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Ingredients

Amazon IOT Setup Thing

1. Setup Thing || 2. Create The Skill || 3. Create The Lambda Function || 4. Connect Skill To Lambda & Add IOT Permissions || 5. Webapp-Thing

What you will learn

It is simple to create a new virtual "Thing" in the AWS IOT Thing Registry.

Quick Setup Guide

1. Login to AWS Console
2. Search for "IOT" and click on the service called "IoT Device Management"
3. (Cancel the welcome tour popup)
4. Verify your Region on the top right, such as Ireland or N. Virginia
5. On the left panel, locate and click on the Manage link
6. A sub-menu appears. Click on the Things link
7. Click on the Create button on the top right and then click Create a single thing
8. Give your Thing the name: thing1 and scroll down past the rest of the options and click Next
9. On the next panel, click the last button Create thing without certificate
10. On the next page, click on your new thing contained in a small box.
11. Click the "Interact" item on the left menu.
12. Record the HTTPS Rest API Endpoint you see, such as a2eshrcp6u0000.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com You will need this when you create your Lambda function.

You can stop at this point and begin writing Lambda code to update this device. Continue on to the update-shadow page.

Full Thing Setup Guide

• See the Register Device guide for the full device setup steps, including the process to configure your physical device, if desired.
• You can learn more from the Getting Started with AWS IOT documentation.*

Next, go to the Update Shadow section.

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