During the lifecycle of a robot, it is common to have to re-image or replace a robot. Rather than create a new device within Formant, you can re-provision your device to maintain its Formant identity and relation to existing data. Data will then appear as though it is from the same device.

Prior to re-provisioning a device, ensure that the agent is either stopped or uninstalled.

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Once you begin the re-provisioning process, the device will be invalidated and will stop ingesting data.

Step 1: Uninstall the current Formant agent installation

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Perform re-provisioning over a separate SSH connection, and not through the Formant web application. The connection to Formant will be broken when the original token is revoked.

Native Formant installation

Open a terminal or SSH connection to your device (not through the Formant app) and enter the following command:

sudo apt remove formant-agent --purge

Docker installation

If your agent is installed via Docker, run the following command:

sudo rm /var/lib/formant/credentials.toml

Step 2: Generate a new provisioning token

1. In Formant, in the upper-left corner, open the menu and go to Settings >> Devices.
2. Locate the device you want to re-provision. Click the three dots >> Reprovision. Confirm that you want to proceed by clicking OK.
3. Copy the new provisioning script for your device, which will look like this:

bash <(wget -qO - https://app.formant.io/install-agent.sh) <provisioning-token>

Step 3: Run new installation command

1. Close out of the terminal you used in Step 1, and open a new terminal window.

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The installation may not run properly if you use the same terminal window from Step 1.

2. Paste the provisioning script from Step 2 and run it. This will install the Formant agent on your device with the same identity as the device you de-provisioned.

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