Gateways
Gateways is the register of the EdgeBridge installations allowed to talk to your ERP. Each one carries a key, an optional IP restriction and a default location — together they decide what your ERP will accept and where its events are attributed.
Where to find it
Go to EdgeBridge > Gateways. Create one from New > Gateway.
What the list shows
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | What the gateway is called — usually the site it serves. |
| Key id | Identifies the key without revealing it. |
| Location | The default location events from this gateway are attributed to. |
| Last seen / From IP | When it last reported and from where. |
| Events / Rejected | How much it has delivered, and how much was refused. |
| Status | Active or Revoked. |
Creating a gateway
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Gateway name | Name it after the site or machine, so an alert tells you where to go. |
| Default location | Where its events belong when the payload does not say. |
| Allowed IPs | Restricts which addresses may use the key. Leave empty to allow any. |
| Notes | Which machine it runs on, who to call. |
| ERP URL | Shown for pasting into the gateway. It adds its own /api/… path, so paste exactly what is given. |
The registration key
Create gateway issues a registration key and displays it once. Copy it into the gateway installer before leaving the page.
If the key is lost, use Issue new key and reconfigure the gateway. There is no way to read the original back — that is deliberate, since a key readable from the ERP is a key readable by anyone with a login.
Revoking
Revoking stops the gateway being accepted immediately. Use it when a machine is decommissioned, lost, or replaced. Its history stays for audit.
Set the allowed IPs where you can
A key alone authenticates anyone holding it. Restricting to the site's public IP means a leaked key is still useless from anywhere else — worth doing for any fixed-line site.
Related pages
- Download the Gateway — installing it
- Inbound — what a rejected key looks like
- Read Points — what a read at a location means