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Automatic Device Provisioning & Factory Pre-Flashing

Skip manual pairing during hardware assembly and deployment by downloading pre-enrolled Admiral OS images that claim themselves into your fleet on first boot.

What is Auto-Provisioning?​

A provisioning profile belongs to a fleet. Images downloaded from it (with Include Provisioning on):

  • Skip manual pairing: The device claims itself into your organisation on first boot; nobody needs to type a pairing key.
  • Join the right fleet: The device lands in the profile's fleet and immediately receives that fleet's configuration and network settings.
  • Carry your tags: Tags on the profile are applied to every device it provisions, so you can tell batches apart.
  • Pull the workload straight away: The fleet's container workload is pulled and started as soon as the device is online.

Creating a Provisioning Profile​

  1. In the Admiral Dashboard, navigate to Fleets and select your target fleet.
  2. Select the Provisioning tab.
  3. Click Create Profile.
  4. Fill in:
    • Name: A descriptive identifier (e.g., OEM-Factory-AMR-Batch-2026).
    • Tags: Optional key=value pairs, separated by commas (e.g., batch=2026-10, site=sydney).
  5. Click Create Profile.

Create Provisioning Profile dialog with name and tags

The setup guide creates a profile for you as step 3.

Deploying Provisioned Machines​

  1. Download an image from the profile (see Download Options) with Include Provisioning on.
  2. Flash it to physical storage (NVMe SSD, eMMC, micro-SD, or a USB installer drive) using BalenaEtcher, dd, or your manufacturing flashing jig.
  3. Install the drive into your hardware and power on.
  4. Zero-touch execution: The device installs or boots, connects, claims itself into the fleet, synchronises with the Admiral Mesh, and starts its workload.

For devices that need site Wi-Fi set up on arrival, use Bluetooth provisioning from a browser instead.

Manufacturing & OEM Use Cases​

Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Assembly Lines​

Pre-flash the primary robot navigation compute units during mechanical assembly. When the robot is powered on for its initial end-of-line testing, it immediately pulls the latest sensor drivers, maps, and odometry launch parameters without requiring a technician to plug in a keyboard or monitor.

Interactive Kiosks & Smart Showrooms​

Ship fully assembled kiosks directly to customer retail locations with simple instructions: "Connect power and turn on." The unit configures its networking, activates its display workload, and registers with the central monitoring fleet automatically.