Setting Up Azure IoT Device Provisioning

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Provisioning setup

Create an IoT hub:

• Sign in to the Azure Portal.
• On the Azure homepage, select the + Create a resource button. 
• From the Categories menu, select Internet of Things, and then select IoT Hub.
• Select the subscription to use for your hub.
• Select a resource group or create a new one. To create a new one, select Create New and fill in the name you want to use.
• Enter a name for your hub
• Select the region, closest to you, where you want your hub to be located.
• Select the tier that you want to use for your hub.
• Select the maximum daily quota of messages for your hub.
• Select Next: Networking to continue creating your hub.

• Accept the default settings on the Networking tap.
• Select Next Management to continue creating your hub.
• On the Management tab, accept the default settings.
• On the Add-ons tab, accept the default settings.
• Select Next: Tags to continue to the next screen.
• Select Next: Review + create to review your choices.
• Select Create to start the deployment of your new hub. Once the deployment is complete, select Go to Resource to open the new hub.

Create a new IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service instance:

• In the Azure portal, select the + Create a resource button.
• From the Categories menu, select Internet of Things, and then select IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service.

On the Basics tab, provide the following information:
1. Select the subscription to use for your Device Provisioning
    Service instance.
2. Resource group: Choose the same resource group that
    contains the IoT hub you created in the previous steps.
3. Name: Provide a unique name for your new Device
    Provisioning Service instance.
4. Region: Select a location that’s close to your devices.

• Select Review + Create to validate your
  provisioning service.
• Select Create to start the deployment of your Device
  Provisioning Service instance.
• After the deployment successfully completes, select Go to
  Resource to view your Device Provisioning Service instance.

Link the IoT hub and your Device Provisioning Service instance:

• In the Settings menu, select Linked IoT hubs.
• Select + Add.

On the Add link to IoT hub panel, provide the following
information:

1. Subscription: Select the subscription containing the IoT hub
that you want to link with your new Device Provisioning
Service instance.
2. IoT hub: Select the IoT hub to link with your new Device
Provisioning System instance.
3. Access Policy: Select iothubowner (RegistryWrite,
   ServiceConnect, DeviceConnect) as the credentials
   for establishing the link with the IoT hub.

• Select Save.

• Select Refresh. You should now see the selected hub under the Linked IoT hubs blade.

Create a device enrollment

• Select Manage Enrollments from the Settings section of the navigation menu.
• Select the Enrollment groups tab, then select Add enrollment groups.

• On the Registration + provisioning of the Add enrollment group page,
  Select the Symmetric key as the Attestation mechanism.
• Check the Generate symmetric keys automatically.
• Provide a unique registration ID for the device.
• Check the Enable this enrollment box.
• In the Reprovision policy choose ‘Reprovision device
  and migrate current state’.
• Select Next: IoT hubs.
• Target IoT hubs: Select your linked IoT hubs.
• Allocation policy: Choose ‘Evenly weighted distribution’.
• Select Next: Device settings.
• IoT Edge: Check the Enable IoT Edge on provisioned
  devices.
• Select Next: Review + create.

• To view your simulated symmetric key device enrollment, select the Enrollment groups tab.
• Select your device’s registration ID from the list of Enrollment groups.
• Copy the value of the generated Primary key.