Create a Siemens Databus user for the application - AWS IoT SiteWise

Create a Siemens Databus user for the application

AWS IoT SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge ingests data from the Siemens Databus application. To connect SiteWise Edge to the Siemens Databus, you need a Siemens Databus user that provides access to the data you want to securely transfer to AWS IoT SiteWise. To start, create a Siemens Databus user and then provide the credentials to the SiteWise Edge application.

To create a Siemens Databus user

  1. In your Siemens Industrial Edge Management instance, choose Edge Management in the Platform Applications section.

  2. Choose the Data connections icon.

  3. Select Databus. A list of your connected devices appears.

  4. Select the device to connect to the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application.

  5. Choose Launch. The Databus Configurator for your selected device appears.

  6. Create a user for your Edge device under Users. For more information on creating a user, see Add Users in the Siemens Industrial Edge Management documentation.

  7. Select the topics for which this Siemens Databus should have access. These topics restrict what AWS IoT SiteWise Edge can access.

    Important

    All topics that a Siemens Databus user has access to are published to AWS IoT SiteWise.

    Note

    Siemens Databus users need access to both data and metadata topics. Topics that start with ie/d are data topics. And topics that start with ie/m are metadata topics. Share topics in pairs so that SiteWise Edge has access to both data and metadata for each respective topic.

    A screenshot displaying the Siemens topic types. The image circles the portion of the file path that starts with "ie/d" and "ie/m," respectively.

  8. Set appropriate permissions for your Siemens Databus configuration.

After creating your Siemens Databus configuration, you can install the AWS IoT SiteWise Edge application on your Siemens Industrial Edge Management. For more information, see Install the application onto a Siemens device.