From c68aa944916634740296a33e5b46e5c70cda066a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naomi Pentrel <5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:15:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove manual install option

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 docs/how-tos/provision-setup.md | 100 +-------------------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/how-tos/provision-setup.md b/docs/how-tos/provision-setup.md
index 34541ae4ca1..d55c0736561 100644
--- a/docs/how-tos/provision-setup.md
+++ b/docs/how-tos/provision-setup.md
@@ -175,12 +175,8 @@ Create a file called <FILE>/etc/viam-provisioning.json</FILE> with the following
 `viam-agent` is a self-updating service manager that maintains the lifecycle for several Viam services and keeps them updated.
 If you intend to use `viam-agent` to keep your device's Viam software up-to-date or to use its provisioning plugin to let end users set up their own machines, you need to use `viam-agent` and install it on the machine before sending it to the user.
 
-You can [install `viam-agent` on live systems](/installation/viam-server-setup/) or preinstall it:
-
-{{< tabs >}}
-{{% tab name="Preinstall on an SD card (or other image)" %}}
-
-Viam provides a preinstall script that works with images to add `viam-agent`.
+You can [install `viam-agent` on live systems](/installation/viam-server-setup/) or preinstall it.
+The following instructions will preinstall it using a preinstall script that adds `viam-agent` to images:
 
 {{< alert title="Support notice" color="note" >}}
 Please note this script works only under POSIX (MacOS and Linux) at the moment.
@@ -307,98 +303,6 @@ sudo ./preinstall.sh /path/to/rootfs
 {{< /tablestep >}}
 {{< /table >}}
 
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{% tab name="Manual install" %}}
-
-{{< table >}}
-{{< tablestep >}}
-**1. Create and download files**
-
-As root on the target device, run the following commands to create directories for the provisioning binaries, then download the binaries and make them executable:
-
-{{< tabs >}}
-{{% tab name="x86_64" %}}
-
-```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
-mkdir -p /opt/viam/bin/ /opt/viam/tmp/
-curl -fsSL https://storage.googleapis.com/packages.viam.com/apps/viam-agent/viam-agent-stable-x86_64 -o /opt/viam/tmp/viam-agent-stable-x86_64
-curl -fsSL https://storage.googleapis.com/packages.viam.com/apps/viam-agent-provisioning/viam-agent-provisioning-stable-x86_64 -o /opt/viam/tmp/viam-agent-provisioning-stable-x86_64
-chmod 755 /opt/viam/tmp/viam-agent*
-```
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{% tab name="aarch64" %}}
-
-```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
-mkdir -p /opt/viam/bin/ /opt/viam/tmp/
-curl -fsSL https://storage.googleapis.com/packages.viam.com/apps/viam-agent/viam-agent-stable-aarch64 -o /opt/viam/tmp/viam-agent-stable-aarch64
-curl -fsSL https://storage.googleapis.com/packages.viam.com/apps/viam-agent-provisioning/viam-agent-provisioning-stable-aarch64 -o /opt/viam/tmp/viam-agent-provisioning-stable-aarch64
-chmod 755 /opt/viam/tmp/viam-agent*
-```
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{< /tabs >}}
-
-{{< /tablestep >}}
-{{< tablestep >}}
-**2. Symlink the binaries**
-
-Symlink the two binaries:
-
-{{< tabs >}}
-{{% tab name="x86_64" %}}
-
-```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
-cd /opt/viam/bin
-ln -s ../tmp/viam-agent-stable-x86_64 viam-agent
-ln -s ../tmp/viam-agent-provisioning-stable-x86_64 agent-provisioning
-```
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{% tab name="aarch64" %}}
-
-```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
-cd /opt/viam/bin
-ln -s ../tmp/viam-agent-stable-aarch64 viam-agent
-ln -s ../tmp/viam-agent-provisioning-stable-aarch64 agent-provisioning
-```
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{< /tabs >}}
-
-{{< /tablestep >}}
-{{< tablestep >}}
-**3. Create the systemd service file**
-
-Copy the systemd [service file](https://github.com/viamrobotics/agent/blob/main/subsystems/viamagent/viam-agent.service) from the agent repo to `/etc/systemd/system/viam-agent.service`.
-
-Then, symlink the service file to <FILE>/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/viam-agent.service</FILE>
-
-```sh {class="command-line" data-prompt="$"}
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/viamrobotics/agent/raw/main/subsystems/viamagent/viam-agent.service -o /etc/systemd/system/viam-agent.service
-ln -s /etc/systemd/system/viam-agent.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/viam-agent.service
-```
-
-And when you're ready, start the service with `systemctl start viam-agent.service`.
-
-{{< /tablestep >}}
-{{< tablestep >}}
-**4. Ensure NetworkManager is installed**
-
-Make sure NetworkManager version 1.42 or newer is installed and enabled in `systemd`.
-
-{{< /tablestep >}}
-{{< tablestep >}}
-
-If you create a provisioning file, the file must be at <file>/etc/viam-provisioning.json</file> on the machine that will be provisioned.
-If you follow the installation instructions in the next section
-
-{{< /tablestep >}}
-{{< /table >}}
-
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{< /tabs >}}
-
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 If you need to test the GRPC components of the provisioning service, there is a CLI client available.