Systems and methods for registering and localizing building servers for cloud-based monitoring and control of physical environments

A system for registering a building server with a computing cloud used to monitor and control a physical environment, the system comprising:

• the building server communicatively coupled with the computing cloud and configured to initiate a registration process comprising a transmission of:
• a building server ID, a device type, and a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) code;
• and
• the computing cloud comprising at least:
• a device registration module, implemented by at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor implements the device registration module by being configured to receive the building server ID and the HMAC code from the building server, to authenticate the building server, to generate one or more of:
• a building server password and a digital certificate, and to transmit, for receipt by the building server, one or more of:
• the generated building server password, the generated digital certificate, an encrypted private key, and information indicative of a communication resource for use by the building server for communicating with the computing cloud, and
• an identity management module, implemented by at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor implements the identity management module by being configured to receive a request to create an identity associated with the building server from the device registration module using one or more of:
• the building server ID and the generated building server password, and to update a memory to indicate that the building server is one of one or more building servers used by the computing cloud to monitor and control the physical environment,
• wherein the building server is further configured to decrypt the encrypted private key, to generate an install site key, and to transmit an authentication request for receipt at the identity management module, the transmission of the authentication request comprising at least one of:
• the building server password and the building server ID.