Generated licenses
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A flashed card is inert until activated. The hub does nothing until it's bound to a license you generate — so you can flash as many cards as you like; each install spends one license, bound to that machine.
- Download & verify the imageUse the download button above. Then confirm it's intact:
shasum -a 256 image.img.xz— the result must match the SHA-256 shown above. - Open Raspberry Pi ImagerGet it from raspberrypi.com if you don't have it. Insert your SD card.
- Choose the imageOperating System → Use custom → select the downloaded
.img.xz. Imager reads compressed images directly — no need to unzip. - Choose the card & writeStorage → select your SD card → Write. Imager verifies the write automatically when it finishes.
- Boot the hubInsert the card, power on, connect ethernet. The hub provisions itself, then waits for activation against a license.
- Download & verify the image
shasum -a 256 image.img.xzmust match the SHA-256 above before you flash. - Open balenaEtcherFlash from file → select the
.img.xz. Etcher decompresses on the fly. - Select target & flashSelect your SD card as the target → Flash. Etcher validates the write automatically afterwards.
- Boot the hubInsert, power, ethernet. It provisions and waits for a license.
- Verify the checksum firstshasum -a 256 image.img.xzCompare against the SHA-256 above. Do not flash a card that doesn't match.
- Identify the card — carefullydiskutil listNote the disk identifier of your card (e.g.
/dev/disk4).Writing to the wrong disk erases it permanently. Triple-check the identifier is your card and nothing else. - Unmount & writediskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk4 xz -dc image.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/rdisk4 bs=4m sync
- Boot the hubEject, insert into the hub, power, ethernet. Provisions, then waits for a license.
Coming in the next build
This section is being built.
Coming in the next build
This section is being built.