homestar-aws v3.0.4

homestar-aws

IOTDB Module to allow control and monitoring of your installation through AWS IoT

About

Installing this Module will transmit your thing data to AWS and receive data from AWS.

IMPORTANT NOTE

If you install this, everything happening in your IOTDB / HomeStar installation will be broadcast to AWS IoT MQTT. It's private to you, but just beware.

Installation and Configuration

Backgrounder

• Read this first
• Read about installing Home☆Star

Installation

$ npm install -g homestar    ## may require sudo
$ homestar install homestar-aws

Configuration

Create a HomeStar Account

• go to https://homestar.io
• click on Sign In

A popup window will lead you through the installation process. You will need access to a mobile phone, as this uses Facebook's Account Kit.

Create a Runner

• go to Runners
• click on Make new Runner

This will bring you to a new page. Then click on the Show Access Tokens button to the right.

It will give you a set of command line instructions to set up your access Keys.

Use

Stand Alone

Just:

const iotdb = require('iotdb')
iotdb.use('homestar-aws')

With HomeStar Runner

If you are doing homestar runner docs, this will be loaded automatically.