Securely Bridging the Edge: Connecting Kepware KEPServerEX to Azure IoT Edge

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This episode explores the crucial steps involved in securely connecting PTC/Kepware's KEPServerEX, a leader in industrial connectivity, to Microsoft Azure IoT Hub through Azure IoT Edge. Learn how leveraging Azure IoT Edge as a gateway enhances security by isolating KEPServerEX from the internet and enables powerful edge processing capabilities . We'll delve into the necessary prerequisites, including setting up an Azure IoT Hub, an IoT Edge device as a transparent gateway, and the KEPServerEX IoT Gateway plug-in . Understand the critical environmental setup, such as managing TLS certificates for secure communication ... and ensuring proper name resolution for the IoT Edge gateway .... We'll also cover the process of registering KEPServerEX with IoT Hub and generating SAS tokens for authentication .... Finally, we'll guide you through the configuration of the KEPServerEX IoT Gateway agent to establish a secure MQTT over TLS connection to your Azure IoT Edge device .... Discover how this integration unlocks the potential to preprocess industrial data at the edge, paving the way for advanced analytics and machine learning without sending all detailed data to the cloud .

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