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Industrial Edge Platform Operation - What's New?

Product
Industrial Edge
Product Version
v25.04
Edition
04/2025
Language
en-US (original)

During the onboarding process, the hostname of the device will now automatically be set based on the device name. This enhancement simplifies the identification of Industrial Edge devices within your network.

The automatically generated hostname will be a sanitized version of the format [device_name]-[device_id].

hostname

Manual change

Alternatively, you can manually change the hostname using the IED API.

Notice

Please note that the hostname will revert to its default upon performing a hard reset.

For Device Builders

The Industrial Edge Device Kit's GRPC interfaces have been updated to accommodate this feature. Comprehensive documentation is available here.