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Updating a device

You can update the name or description of a device.

To access a device, use its unique ID or name. For information about how to get the unique device ID or name, see Getting information about devices.

Updating device names

To update the name of a device:

  1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to update the device name.
  2. Select Yandex IoT Core.
  3. Select the desired registry from the list.
  4. In the left part of the window, select Devices.
  5. To the right of the device name, click and select Edit from the drop-down list.
  6. Edit the Name field.
  7. Click Save.

If you don't have the Yandex.Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

Change the device name:

$ yc iot device update my-device --new-name test-device

id: b9135goeh1uc1s2i07nm
registry_id: b91ki3851hab9m0l68je
created_at: "2019-05-28T16:08:30.938Z"
name: test-device

Updating device descriptions

To update the description of a device:

  1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to update the device description.
  2. Select Yandex IoT Core.
  3. Select the desired registry from the list.
  4. In the left part of the window, select Devices.
  5. To the right of the device name, click and select Edit from the drop-down list.
  6. Edit the Description field.
  7. Click Save.

If you don't have the Yandex.Cloud command line interface yet, install and initialize it.

Change the device description:

$ yc iot device update my-device --description "My first device."

id: b9135goeh1uc1s2i07nm
registry_id: b91ki3851hab9m0l68je
created_at: "2019-05-28T16:08:30.938Z"
name: my-device
description: My first device.
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