AWS MQTT cloud connection

Introduction

In this article you will find instructions on how to setup AWS IoT as a MQTT Broker and how to setup a RUT router as a MQTT Publisher and send data over to this AWS Broker.

With that, you will be able to configure any other device as a MQTT Subscriber, and listen to any published info by the router or other devices on this same broker.

Prerequisites

You will need:

• A router from the RUT2xx, RUT9xx or RUTXxx series
• An AWS account

Setting up AWS IoT

First off, open the AWS Management Console and login with your credentials. After that, you will see a screen similar to this:

On the search bar on the top, search for "IoT Core", and click on the first search result. You will see a screen like the one below, open the "Manage" section and click on "Things".