5. Connect a Core appliance #

Your Core appliance is deployed. Next, create its region in Network Manager and connect the appliance to your Nimbra Edge installation.

Create the region #

A video region groups the appliances that handle your video traffic. Create one in Network Manager before connecting your new appliance.

  1. Open Create New… → Region.
  2. Enter a name, for example Stockholm, and click Save.

Network Manager with the new region form and Stockholm entered as an example

Connect the appliance to Nimbra Edge #

  1. In Network Manager, open Create New… → Core Video Appliance.
  2. Copy the Appliance secret using the copy button beside the secret. This temporary, single-use secret authorizes the appliance to join your installation. Keep it private; reopen the dialog for a new secret if it expires.

Core Video Appliance dialog with the copy button beside the appliance secret highlighted

  1. Return to the new appliance’s setup interface and open Nimbra Edge.

  2. Set Role to Core video, then enter:

    Field Value
    Nimbra Edge URL Your Nimbra Edge address, for example https://my.nimbra.edge
    Device Name A unique appliance name, for example stockholm-1
    Appliance Secret The secret you just copied
    Region The region you created, for example Stockholm

  3. Click Connect to Nimbra Edge and wait for the connection to complete.

Appliance connection form with Core video, the installation URL, and Stockholm selected

Check your installation #

In Network Manager, open Settings → Appliances. Find your appliance and check that it is online and belongs to the region you created. A green status indicator means it is connected.

Network Manager showing stockholm-1 connected in the Stockholm region

Nimbra Edge and your first video region are ready. You can now configure video streams. This tutorial uses one Core appliance; add more appliances when you need additional capacity or redundancy.