2 Procedure Overview

The process of building an AWS IoT Greengrass system is straightforward, but requires several different activities. This application note divides the activities into easy-to-follow processes.

  1. Set up the hardware. Refer to section Setting Up the Hardware.
  2. Set up AWS IoT services. Refer to section Setting Up AWS Services.
  3. Build the target image. Refer to section Building the Target Image.
  4. Configure the target. Refer to section Copy Certificates and Root CA.
  5. Run Greengrass on the target. Refer to section Start the Greengrass Core.
  6. Deploy a Greengrass group from the Cloud. Refer to section Deploy the Group from AWS Console.