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• Enable Certificate Based Authentication
  • Whether or not to use certificate based authentication.
  • If not using certificate based authentication, the 'Password/Connection String' field must be used.
  • If certificate based authentication is used, the other Authentications fields must be used.
• Password /Connection String (required if not using certificate based authentication)
  
  • This is the Azure IoT Hub connection string used to connect.  This string can be one of the following:
    • An IoT Hub connection string with the following format:
      • HostName=<Host Name>;SharedAccessKeyName=<Key Name>;SharedAccessKey=<SAS Key>
    • An IoT Hub's Event Hub-compatible connection string with the following format:
      • Endpoint=<ENDPOINT>;SharedAccessKeyName=<Key Name>;SharedAccessKey=<KEYVALUE>
    • An IoT Hub device connection string with the following format:
      
      • HostName=<Host Name>;DeviceId=<Device Name>;SharedAccessKey=<Device Key>
      • Note: If using MQTT as the protocol, this is the connection string format that must be used.
• MQTT Hostname (required if using certificate based authentication)
  • This is the DNS endpoint name of your IoT Hub
• Device ID (required if using certificate based authentication)
  • The Device ID as provisioned in the IoT Hub to connect as
• CA Certificate File
  • The CA certificate file of your IoT Hub. See this document for more information.
  • The drop down is populated from a list of files that have been uploaded to the IoT Hub/Certificates tab.
• Client Certificate File (required if using certificate based authentication)
  • The client certificate file as provisioned for this device.
  • The drop down is populated from a list of files that have been uploaded to the IoT Hub/Certificates tab.
• Client Private Key File (required if using certificate based authentication)
  • The client private key file that was used in generating the certificate for this device
  • The drop down is populated from a list of files that have been uploaded to the IoT Hub/Certificates tab.
• Password/Private key password
  • The password used for the private key if one was specified for the key

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