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Upon completion of this module you will have an Ignition Gateway connected and publishing live Tag data to an Azure IoT Hub.

Tutorial

Step 1: Set up an IoT Central Application

Browse to Azure IoT Central. Then select the applications tab as shown below.

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Click the 'Build an app' button in the middle of the window. Afterward, you should see the the following.

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Click the 'Create app' in the Custom app tile window. This will open the following screen.

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Modify the Application name, URL, and select a Pricing plan. Once all fields have been configured, click the 'Create' button at the bottom of the screen. Once complete, you should see your new application which should look similar to the following.

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Now select 'Devices' on the left. You should see the following.

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Now click 'New' in the upper area. Give the Device a name and an ID as shown below.

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Step 2: Download and Install Ignition

Ignition is an Industrial Application Platform that can be used to create SCADA and HMI solutions. A fully functional Ignition system can be downloaded and run in trial mode.

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Once the Ignition installer has been downloaded, follow the instructions provided by Inductive Automation to install and startup Ignition.

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3: Download and Install the Cirrus Link Azure Injector Module

Go to the Inductive Automation download page again and select the 'Strategic Partner Modules' tab. Find the Cirrus Link modules section and download the Azure Injector Module.
https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition.  The download links should look similar to what is shown below.

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Azure Injector

Once you have Ignition installed and running, and the Azure Injector module downloaded, browse to the Ignition Gateway console (e.g. http://localhost:8088).   Login Log in using the default credentials of admin/password.  credentials that were provisioned during the Ignition setup process or some other valid credentials. Click on Configuration tab and then click on the Modules tab on the left side of the page.  Scroll to the bottom of the Modules section and click on the Download/Upgrade modules button.   When prompted, select the Azure Injector module the Azure Injector module from the file browser and install it.  When complete, the Ignition Gateway Web UI module section should look similar to what is shown below:

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Select the "AZURE INJECTOR" → "Settings" link on the lower left of the page to navigate to the Azure Injector Module's configuration page.  A detailed explanation of each configuration tab can be found here.  For this tutorial, we will only be adding a new Azure IoT Hub Central Setting.

Click on the "Create new Azure IoT Hub Central Setting..." link to bring up the following configuration form:

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For Set the following fields.

• Setting Name

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• • This can

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• • be any string that makes sense that represents this connection.
• Enabled
  • Leave checked
• Scope ID
  • This is found in the
• Password (Azure Enrollment Group Symmetric Key)
  • Th
• Global Endpoint
  • Leave default
• Provisioned Device ID