Questions tagged [aws]

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How can I set up main and failover MQTT subscribers for a job queue with AWS IoT?

I have an system where a client (let's call it ClientA) can publish requests to a particular MQTT topic. The broker, in case it matters, is Amazon Web Services. Then I have another client (let's call it MainSubscriber) which is always subscribed to…
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Connecting web app to IoT AWS

I am using Raspberry Pi as a web server this web is to control CNC machine as you can see in the following picture. (I took it from git hub) I can enter the g code manually or I can upload the g code file but now I want to connect this web page to…
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Subscibe to specific device with AWS or Azure IoT services

There are 1,000 IoT devices which need to send data to the cloud each second. There is a mobile app. The mobile app user can see messages from a single device at a time only. Is there any simple (built in) way to achieve such subscription to single…
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When setting up 'Things' in AWS IoT, can I have one thing, and then have many instances of that Thing?

I might be putting this into software terms, but I just want to have all my things be the same type, but have multiple instances (multiple things). Each thing must be able to be referenced individually as well, and individually subscribe to…
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What is the "event" of a AWS lambda-function, and how do I send one through the API Gateway?

An AWS lambda function has an "event" and a "context" as in parameters. The "event" is a json object. I try to connect an API (manager through the AWS API Gateway) to my lambda function, sending the json of the event as the body of an http POST.…
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Provisioning "things" on AWS IoT without certificates confusion

I am new to AWS IoT. I wish to use AWS IoT's feature called JITP (Just In Time Provisioning) to provision my gateways automatically. I am using BeagleBone boards as device gateways. I followed the steps by generating and registering the CA…
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aws iot - mosquitto_sub does not subscribe

This is my policy document: { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "iot:Connect", "Resource": [ "arn:aws:iot:us-east-2:000000000000:client/sub", …
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AWS IoT Authentication - Using own certificate not working

I'm trying to set up AWS IoT authentication with using my own certificate according to the docs. I've managed to register a CA, enabled it as well as set it to auto-register. Also, created device cert & key according to the docs. When I first…
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Which is the right way to use AWS-IoT for big quantities of devices?

I'm studying AWS IoT for a big project and I want to understand more about this amazing service, so here I am with a question for you. Each example inside the documentation of AWS IoT talks about one device connected to this service, but how the…
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Create a toggle between two actions in IFTTT

I have a simple device (Nordic Thingy 52) with a push button which can trigger the Maker Webhooks service in order to pass an event (button_press), which I am currently using to then trigger the Smart Life service's "Turn Off" or "Turn On" action.…
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Deploy Scripts to AWS-Greengrass without AWS-Lambda

Is it possible to deploy to Greengrass from another source besides Lambda? Could I possibly connect to AWS-Greengrass with a client like MQTT.fx and deploy scripts to it? I have tried several times connecting to Greengrass with MQTT.fx, but…
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Can multiple subscribers subscribe to the same topic from AWS IoT?

Just like what the question asks, can multiple subscribers subscribe to the same topic reading the same message from AWS IoT?
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Do I need different certificates for every thing?

I'm learning AWS and I created a new thing with the required certificates to access it via MQTT: root-CA.crt .private.key .cert.pem If I'm not wrong the root-CA.crt file will be the same for all the things because it's used to authenticate the…
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S3 Actions from ActiveMQ (IoT Core)

I am working on a code for ESP32 which needs to transfers data that is sent via MQTT to AWS S3 storage. Can Someone help me out on how I can achieve this ? I have setup the the client and AWS broker as well. I need help to transfer messages to S3 by…
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My thing connected to AWS IoT but it does not publish messages

This question is related to this one after you helped me to fix my mistake I have connected to Eclipse broker, it worked just fine, connection and publishing, then I switched to AWS IoT broker with this code #!/user/bin/python3 import…
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