Step 1: Create the AWS IoT policy - AWS IoT Core

Step 1: Create the AWS IoT policy

Create an AWS IoT policy that allows your Raspberry Pi to connect and send messages to AWS IoT.

  1. In the AWS IoT console, if a Get started button appears, choose it. Otherwise, in the navigation pane, expand Security, and then choose Policies.

  2. If a You don't have any policies yet dialog box appears, choose Create a policy. Otherwise, choose Create.

  3. Enter a name for the AWS IoT policy (for example, MoistureSensorPolicy).

  4. In the Add statements section, replace the existing policy with the following JSON. Replace region and account with your AWS Region and AWS account number.

    JSON
    {
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iot:Connect",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:client/RaspberryPi"
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iot:Publish",
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/update",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/delete",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/get"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iot:Receive",
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/update/accepted",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/delete/accepted",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/get/accepted",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/update/rejected",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topic/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/delete/rejected"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iot:Subscribe",
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topicfilter/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/update/accepted",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topicfilter/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/delete/accepted",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topicfilter/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/get/accepted",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topicfilter/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/update/rejected",
                "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:topicfilter/$aws/things/RaspberryPi/shadow/delete/rejected"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iot:GetThingShadow",
                "iot:UpdateThingShadow",
                "iot:DeleteThingShadow"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:account:thing/RaspberryPi"
        }
    ]
}

  5. Choose Create.