Storage gateway activation process

A device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the at least one processor to implement a gateway process on a network, the gateway process configured to:
• initiate a connection to a remote gateway control process on another network;
• receive an activation key from the remote gateway control process;
• expose the activation key on a port of the device;
• receive customer information from the remote gateway control process in response to said exposing the activation key, wherein the customer information uniquely identifies the gateway process to a remote service provider and associates the gateway process with a customer account;
• send a request for security credentials to the remote gateway control process;
• and
• receive the requested security credentials.

A non-transitory computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions computer-executable to implement a gateway process configured to:

• send a public key and metadata describing a device on which the gateway process is installed to a remote gateway control process on a remote network;
• receive an activation key from the remote gateway control process;
• provide the activation key to another process on a local network;
• receive customer information from the remote gateway control process, wherein the customer information uniquely identifies the gateway process to a remote service provider and associates the gateway process with a customer account;
• send a request for security credentials to the remote gateway control process;
• and
• receive the requested security credentials from the remote gateway control process.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a gateway control process on a network from a gateway process on another network, a public key and metadata describing a device on the other network on which the gateway process is installed;
• sending, by the gateway control process to the gateway process, an activation key;
• receiving, by the gateway control process from a customer process on the other network, the activation key, wherein the customer process obtained the activation key from the gateway process;
• sending, by the gateway control process to the customer process, at least a portion of the metadata describing the device on which the gateway process is installed;
• receiving, by the gateway control process from the customer process, customer information and confirmation that the gateway process is to be registered with a remote service provider, wherein the customer information uniquely identifies the gateway process to the remote service provider and associates the gateway process with a customer account;
• sending, by the gateway control process to the gateway process, at least a portion of the customer information;
• receiving, by the gateway control process from the gateway process, a request for security credentials, wherein the request includes at least a portion of the customer information and the activation key;
• and
• sending, by the gateway control process to the gateway process, the requested security credentials.