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Managing device passwords

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For devices and registries to begin exchanging data and commands, you need to log in. This section describes how to manage device passwords for the appropriate authorization method.

Note

When using an X.509 certificate along with a password, the password has higher priority.

Adding a password to a device

You can add a password to an already created device or set it when creating a device using the --password parameter.

Note

You can also set a password from the input stream. To do this, use the --read-password flag instead of the --password parameter.

Adding a password to an existing device

To add a password to an existing device:

  1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to add a password to an existing device.
  2. Select Yandex IoT Core.
  3. Select the registry with the desired device from the list.
  4. In the left part of the window, select Devices.
  5. Select the desired device from the list.
  6. Under Passwords, click Add password.
  7. In the Password field, set a password that you'll use to access the device.
    To do this, you can use a password generator.
    Don't forget to save your password because you'll need it later.
  8. Click Add.

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

To add a password:

  1. Get a list of devices in the registry:

    $ yc iot device --registry-name my-registry list
+----------------------+--------+
|          ID          |  NAME  |
+----------------------+--------+
| arenak5ciqss6pbas5tm | second |
| areqjd6un3afc3cefuio | first  |
+----------------------+--------+

  2. Add a password to the device:

    $ yc iot device password add --device-name first --password Passw0rdForDevice
device_id: areqjd6un3afc3cefcvm
id: areqjd6un3afc3cefuio
created_at: "2019-12-16T15:11:36.892167Z"

Setting a password for a device when creating it

For information about how to set a password for a device when creating it, see Creating a device.

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

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To set a password when creating a device:

  1. Get a list of registries in the folder:

    $ yc iot registry list
+----------------------+-------------------+
|          ID          |       NAME        |
+----------------------+-------------------+
| arenou2oj4ct42eq8f4m | my-registry       |
+----------------------+-------------------+

  2. Create a device with a password:

    $ yc iot device create --registry-name my-registry --name device-with-pass --password Passw0rdForDevice
id: arepomfambsg5biqc25n
registry_id: arenou2oj4ct42eq8g3n
created_at: "2019-12-16T15:18:39.358922Z"
name: device-with-pass

Getting a list of device passwords

To view the list of device passwords:

  1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to get a list of device passwords.
  2. Select Yandex IoT Core.
  3. Select the registry with the desired device from the list.
  4. In the left part of the window, select Devices.
  5. Select the desired device from the list.
  6. On the Overview page, go to the Passwords section.

The list of device passwords is displayed in the Passwords section.

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

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To get a list of passwords:

  1. Get a list of devices in the registry:

    $ yc iot device --registry-name my-registry list
+----------------------+------------------+
|          ID          |       NAME       |
+----------------------+------------------+
| arenak5ciqss6pbas5tm | second           |
| arepomfambsg5biqc77p | device-with-pass |
| areqjd6un3afc3cefuio | first            |
+----------------------+------------------+

  2. Get a list of device passwords:

    $ yc iot device password list --device-name device-with-pass
+----------------------+---------------------+
|          ID          |     CREATED AT      |
+----------------------+---------------------+
| areuin5t7pndvlj6n4tr | 2019-12-16 15:18:39 |
+----------------------+---------------------+

Deleting a device password

To delete a device password:

  1. In the management console, select the folder to delete a device password from.
  2. Select Yandex IoT Core.
  3. Select the registry with the desired device from the list.
  4. In the left part of the window, select Devices.
  5. Select the desired device from the list.
  6. To the right of the password to delete, click , and select Delete from the drop-down list.
  7. In the window that opens, click Delete.

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

The folder specified in the CLI profile is used by default. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To delete a password:

  1. Get a list of device passwords:

    $ yc iot device password list --device-name device-with-pass
+----------------------+---------------------+
|          ID          |     CREATED AT      |
+----------------------+---------------------+
| areuin5t7pndvlj6n4tr | 2019-12-16 15:18:39 |
+----------------------+---------------------+

  2. Delete the password:

    $ yc iot device password delete --device-name device-with-pass --password-id areuin5t7pndvlj6n4tr

  3. Make sure that the password was deleted:

    $ yc iot device password list --device-name device-with-pass
+----+------------+
| ID | CREATED AT |
+----+------------+
+----+------------+
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