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Activate a Device

Developed in Go* programming language, the Remote Provisioning Client (RPC) application runs on the managed device. RPC-Go activates and configures Intel® AMT on the managed device. Once properly configured, the device can be added to Console.

Export Profiles

  1. Export the created profiles to a .yaml file that can be given to RPC-Go for device activation and configuration.

  2. Click the export button next to the profile.

    Figure 1: Export Button
    Figure 1: Export Button

  3. Save the given Profile Key. It is only given this once. This key is used by RPC-Go to decode the encrypted config file.

    Figure 2: Profile Key
    Figure 2: Profile Key

  4. Move the new, downloaded .yaml config file to the AMT device.

Download RPC

On the AMT device, download the latest RPC-Go version from the RPC-Go GitHub Repo Releases Page for the Operating System of the AMT device (Windows or Linux).

Activate Device

  1. On the AMT device, open a Terminal (Linux) or Powershell/Command Prompt as Administrator (Windows).

  2. Navigate to the directory containing the RPC application.

  3. Run RPC with the local activate command to activate and configure Intel® AMT.

    rpc activate -local -configv2 profileName.yaml -configencryptionkey w31W6548+eDZYziC97DnmkzaA4V4r4nC

  4. After finishing successfully, the device can now be added and connected to using Console.

Success

Figure 3: Example Successful Activation and Configuration
Figure 3: Example Successful Activation and Configuration

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