Set up the prerequisites for a simple IDT test suite - FreeRTOS

Set up the prerequisites for a simple IDT test suite

To complete this tutorial, you need the following:

  • Host computer requirements

    • Latest version of AWS IoT Device Tester

    • Python 3.7 or later

      To check the version of Python installed on your computer, run the following command:

      python3 --version

      On Windows, if using this command returns an error, then use python --version instead. If the returned version number is 3.7 or greater, then run the following command in a Powershell terminal to set python3 as an alias for your python command. 

      Set-Alias -Name "python3" -Value "python"

      If no version information is returned or if the version number is less than 3.7, follow the instructions in Downloading Python to install Python 3.7+. For more information, see the Python documentation.

    • urllib3

      To verify that urllib3 is installed correctly, run the following command:

      python3 -c 'import urllib3'

      If urllib3 is not installed, run the following command to install it:

      python3 -m pip install urllib3

  • Device requirements

    • A device with a Linux operating system and a network connection to the same network as your host computer.

      We recommend that you use a Raspberry Pi with Raspberry Pi OS. Make sure you set up SSH on your Raspberry Pi to remotely connect to it.