Issue creating IoT Device Identity

Question

I'm following the MS learn lesson: deploy a pre-built module to the edge device.

On unit 4 the exercise runs through the commands for setting up communication between IoT Hub and IoT Edge

I have followed these instructions seamlessly until I got to the 'Create a device identity' section. When i try to use the "az iot hub device-identity create" command I get an error and despite trying to research it I haven't found a solution.

The picture attached shows the error message. any ideas? Tia

Answer 1

Hi @Kitty Clarkson I'm glad that you were able to resolve your issue and thank you for posting your solution so that others experiencing the same thing can easily reference this! Since the Microsoft Q&A community has a policy that "The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others ", I'll repost your solution in case you'd like to accept the answer .

Error Message:

Running "az iot hub device-identity create" command results in a Unathorized error message with an error code 401002

Solution:

Delete the resource group and hub I had originally created and adding new resources helped resolve this issue.

If I missed anything please let me know and I'd be happy to add it to my answer, or feel free to comment below with any additional information.

I hope this helps!

If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thank you again for your time and patience throughout this issue.

Answer 2

Hello @Kitty Clarkson ,

you are using the CLI (Command Line Interface) tooling.

This tool needs access to Azure so it can create resources.

Have you run:

az login

This will provide a dialog so you can enter your Azure credentials if needed.

Next to being logged in, are you sure you have enough rights to create Azure resources?

To be sure you could check your access rights in the Azure portal or just try to create a resource by hand in the Azure portal.

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