Gateway security

The SenArch ARCH-1 LoRaWAN Gateway includes essential security configurations you should implement before deployment. This section covers basic security and configuration customization to meet your deployment requirements.

Change the password

Note: For security reasons, we recommend changing the default password immediately after the first login.

  1. Open an SSH session to the gateway

  2. Once logged in, run the password change command: passwd

  3. The system will prompt you for a new password. Type your new password and press Enter (note that characters will not appear on screen for security)

  4. You will be asked to re-type the new password for confirmation

  5. Once confirmed, the new password is active for all future SSH logins

Example session:

root@archxxxx:~# passwd
Changing password for root.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully

Checking software and hardware versions

To check which software and hardware versions are running on the gateway, connect to the gateway via SSH and run:

cat /data/info.json

This will display the current hardware and software versions.

{
  "Charge Controller Info": {
    "Hardware version": "1.1.0",
    "Software version": "1.0.4"
  },
  "Main-Host Info": {
    "Hardware Version": "1.5.3",
    "Software Version": "arch1-yocto-b1.0.5"
  },
  "Co-Host Info": {
    "Hardware version": "1.3.1",
    "Software version": "1.0.6"
  }
}

Software update procedures are currently provided by the SenArch support team as needed.

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