AWS IOT Connection

Connection Configuration #

Configure the fields required to create the connection as explained below.

Connection Name #

Name of the connection to be created.

Connection Type #

Option to choose between either connecting securely using SSH Tunnel or, proceed with a direct connection.

If Connection Type value is SSH Tunnel, additional fields will be displayed as given below:

To know more about SSH Tunneling with Gathr, see SSH Tunneling

SSH Key #

The SSH key should be provided to authenticate the associated SSH host and SSH user.

SSH Host #

Public IP address of your SSH host.

SSH User #

Default SSH username.

If Connection Type value is Direct Connection, then proceed by updating the following fields.

AWS KeyId #

This is the AWS Key i.e. the credential to connect to AWS console.

Secret Access Key #

This is AWS secret access key, to access AWS services.

Client EndPoint #

AWS IOT Client End Point, which is unique for IOT.

Role ARN #

User role ARN. It is used to create rules.

Region #

AWS Region should be selected..

Connection ClientId #

Any stream name.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated. Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.