- Setup your IoT device:
- Ensure your IoT device can send data over the Internet, typically via MQTT or HTTPS.
- Secure your IoT device by enabling encryption, using secure protocols, and following best practices for IoT security.
- AWS IoT Core:
- Use AWS IoT Core to manage and connect your IoT devices to AWS.
- Create a
Thingin AWS IoT representing your physical device. - Setup authentication (using certificates) for your IoT device to communicate securely with AWS IoT Core.
- Send Data to AWS:
- Have the IoT device send data to AWS IoT Core. This can be telemetry data, device status updates, etc.
- Set up
Rulesin AWS IoT Core to decide what to do with the data once it arrives. Rules have SQL-like syntax and can route data to various AWS services.
- Store Data:
- You can use a service like Amazon DynamoDB to store the raw data sent by your devices for archival or further processing.
- Use AWS IoT Core Rules to route incoming data to DynamoDB or another preferred database.
- Data Processing (Optional):
- For processing or transforming the data, use AWS Lambda, which can be triggered by new entries in DynamoDB or directly from AWS IoT Core Rules.
- Another service, Amazon Kinesis, can be used if you have streaming data and need real-time analytics.
- Create a Dashboard:
- Use Amazon QuickSight to create interactive dashboards.
- Connect QuickSight to your data source (e.g., DynamoDB) to visualize the data. QuickSight can directly connect to various AWS data sources.
- Design your dashboard with various charts, graphs, and other visualization tools available in QuickSight.
- Share the dashboard with your customers. They can access it through the QuickSight web interface.
- Provide Access to Customers:
- If you want to embed the dashboard into a custom application or portal, use the QuickSight SDK.
- For a more tailored experience, you might develop a custom web application (e.g., using AWS Amplify) and use AWS API Gateway and Lambda to fetch data and present it.
- Alerts & Notifications (Optional):
- Use AWS IoT Core’s
Actionsto send notifications based on certain conditions (e.g., device goes offline, telemetry exceeds thresholds). - Amazon SNS can be used to send these notifications via SMS, email, or other methods.
- Use AWS IoT Core’s
- Regularly Monitor and Audit:
- Use AWS IoT Device Defender to monitor your fleet of devices for any anomalies or security issues.
- Regularly audit and update certificates and security policies.
- Backup and Data Recovery:
- Regularly backup your data in DynamoDB or any other data store.
- Have a disaster recovery plan in place.