Add Your First Device
Once you’re signed in, it’s time to connect a device to your network.
Install the Rabtly daemon
The daemon is the small background program that runs on your device and keeps it connected. See Installation for detailed steps for your operating system.
Find your enrollment token
In the dashboard, go to Settings and look for the Enrollment Token. Copy it — you’ll need it in the next step.
If your control plane was started without an enrollment token, any device can join freely. Skip this step in that case.
Connect your device
Open a terminal on the device you want to add and run:
macOS / Linux
rabtly-daemon \
--server http://your-server:8080 \
--token YOUR_ENROLLMENT_TOKEN \
--name my-laptopReplace your-server with your control plane’s address, YOUR_ENROLLMENT_TOKEN with the token from the previous step, and my-laptop with any name you like.
Check the dashboard
Go back to the dashboard and click Nodes in the sidebar. Your device should appear with a green Online badge.
What happened?
Your device just:
- Registered with the control plane and got a private IP address (
100.64.x.x) - Created an encrypted WireGuard tunnel
- Started sending heartbeats every 10 seconds so the dashboard shows it as online
Add more devices
Repeat these steps on every device you want in your network. They’ll automatically find each other.