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Add Azure IoT Hub as source in Real-Time hub

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This article describes how to get events from an Azure IoT hub into Real-Time hub.

Prerequisites

  • Access to a workspace in the Fabric capacity license mode (or) the Trial license mode with Contributor or higher permissions.
  • Create an Azure IoT hub if you don't have one.
  • You need to have appropriate permission to get IoT hub's access keys. The IoT hub must be publicly accessible and not behind a firewall or secured in a virtual network.

Get events from an Azure IoT hub

You can get events from an Azure IoT hub into Real-Time hub in one of the ways:

Data sources page

  1. Sign in to Microsoft Fabric.

  2. Select Real-Time on the left navigation bar.

  3. On the Real-Time hub page, select + Data sources under Connect to on the left navigation menu. You can also get to the Data sources page from All data streams or My data streams pages by selecting the + Connect data source button in the top-right corner.

    Screenshot that shows how to launch Connect to data source experience.

  1. On the Data sources page, select Microsoft sources category at the top, and then select Connect on the Azure IoT Hub tile.

    Screenshot that shows the selection of Azure IoT Hub as the source type in the Data sources page.

    Now, follow instructions from the Connect to an Azure iot hub section.

Microsoft sources page

  1. In Real-Time hub, select Microsoft sources. You can use the search box to the type your resource name or use filters (Source, Subscription, Resource group, Region) to search for your resource.

  2. In the Source drop-down list, select Azure IoT Hub.

  3. For Subscription, select an Azure subscription that has the resource group with your IoT hub.

  4. For Resource group, select a resource group that has your IoT hub.

  5. For Region, select a location where your IoT hub is located.

  6. Now, move the mouse over the name of the IoT hub that you want to connect to Real-Time hub in the list of IoT hubs, and select the Connect button, or select ... (ellipsis), and then select Connect data source.

    Screenshot that shows the Microsoft sources page with filters to show IoT hubs and the connect button for an IoT hub.

Connect to an Azure iot hub

  1. On the Connect page, select New connection.

    Screenshot that shows the Connect page the New connection link highlighted.

    If there's an existing connection to your Azure iot hub, you select that existing connection as shown in the following image, and then move on to the step to configure the data format.

    Screenshot that shows the Connect page with an existing connection to an Azure IoT hub.

  2. In the Connection settings section, for IoT Hub, specify the name of your Azure IoT hub.

    Screenshot that shows the connection settings for the IoT hub with the name of the IoT hub.

  3. In the Connection credentials section, do these steps:

    1. If there's an existing connection, select it from the drop-down list. If not, confirm that Create new connection is selected for this option.

    2. For Connection name, enter a name for the connection to the IoT hub.

    3. For Authentication method, confirm that Shared Access Key is selected.

    4. For Shared Access Key Name, enter the name of the shared access key.

    5. For Shared Access Key, enter the value of the shared access key.

    6. Select Connect at the bottom of the page.

      Screenshot that shows the Connect page one for Azure IoT Hub connector.

  4. Now, on the Connect page of wizard, for Consumer group, enter the name of the consumer group. By default, $Default is selected, which is the default consumer group for the IoT hub.

  5. For Data format, select a data format of the incoming real-time events that you want to get from your Azure IoT hub. You can select from JSON, Avro, and CSV data formats, and then select Connect.

  6. In the Stream details section to the right, select the Fabric workspace where you want to save the eventstream that the Wizard is going to create.

  7. For eventstream name, enter a name for the eventstream. The wizard creates an eventstream with the selected Azure IoT hub as a source.

  8. The Stream name is automatically generated for you by appending -stream to the name of the eventstream. You can see this stream on the Real-time hub All data streams page and on the My data streams page when the wizard finishes.

  9. Select Next at the bottom of the page.

    Screenshot that shows the Connect page two for Azure IoT Hub connector.

  10. On the Review + connect page, review settings, and select Connect.

    Screenshot that shows the Review + connect page for Azure IoT Hub connector.

View data stream details

  1. On the Review + connect page, if you select Open eventstream, the wizard opens the eventstream with the selected Azure IoT hub as a source. To close the wizard, select Finish at the bottom of the page.

    Screenshot that shows the Review + connect page with links to open eventstream and close the wizard.

  2. You should see the stream on the All data streams and My data streams pages. For detailed steps, see View details of data streams in Fabric Real-Time hub.

    Screenshot that shows the Real-Time hub All data streams page with the stream you just created.

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