Host a SiteWise Edge gateway on Siemens Industrial Edge - AWS IoT SiteWise
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Host a SiteWise Edge gateway on Siemens Industrial Edge

Host your gateway on Siemens Industrial Edge using the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application. Just as with AWS IoT Greengrass V2, you can optimize manufacturing processes or improve operational workflows using the SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge.

You can ingest data from your Siemens Industrial Edge device to your AWS account by running a SiteWise Edge gateway on the device. To do this, request access to the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application from the SiteWise Edge support team. Then, create a SiteWise Edge gateway resource with a deployment target of Siemens Industrial Edge device - new. Next, download the configuration file, and upload it to your application through the Siemens Industrial Edge Management portal. For more information about running applications on Siemens Industrial Edge, including how to set up the required Siemens resources, see What is Industrial Edge? in the Siemens documentation.

Note

Siemens is not a vendor or supplier for SiteWise Edge. The Siemens Industrial Edge Marketplace is an independent marketplace.

Topics

Security

As part of the Shared Responsibility Model between AWS, our customers, and our partners the following describes who is responsible for the different aspects of security:

Customer responsibility

  • Vetting the partner.

  • Configuring the network access given to the partner.

  • Physically securing the device running SiteWise Edge.

AWS responsibility

  • Isolating the partner from the customer AWS Cloud resources.

Partner responsibility

  • Using secure defaults.

  • Keeping the solution secure over time through patches and other appropriate updates.

  • Keeping customer data confidential.

  • Vetting other applications available in the partner marketplace.

Siemens Secure Storage and the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application

To protect credentials and secrets required to run the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application, Siemens Industrial Edge provides mechanisms to securely store the credentials on the device. The AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application won't run on a device if it doesn't have support for securely storing these credentials. Run failures caused by missing Secure Storage support are logged in log files.

The following minimum OS versions are required to install and run the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application. Upgrade your devices to the latest versions to install the application.

  • For virtual devices: IEVD version 1.19 or above

  • For physical devices: IED-OS version 2.2 or above

The AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application on Siemens Industrial Edge will not run until you have upgraded your device.

Migrate from the preview application

If you ran SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge during the preview phase, you'll need to upgrade from the preview version, version 1.0.1, to the latest version. Do the following to migrate:

  1. Create new SiteWise Edge gateways. For more information, see Create a gateway for Siemens Industrial Edge.

  2. Create a new Siemens Databus user for each new gateway. For more information, see Create a Siemens Databus user for the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application on Siemens Industrial Edge.

  3. Uninstall the version 1.0.1 AWS IoT SiteWise Edge gateway application on your IED.

    Note

    Prepare for interruptions to data flow as you reconfigure the AWS IoT SiteWise assets previously used by the preview version of the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application. While the data history is preserved, there is potential for data loss while you reinstall the new gateway.

  4. Delete the SiteWise Edge gateways you created during the preview in the AWS IoT SiteWise console.

  5. Install the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge gateway application on IED using the new gateway configuration file. For more information, see Install the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application onto a Siemens Industrial Edge device.

    Important

    Installing the new gateway overwrites the preview version of the SiteWise Edge application. It isn't possible to go back to version 1.0.1 after installing version 2.0.0.

After configuring the new gateway and Siemens Databus user, your data flows to your properties.

You can also upgrade your SiteWise Edge application from version 1.0.1 to 2.0.0 directly. However, a new gateway configuration is still necessary.

Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot the SiteWise Edge gateway on your Siemens Industrial Edge device, see Troubleshooting the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application on Siemens Industrial Edge.

You can also access AWS re:Post to find answers to your questions.

AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application changelog

The following table describes the changes in each version of the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application.

Version

Changes

2.0.0

  • The AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application is now generally available.

  • Application requires Siemens IEVD version 1.19, or Siemens IED-OS version 2.2.

  • Performance improvements: Reduced memory and CPU usage.

  • Debugging improvements: You can now upload an optional config file to enable debug logs.

  • Security enhancements: The application uses SecureStorage API to securely store credentials on the device.

1.0.1

Initial release