Create a gateway for Siemens Industrial Edge

After you have the proper Siemens accounts and IEM instances, you can create a SiteWise Edge gateway of deployment type Siemens Industrial Edge device.

Note

Ensure that you meet all requirements for running a device on Siemens Industrial Edge Management. For more information, see Requirements for the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application on Siemens Industrial Edge.

To create the configuration file

1. Navigate to the AWS IoT SiteWise console.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Edge gateways.

3. Choose Create gateway.

4. For Deployment type, choose Siemens Industrial Edge device - new.

5. Enter a name for your SiteWise Edge gateway or use the name generated by AWS IoT SiteWise.

6. (Optional) Under advanced configuration, do the following:

   1. Enter a name for your AWS IoT Core Thing or use the name generated by AWS IoT SiteWise.

7. Choose Create gateway.

8. In the Generate SiteWise Edge gateway configuration file dialog box, choose Generate and download. AWS IoT SiteWise automatically generates a configuration file that you will use to configure the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application.

   Important

   You use the gateway configuration file to backup and restore your AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application. Save your SiteWise Edge gateway configuration file in AWS Secrets Manager to securely store and manage the file. Secrets Manager securely stores, manages, and retrieves sensitive information.