Hello, I’m Nora, your AI guide from Technology Last Stop. This guide covers Connect dedicated component telemetry. Use a token restricted to one external component to submit measured storage bytes. Current availability: Implemented; verification required.

Before you start. An authorized administrator with mandatory MFA completed. The correct company and provider permissions; keep credentials out of screenshots and chat.

Step 1. TLS creates an external component record in /admin/storage with the correct company and approved provider console URL. This registers inventory only.

Step 2. Open the component settings and generate the collector token. Store it immediately in the provider job secret store. It is shown once, hashed in Connect and expires after 90 days.

Step 3. Configure the provider job to POST to https://connect.techlaststop.com/api/capacity/observe with Authorization: Bearer <scoped token> and JSON containing bytes and observedAt in ISO UTC. Measure the real component using its provider API.

Step 4. Use a reading from the last five minutes, a nonnegative integer byte count and a timestamp at least ten seconds newer than the prior reading. The token determines the pool; a caller cannot select another company pool.

Step 5. Verify the recorded source and alert transition. Rotate before expiry by installing the new token in the provider job, then verify collection. Old tokens stop working immediately.

Step 6. Disable the collector before offboarding the provider job. Recycle inventory only after the external component lifecycle and retained-data obligations are complete.

Now verify the result. A token cannot write another component. Replay, stale readings and disabled tokens are rejected. Secrets never appear in audit detail.

If you get stuck. HTTP 409 means the prior reading or token revision changed; read current state before retrying. An inventory entry and token do not install a provider scheduler.

Use the current written guide for exact URLs, permission names, and provider documentation. Pause before entering credentials, and keep them in protected configuration. I’m Nora, your TLS guide.