Image a device from the console
Once a station is reporting, imaging a device is driven from the console.
- Discover - boot the target device on the station’s network. It appears under Enrollment for that station.
- Dispatch - on the Enrollment page, pick the target (or a whole rack in batch), choose its hardware profile (suggested from the make and model), and dispatch imaging. This creates the device record, captures its hardware specs, and queues an image job. The device stays visible with live status.
- Execute - the station runner claims the job, resolves the target’s IP
from its DHCP lease, runs
nixos-anywherefor that device’s generated configuration, and bakes the device’s one-time agent credential into the image. It reports progress back: pending -> imaging -> installed (or failed). - Converge - the imaged device boots, checks in, and converges its configuration. It now shows on the device page with its facts and posture.
The guided flow shows brand-specific steps per hardware profile (firmware key, Secure Boot, disk layout) so an operator is walked through the process, and the whole run is auditable.