Getting started

1. Identify your prerequisites:

   • the datasource(s) to use and their type, and the data you want to capture on each. Once done, identify if the corresponding datasource plugin(s) exists
   • choose (and maybe install) the message bus you’ll use
   • identify which hermes-client plugin(s) you’ll need

2. Install Hermes by following the Installation section

3. Configure hermes-server by following the following sections:

   • hermes for global settings
   • configure your messagebus plugin
   • configure your datasource plugin(s)
   • configure your attribute plugins, if any
   • hermes-server for hermes-server settings, and set up your server datamodel

4. Run hermes-server by following the Run section, and once it has successfully done its first data polling, generate an initsync sequence using the hermes-server CLI, as explained in the Run section

5. Configure a first hermes-client by following the following sections:

   • hermes for global settings
   • configure your messagebus plugin
   • configure your attribute plugins, if any
   • configure your hermes-client plugin
   • hermes-client for generic hermes-client settings, and set up your client datamodel

6. Run the appropriate hermes-client by following the Run section