ShellHub is a modern protocol gateway designed for the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-native applications. This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install ShellHub on Windows 11.
Before you begin, you will need:
Open PowerShell by searching for it in the Windows Start menu and right-click on it then select "Run as Administrator".
Run the following command to install the Chocolatey package manager:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
After Chocolatey is installed, run the following command to install Git:
choco install git -y
Visit the ShellHub website and log in to your account.
Generate an access token by clicking on your profile picture and selecting "Profile".
Click on the "Tokens" tab and generate a new token. Copy the token to your clipboard.
Open PowerShell and run the following command to clone the ShellHub repository:
git clone https://github.com/shellhub-io/shellhub.git
Navigate to the "shellhub" directory by running:
cd shellhub
Create a new file named ".env" and paste the access token you copied earlier into it by running:
echo "SHELLHUB_TOKEN=<your_access_token>" > .env
Run the following command to install the dependencies:
./install_dependencies.ps1
Finally, run the following command to start ShellHub:
./start.ps1
Congratulations, you have now successfully installed and started the ShellHub gateway on Windows 11! You can now connect devices to ShellHub and manage them through its user-friendly web interface.
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