Appendix A.9 – Uploading a Certificate to IoT Hub Azure

Perform the following steps to get the device connected to the IoT hub.

1. For new users, create a new Azure account.
2. From the Azure homepage, select + Create a resource > Categories > Internet of Things > IoT Hub.

   

3. In Basics tab, enter the project details as shown in the following figure.
   1. Select the Subscription and Resource group for the IoT hub.
   2. To create a new resource group, select “Create new” and provide a custom name. Use unique alphanumeric characters for the IoT hub name.

   

4. In the Networking tab, set Connectivity configuration and TLS version.
   Note: Once the IoT hub is created, TLS version can not be updated. The user can select the default setting 1.0.

   

5. As per the user’s choice, set access permissions from the Management, Add-ons and Tags tabs.

   

   

   

6. Click Review + create to review choices and then select Create to start deployment of new hub.
7. Go to the newly created IoT hub and select Devices under Device management from the left navigation pane.

   

8. Click Add Device to register your device certificate. In the Create a device window:
   1. Enter the Device ID. It is the ID that is given as “Issued To” in the Device Certificate (see following figure).

      

   2. Select Authentication type as “X.509 Self-Signed”.
   3. To get the Primary Thumbprint and Secondary Thumbprint value:
      1. Double-click on the device certificate, go to Details tab and scroll down to Thumbprint.

         

      2. Copy and paste the thumbprint value to both ‘Primary Thumbprint’ and ‘Secondary Thumbprint’.

   

9. Select Enable to connect the device to an IoT hub.
10. Click Save. The device will be added to the IoT hub and it will also be displayed in the list of devices.