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Get Started

Here's what you need to get started with your Cachengo product.

Getting Started

1. Login to Cachengo’s Knowhere portal

  • Navigate to https://knowhere.cachengo.com/
  • If you don’t have an account:
    • Click “Don’t have and account? Sign UP”
    • Create a Username
    • Enter your Email Address
    • Create a Password (password must have one capital letter and a special character)
    • Click “Sign Up”
    • You will receive a verification email, click verify and then login into you account using the credentials created.
    • You will be prompt to create and Organization, you can name this anything you would like.
  • If you already have an account, login with your username and password
  • Click on your organization when prompted

2. Install Cachengo-Cli on PC – Linux, Windows, or Mac

  • Linux Installation
    • Download cachengo-cli from https://downloads.cachengo.com/
    • Navigate to the cachengo-cli folder at https://downloads.cachengo.com/
    • Download cachengo-cli_linux_x86_64
    • Run “sudo mv cachengo-cli_linux_x86_64 cachengo-cli && sudo chmod +x cachengo-cli”
    • Move cachengo-cli_linux_x86_64 to “sudo mv cachengo-cli /usr/bin”
    • Run “sudo cachengo-cli deviceInit -c cachengo.com
      • Use the following credentials when prompted
        • organization – your organization handle (the organization handle can be found under the “My Organization” tab in your organization)
        • username – your username
        • password – your password
        • name – Use whatever you would like your PC to be called in Portal e.g BradsPC

    • Windows Installation
      • Navigate to the installer folder at https://downloads.cachengo.com/
        • Download Cachengo-Installer-production.exe
        • Run Cachengo-Installer-production.exe
        • Use the following credentials when prompted
          • organization – your organization name
          • username – your username
          • password – your password
          • name – Use whatever you would like your PC to be called in Portal e.g BradsPC

    • Mac Installation
      • Navigate to the installer folder at https://downloads.cachengo.com/
        • Download Cachengo-Installer-production.dmg
        • Run Cachengo-Installer-production.dmg
        • Use the following credentials when prompted
          • organization – your organization name
          • username – your username
          • password – your password
          • name – Use whatever you would like your PC to be called in Portal e.g BradsPC

3. Add PC to peer group

  • In the navigation menu on the left, click on “Peer Groups”
  • In the right corner, click “New Peer Group”
  • Enter name of your peer group
  • In the navigation menu on the left, click on “Devices”
  • Find your previously created PC under “Single Devices”
  • Click your PC so that it is highlighted
  • Click the Peer Groups button in the toolbar on the left side of the page (You may have to expand toolbar to view)
  • Click on your Peer Group so that it is highlighted
  • Click “Install Now” under “Installation Summary”

4. Install your public key on all nodes

  • Have your PC’s public ssh key ready (you will only need to install your public key if you plan to access your nodes via ssh)
  • Navigate to Devices page by selecting “Devices” in the toolbar on left side of page
  • Expand “your Bento” by clicking the caret/arrow icon next to “your Bento
  • Click “Select All” to the right of your Bento so that all nodes are now highlighted
  • Select “App Marketplace” in the toolbar to the left
  • Expand the “Security” category
  • Select “Public Key”
  • Click “Install Now” under “Installation Summary” above
  • Under “Installation Name”, name the installation anything you’d like e.g. “BradsKey”
  • Under “User”, enter “.cachengo”, no quotes (be sure to use period)
  • Under Public Key, paste your PC’s public key

5. SSH into a node of “your Bento
  • Select “Devices” in the toolbar to the left of the page
  • Expand “your Bento
  • Choose a node of the Bento you would like to ssh into e.g. “B020112-1d0cb76
  • Click the information icon “(i)” in the upper right side of the node’s box that you would like to ssh into
  • Expand the “Peer Groups” tab
  • Copy the ipv6 address under “your peer group
  • Open terminal on your P.C.
  • SSH into node using “cachengo” as the username and the ipv6 address – e.g. “ssh cachengo@fdba:16fb:5849:2235:c699:9381:cd4f:52f3”

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