AWS IoT Thing Attributes – introduction to device management and boto3 python sdk

The IoT Thing is a virtual representation of a physical device or logical entity (for instance: an application).
Internet of Things systems typically uses a huge number of various connected devices. Management of a fleet of IoT devices needs to be carefully designed and implemented.
This video is an introduction to AWS IoT from the perspective of thing management. I present the Thing Attributes (metadata that describe devices) and how to programmatically create an IoT Thing using AWS SDK for Python (boto3).

Useful links:

my blog post on this topic – https://www.thingrex.com/aws_iot_thing_attributes_intro/
AWS IoT Thing Registry – https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/thing-registry.html
Named profiles for AWS CLI – https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html
Boto3 IoT Client – https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/iot.html
Boto3 Session – https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/session.html

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