The present application discloses a device management method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The method includes: a first
control point obtains a first request; the first request carries at least a first signature; the first request is used to request management of a device in a first network; the first network includes multiple devices; the multiple devices can communicate with each other based on the
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol; the first
control point is a device among the multiple devices whose computing capacity meets a first condition; through a
smart contract, a first node of a second network is called to verify the validity of the first signature according to a preset endorsement policy to obtain a first
verification result; and if the first
verification result indicates that the validity of the first signature has been verified, a management operation corresponding to the first request is executed.