Flexa on Barionet

Flexa is a Barix software delivery and device management system which allows easy appplication loading and management of Barix Barionet devices.

In an essence, if you want to use a Flexa Application on Barionet, you just need to register your device with its RegID on the Portal where the software is managed (typically: linuquick), eventually configure some parameters for your specific device (on the linuquick portal, not on the device), that's it. The device will find the selected portal and application and start working after a reboot !

At the time being, the flexa functionality is not yet included in the standard barionet image. So there is some preparation needed:

Please make sure the device is in factory fresh setup condition and no applications are installed.

1. get the "finstall.tar" file here. This archive contains everything needed to install flexa
2. scp the finstall.tar file into the Barionet. Example: scp finstall.tar root@192.168.3.192:/root
3. ssh into the device. Example: ssh -l root 192.168.3.192
4. when logged into the device, install the content from the archive. Example: tar xof finstall.tar
5. Make an install script executable. Example: chmod +x install
6. start the install script. Example: ./install
7. NOTE: The Barionet needs to be online (view of the internet) for this to work
8. *VERY IMPORTANT: *note the regID which is shown at the end of the install script (which might take a while)

Once the install script is finished, the device will reboot. That's all you have to do on the device to "flexa enable" it.

The device will now, with every boot, check on the flexa registry if it has been assigned a project (through a portal) or an app on linuquick, and if so, it will download updates automatically and run that app.