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Submit IDT usage metrics

If you provide AWS credentials with required permissions, AWS IoT Device Tester collects and submits usage metrics to AWS. This is an opt-in feature and is used to improve IDT functionality. IDT collects information such as the following:

  • The AWS account ID used to run IDT

  • The IDT CLI commands used to run tests

  • The test suite that are run

  • The test suites in the <device-tester-extract-location> folder

  • The number of devices configured in the device pool

  • Test case names and run times

  • Test result information, such as whether tests passed, failed, encountered errors, or were skipped

  • Product features tested

  • IDT exit behavior, such as unexpected or early exits

All of the information that IDT sends is also logged to a metrics.log file in the <device-tester-extract-location>/results/<execution-id>/ folder. You can view the log file to see the information that was collected during a test run. This file is generated only if you choose to collect usage metrics.

To disable metrics collection, you do not need to take additional action. Simply do not store your AWS credentials, and if you do have stored AWS credentials, do not configure the config.json file to access them.

Sign up for an AWS account

If you do not have an AWS account, complete the following steps to create one.

To sign up for an AWS account

  1. Open https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup.

  2. Follow the online instructions.

    Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a verification code on the phone keypad.

    When you sign up for an AWS account, an AWS account root user is created. The root user has access to all AWS services and resources in the account. As a security best practice, assign administrative access to a user, and use only the root user to perform tasks that require root user access.

AWS sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by going to https://aws.amazon.com/ and choosing My Account.

Create a user with administrative access

After you sign up for an AWS account, secure your AWS account root user, enable AWS IAM Identity Center, and create an administrative user so that you don't use the root user for everyday tasks.

Secure your AWS account root user

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console as the account owner by choosing Root user and entering your AWS account email address. On the next page, enter your password.

    For help signing in by using root user, see Signing in as the root user in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

  2. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your root user.

    For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for your AWS account root user (console) in the IAM User Guide.

Create a user with administrative access

  1. Enable IAM Identity Center.

    For instructions, see Enabling AWS IAM Identity Center in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

  2. In IAM Identity Center, grant administrative access to a user.

    For a tutorial about using the IAM Identity Center directory as your identity source, see Configure user access with the default IAM Identity Center directory in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

Sign in as the user with administrative access

  • To sign in with your IAM Identity Center user, use the sign-in URL that was sent to your email address when you created the IAM Identity Center user.

    For help signing in using an IAM Identity Center user, see Signing in to the AWS access portal in the AWS Sign-In User Guide.

Assign access to additional users

  1. In IAM Identity Center, create a permission set that follows the best practice of applying least-privilege permissions.

    For instructions, see Create a permission set in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

  2. Assign users to a group, and then assign single sign-on access to the group.

    For instructions, see Add groups in the AWS IAM Identity Center User Guide.

To provide access, add permissions to your users, groups, or roles:

Provide AWS credentials to IDT

To allow IDT to access your AWS credentials and submit metrics to AWS, do the following:

  1. Store the AWS credentials for your IAM user as environment variables or in a credentials file:

    1. To use environment variables, run the following command:

      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=access-key
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secret-access-key

    2. To use the credentials file, add the following information to the .aws/credentials file:

      [profile-name]
aws_access_key_id=access-key
aws_secret_access_key=secret-access-key

  2. Configure the auth section of the config.json file. For more information, see (Optional) Configure config.json.