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Getting started

These steps describe how to get started with ChirpStack Gateway OS after you have installed ChirpStack Gateway OS on your gateway.

Important: The chirpstack-gateway-os-full image will setup the PostgreSQL on its first boot. This could take a couple of minutes and during this time, the gateway will be less responsive!

After booting the gateway, you need to login using SSH. In case the gateway running the ChirpStack Gateway OS supports WIFI, then it will be configured as access-point with the name ChirpStackAP and password ChirpStackAP. Once connected with ChirpStackAP the IP of the gateway is 192.168.0.1.

If you are connected using ethernet, then it uses DHCP to obtain an IP address. Many internet routers provide a web-interface with the IP addresses of connected devices.

If the IP of your gateway is 192.168.0.1:

ssh admin@192.168.0.1

The default username is admin, the default password is admin.

This will prompt the following message:

   ________    _           _____ __             __     _     
  / ____/ /_  (_)________ / ___// /_____ ______/ /__  (_)___ 
 / /   / __ \/ / ___/ __ \\__ \/ __/ __ `/ ___/ //_/ / / __ \
/ /___/ / / / / /  / /_/ /__/ / /_/ /_/ / /__/ ,< _ / / /_/ /
\____/_/ /_/_/_/  / .___/____/\__/\__,_/\___/_/|_(_)_/\____/ 
                 /_/

Documentation and copyright information:
> www.chirpstack.io

Commands:
> sudo gateway-config  - configure the gateway
> sudo monit status    - display service monitor

Then execute the sudo gateway-config to configure the channel-configuration that the gateway must use.

Unlike the chirpstack-gateway-os-base image, you should not update the ChirpStack Gateway Bridge configuration. It is configured to point to the MQTT broker which comes with the chirpstack-gateway-os-full image.

When using the chirpstack-gateway-os-full image and after configuring the channel-plan, proceed with the following documentation to connect your first gateway and device:

Important to know

SD Card wearout

Although ChirpStack Network Server and ChirpStack Application Server will try to minimize the number of database writes, there will be regular writes to the SD Card (PostgreSQL and Redis snapshots). According to Is it true that a SD/MMC Card does wear levelling with its own controller? it might make a difference which SD Card brand you use.