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Next, we need to create a folder structure where we will create a virtual Edge device and some tags to be published by the Azure IBM Cloud Injector module.  When the IBM Cloud Injector module is installed in Ignition, a folder is automatically created in the Ignition tag structure with the following path:

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When this happens, the Tag Agent will scan the "Edge Nodes" folder and find the new Memory Tags that we have created, construct JSON payloads representing those tags with their current values and publish the payload to the Azure IoT Hub that we have IBM Cloud that has been configured.

The IBM Cloud Injector Tag Agent will publish two JSON payloads to the IBM Cloud.  The format of these messages closely follows the Sparkplug B Specification's payload structure.

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