin git clone for the Open Horizon anax repository. Note that at the time of writing we are using the latest version v2.30.0-1491. While the community is proactive in maintaining backwards compatibility, it is always prudent to...