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Amazon IoT Greengrass Version 2 in Amazon Web Services China - Getting Started with Amazon Web Services China
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Amazon IoT Greengrass Version 2 in Amazon Web Services China

Amazon IoT Greengrass seamlessly extends Amazon onto physical devices so they can act locally on the data they generate, while still using the cloud for management, analytics, and durable storage. Amazon IoT Greengrass ensures your devices can respond quickly to local events and operate with intermittent connectivity. Amazon IoT Greengrass minimizes the cost of transmitting data to the cloud by enabling you to author custom software and Amazon Lambda functions that run on local devices.

Region availability

Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 is available in the following regions in China:

  • China (Beijing) Region

How Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 differs

The following differences apply to Amazon IoT Greengrass V2:

  • Currently, Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 is available in the China (Beijing) Region only.

  • Amazon IoT Greengrass nucleus v2.0.5 is the minimum supported version in the China (Beijing) Region.

  • Secret manager v2.0.5 is the minimum supported version in the China (Beijing) Region.

  • The China (Beijing) Region only supports Amazon Trust Services (ATS) server authentication, so you must use ATS-signed root CA certificates and ATS endpoints. For more information, see Server Authentication in the Amazon IoT guide.

    • Amazon Trust Services (ATS) endpoints in the China region are different from other global endpoints. For example, the Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 ATS endpoint in the China (Beijing) Region is greengrass.ats.iot.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn. For more information, see China (Beijing) Region Endpoints in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.

  • Currently, Amazon IoT Device Tester for Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 is not available in the China (Beijing) Region.

  • Currently, Amazon Lookout for Vision is not available in the China (Beijing) Region.

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