In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Thingsboard on your Windows 11 machine. Thingsboard is a powerful IoT platform that provides a wide range of features for managing and monitoring IoT devices. It is open-source and can be customized to meet specific requirements.
Before we begin, there are some prerequisites that you must have in order to install Thingsboard on your machine. These include:
Now that you have your prerequisites, let's start with the installation process.
Download the Thingsboard distribution package from the official website: https://thingsboard.io/docs/user-guide/install/windows/
Extract the downloaded package to a suitable location on your machine.
Open a terminal and navigate to the extracted package.
Run the following command to start the Thingsboard server:
bin\thingsboard.bat
Wait for the server to start. You will know that the server has started when you see the following message on the terminal:
Started ThingsboardServerApplication in X seconds
Once the server has started, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. This will open the Thingsboard login page.
Use the default login credentials to log in:
Email: sysadmin@thingsboard.org
Password: sysadmin
Once logged in, you can start configuring your Thingsboard instance according to your needs.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thingsboard on your Windows 11 machine. You can now start exploring the features and capabilities of this powerful IoT platform.
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