End of support notice: On October 7th, 2026, AWS will discontinue support for AWS IoT Greengrass Version 1. After October 7th, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the AWS IoT Greengrass V1 resources. For more information, please visit Migrate from AWS IoT Greengrass Version 1.
Module 1: Environment setup for Greengrass
This module shows you how to get an out-of-the-box Raspberry Pi, Amazon EC2 instance, or other device ready to be used by AWS IoT Greengrass as your AWS IoT Greengrass core device.
Tip
Or, to use a script that sets up your core device for you, see Quick start: Greengrass device setup.
This module should take less than 30 minutes to complete.
Before you begin, read the requirements for this tutorial. Then, follow the setup instructions in one of the following topics. Choose only the topic that applies to your core device type.
Note
To learn how to use AWS IoT Greengrass running in a prebuilt Docker container, see Running AWS IoT Greengrass in a Docker container.