diff --git a/docs/src/operate/c8y/cloud-profiles.md b/docs/src/operate/c8y/cloud-profiles.md
index e2136773e5..a05377a4f8 100644
--- a/docs/src/operate/c8y/cloud-profiles.md
+++ b/docs/src/operate/c8y/cloud-profiles.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ You can customize the documentation and commands shown on this page by providing
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@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ to a second Cumulocity tenant.
### URL
To connect to a second tenant, start by configuring the URL of the new tenant:
+
```sh
-sudo tedge config set c8y.url other.cumulocity.com --profile second
+sudo tedge config set c8y.url $C8Y_PROFILE_URL --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
```
+
The profile name can be any combination of letters and numbers, and is used only
to identify the cloud profile within thin-edge. The names are case insensitive,
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ tedge config list url
```sh
c8y.url=$C8Y_URL
-c8y.profiles.second.url=other.cumulocity.com
+c8y.profiles.$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME.url=$C8Y_PROFILE_URL
```
@@ -60,9 +62,11 @@ be set for the second mapper:
- the Cumulocity proxy bind port
### MQTT bridge topic prefix
+
```sh
-sudo tedge config set c8y.bridge.topic_prefix c8y-second --profile second
+sudo tedge config set c8y.bridge.topic_prefix c8y-$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
```
+
Setting `c8y.bridge.topic_prefix` will change the MQTT topics that the
Cumulocity bridge publishes to/listens to in mosquitto. The default value is
@@ -74,9 +78,11 @@ topic prefix, to make it clear that the relevant topics are bridge topics that
will forward to and from Cumulocity.
### Cumulocity proxy bind port
-```sh
-sudo tedge config set c8y.proxy.bind.port 8002 --profile second
+
```
+sudo tedge config set c8y.proxy.bind.port 8002 --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+```
+
Since the Cumulocity mapper hosts a [proxy server for
Cumulocity](../../references/cumulocity-proxy.md) and there will be a second
@@ -89,15 +95,19 @@ All the Cumulocity-specific configurations (those listed by `tedge config list
## Connecting
Once the second cloud profile has been configured, you can finally connect the
second mapper using:
-```sh
-sudo tedge connect --profile second
+
+
```
+sudo tedge connect --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+```
+
+
```
Connecting to Cumulocity with config:
device id: $DEVICE_ID
- cloud profile: second
- cloud host: other.cumulocity.com:8883
+ cloud profile: $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+ cloud host: $C8Y_PROFILE_URL:8883
certificate file: /etc/tedge/device-certs/tedge-certificate.pem
bridge: mosquitto
service manager: systemd
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ Creating device in Cumulocity cloud... ✓
Restarting mosquitto... ✓
Waiting for mosquitto to be listening for connections... ✓
Verifying device is connected to cloud... ✓
-Enabling tedge-mapper-c8y@second... ✓
+Enabling tedge-mapper-c8y@$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME... ✓
Checking Cumulocity is connected to intended tenant... ✓
Enabling tedge-agent... ✓
```
@@ -114,9 +124,11 @@ Enabling tedge-agent... ✓
Once the mapper is running, you can restart it by running:
+
```
-sudo systemctl restart tedge-mapper-c8y@second
+sudo systemctl restart tedge-mapper-c8y@$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
```
+
This uses a systemd service template to create the `tedge-mapper-c8y@second`
service. If you are not using systemd, you will need to create a service
@@ -128,14 +140,14 @@ For easy configuration of profiles in shell scripts, you can set the profile
name using the environment variable `TEDGE_CLOUD_PROFILE`.
-```sh
+```
sudo tedge config set c8y.url $C8Y_URL
sudo tedge connect c8y
-sudo tedge config set c8y.url other.cumulocity.com --profile second
-sudo tedge config set c8y.bridge.topic_prefix c8y-second --profile second
-sudo tedge config set c8y.proxy.bind.port 8002 --profile second
-sudo tedge connect c8y --profile second
+sudo tedge config set c8y.url $C8Y_PROFILE_URL --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+sudo tedge config set c8y.bridge.topic_prefix c8y-$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+sudo tedge config set c8y.proxy.bind.port 8002 --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+sudo tedge connect c8y --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
```
@@ -146,9 +158,9 @@ export TEDGE_CLOUD_PROFILE=
sudo tedge config set c8y.url $C8Y_URL
sudo tedge connect c8y
-export TEDGE_CLOUD_PROFILE=second
-sudo tedge config set c8y.url other.cumulocity.com
-sudo tedge config set c8y.bridge.topic_prefix c8y-second
+export TEDGE_CLOUD_PROFILE=$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
+sudo tedge config set c8y.url $C8Y_PROFILE_URL
+sudo tedge config set c8y.bridge.topic_prefix c8y-$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
sudo tedge config set c8y.proxy.bind.port 8002
sudo tedge connect c8y
@@ -164,12 +176,14 @@ If you need to temporarily override a profiled configuration, you can use
environment variables of the form `TEDGE_C8Y_PROFILES__`.
For example:
-```sh
-$ TEDGE_C8Y_PROFILES_SECOND_URL=different.example.com tedge config get c8y.url --profile second
+
+```
+$ TEDGE_C8Y_PROFILES_$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME_URL=different.example.com tedge config get c8y.url --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
different.example.com
-$ TEDGE_C8Y_PROFILES_SECOND_PROXY_BIND_PORT=1234 tedge config get c8y.proxy.bind.port --profile second
+$ TEDGE_C8Y_PROFILES_$C8Y_PROFILE_NAME_PROXY_BIND_PORT=1234 tedge config get c8y.proxy.bind.port --profile $C8Y_PROFILE_NAME
1234
```
+
If you are configuring %%te%% entirely with environment variables, e.g. in a
containerised deployment, you probably don't need to make use of cloud profiles