Install VPX Agent on NVIDIA Jetson

Install JetPack 4.6
Flash the system image JetPack 4.6 onto your Jetson device. Follow the documentation from NVIDIA. Depending on your hardware capability, you have the option to use an SD card or internal storage.
Make sure to match the JetPack version. Don't use newer or older versions.
Clean up memory on your Jetson device
Some Jetson devices don't have enough space for the VPX agent. You can run the following script which removes non-essential applications.
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y
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curl http://get-vpx.swarm-analytics.com/clean_jetson.sh > clean_jetson.sh  && chmod +x clean_jetson.sh 
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./clean_jetson.sh
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Install VPX Agent
With our installer script, installing the VPX agent is easy. Make sure to get the serial(s) from us in advance.
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y
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curl http://get-vpx.swarm-analytics.com/install-2.0.sh > install.sh  && chmod +x install.sh 
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./install.sh
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After the installation script is complete, the IoT Edge runtime will pull four docker containers as outlined below.
The device type needs to be set in SWARM Control Center. Currently, only our support team can do that. Please create a ticket, therefore.​
Make sure that the container curiosity-arm64-tensorrtis used.
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[email protected]:~$ sudo docker ps -a
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CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                             COMMAND                   CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                                                  NAMES
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57eec104e917        swarm.azurecr.io/curiosity-arm64-tensorrt:5.3.0   "./curiosity"             2 weeks ago         Up 5 minutes                                                                               curiosity
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82b106f9d3d7        swarm.azurecr.io/azure-module-arm64:1.1.0         "java -jar app.jar"       6 weeks ago         Up 10 days                                                                                 azure-module
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27ffd61ab021        mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-hub:1.0.10.3       "/bin/sh -c 'echo \"$…"   6 weeks ago         Up 10 days          0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5671->5671/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8883->8883/tcp   edgeHub
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5e96e96eb440        mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-agent:1.0.10.3     "/bin/sh -c 'exec /a…"    6 weeks ago         Up 10 days                                                                                 edgeAgent
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Downloading curiosity might take a while
You will see in the SWARM Control Center an "Unnamed Device" with the corresponding registration ID:
This registration ID is a sample
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Use JetsonStats to monitor and control your Jetson device.
Next steps: Configure your use case.
Upgrade Jetpack from 4.4.1 to 4.6.0
Upgrading Jetpack is documented by NVIDIA.

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Install VPX Agent on X86/NVIDIA GPUs

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Contents

Install JetPack 4.6

Clean up memory on your Jetson device

Install VPX Agent

Upgrade Jetpack from 4.4.1 to 4.6.0