zMAN Installation Guide

1. zMan Director Components

zMan Director

The zMan Director serves as a centralized management tool for IT administrators to manage, configure, activate, and monitor zTC devices through the Management UI.

zDM (Device Management Server)

zDM is a component of zMan Director that receives management commands from zMan and relays them to zTC devices using the CoAP-based LwM2M protocol.

2. System Requirements

VM Requirements for zMan

• Storage (SSD): 256GB
• Memory: 16GB
• CPU: 4 cores

VM Requirements for zDM

• Storage (SSD): 32GB
• Memory: 2GB
• CPU: 2 cores

Software Requirements

• Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 OS
• zMan Director Binaries
• zDM Binaries

3. Installing zMan Director

Step 1: Prepare the System

1. Install Ubuntu Desktop OS version 22.04.
2. Run the following commands:

   $ sudo apt-get install net-tools
   $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server
   $ sudo apt install p7zip-full

Step 2: Extract and Set Up zMan Director

1. 1. Create a folder named zMan.
   2. Copy the binary zManDirector-x.x.x.7z into the zMan folder.
   3. Extract the package:

      $ 7z x zManDirector-x.x.x.7z

   4. Navigate to /zMan/deployment/setup and run the prerequisite script:

      $ sudo ./pre_req.sh

   5. Edit setup.sh and configure the zMan Director IP and SSH credentials in master.yml:

# Server 1 IP, user, password details
- ip: <zMan Director IP>
  port: 22
  user: <username>
  password: <password>

1. 1. If using WAN access, enter the WAN IP or FQDN in external_ip.
   2. By default, zDM is installed alongside zMan Director. To skip zDM installation, set:

      install_zdmserver: 0

Step 3: Updating Credentials

For security, change the default credentials either:

• During installation via prompts.
  
• Manually by editing deployment/setup/host-templates/vars_main.yml.

Step 4: Install zMan Director

$ sudo ./setup.sh standalone

The installation takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Once completed, access zMan Director:

URL: https://<zMan IP>/zman-tenant
Username: [email protected]
Password: xxxxx

Uninstall zMan Director

$ sudo ./setup.sh standalone cleanup

4. Installing zDM Server

Step 1: Prepare the System

1. Ensure zMan Director is installed.
2. Install Ubuntu Desktop OS version 22.04.
3. Run:

   $ sudo apt install p7zip-full

Step 2: Extract and Install zDM

1. Create a folder named zDM.
2. Copy zdm-deployment-x.x.x.7z into zDM.
3. Extract the package:

   $ 7z x zdm-deployment-x.x.x.7z

4. Navigate to /zDM/zdm-deployment and execute:

   $ sudo ./zdm-setup.sh

Step 3: Register zDM with zMan Director

1. 1. Provide:
      • • zMan Director URL
        • Access Key
        • zDM IP

      

   2. Verify registration in zMan Director:

Server Configuration → zDM Management → Pending zDM

1. 1. Once onboarded, it moves to:

Server Configuration → zDM Management → Onboarded zDM

Uninstall zDM

$ sudo ./zdm-setup.sh

Choose option 5: Uninstall zDM Server. A reboot is required.

5. Registering zTC to zMan Director

1. 1. Retrieve the zTC ID (MAC address) from:

Start Menu → Applications → Management Server Configurator

1. 1. Import or manually add zTCs in:

      Server Configuration → Onboarding

      
      
      

   2. Assign zTCs to zDM.
      
   3. Initiate registration from the zTC side by navigating to:

      Start Menu → Applications → Management Server Configurator

      

   4. In zMan Director the registered zTC will be listed under:

      Device Management → zTC Clients → LIST

      

Handle zMan Access Key Regeneration

If required, re-register and onboard zDM:

$ ./zwan/zdmserver/zdmsetup.sh
$ ./zwan/zdmserver/onboard.sh

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