AWS EventBridge

Send device events to AWS EventBridge

Introduction

AWS EventBridge is a serverless service that uses events to connect application components together, making it easier for you to build scalable event-driven applications.

The Blecon AWS EventBridge integration sends device messages to EventBridge, where they can be connected to other AWS services in a low/no-code way.

Preparing your AWS account

Log into or create an AWS account.

Note Region

Note the region in use, which is found in the top right of the AWS Console.

Create IAM Policy

Noting the bucket name you created, create a policy like the below.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowPostingToDefaultEventBus",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "events:PutEvents",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:events:REGION:ACCOUNT_ID:event-bus/default"
        }
    ]
}

For ease of creating, select the JSON editor, paste the above, and insert your region and account ID where indicated.

Create IAM Role

Now that we've created the policy, we can create a role, and attach the policy to it.

Navigate to the IAM service in the AWS Console and select Create Role. For Trusted Entity, choose AWS account and enter 329599652485.

Creating a role for Blecon

Click next, then find the policy you created in the previous step, and attach it to the role.

Click next and note the below on role naming, or the integration will not work.

Ensure the role has a name that begins with the text BleconIntegrationRole

Now that the role is created, we need to get the ARN of the role.

Find the role in the list of roles, open it, and copy the ARN.

Obtaining the ARN for your new role

Configuring the Integration

Now you should have everything you need to configure the Blecon integration:

• IAM Role ARN

• Region

Configuring the integration

The namespace is your choice. Device messages must use this namespace to be routed to this integration.

For next steps, follow the EventBridge documentation.

If you have questions, feel free to contact us!