AWS IoT Core Connection

Overview

This section provides a guide on connecting an ESF device to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT platform. This guide covers the usage of the ESF Cloud Connector for AWS IoT Core and other integrations with AWS IoT services like AWS Greengrass.

Prerequisites

In order to connect a device to AWS IoT Core, the following prerequisites are needed:

• An AWS IoT account
• A device with ESF version 3.3 or greater installed

Device Provisioning

AWS IoT Core supports three types of provisioning:

• Single Thing Provisioning
• Just In Time Provisioning (JITP)
• Bulk Provisioning

Connectors Available

Two alternative ways can be used to connect to AWS IoT Core from ESF:

• Using the ESF Cloud Connector for AWS IoT Core: (Requires ESF 6.1.0+)
• Configuring the Generic ESF MQTT Connector: (Requires ESF 3.3.0+)

Both ESF Connectors support all three provisioning techniques.