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Using Amazon IoT Device Tester for Amazon IoT Greengrass V2

Amazon IoT Device Tester (IDT) is a downloadable testing framework that lets you validate IoT devices. You can use IDT for Amazon IoT Greengrass to run the Amazon IoT Greengrass qualification suite, and create and run custom test suites for your devices.

IDT for Amazon IoT Greengrass runs on your host computer (Windows, macOS, or Linux) connected to the device to be tested. It runs tests and aggregates results. It also provides a command line interface to manage the testing process.

Amazon IoT Greengrass qualification suite

Use Amazon IoT Device Tester for Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 to verify that the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software runs on your hardware and can communicate with the Amazon Web Services Cloud. It also performs end-to-end tests with Amazon IoT Core. For example, it verifies that your device can deploy components and upgrade them.

If you want to add your hardware to the Amazon Partner Device Catalog, run the Amazon IoT Greengrass qualification suite to generate test reports that you can submit to Amazon IoT. For more information, see Amazon Device Qualification Program.

An overview of how the Amazon IoT Device Tester for Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 verifies that the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software runs on your hardware and can communicate with the Amazon Web Services Cloud.

IDT for Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 organizes tests using the concepts of test suites and test groups.

  • A test suite is the set of test groups used to verify that a device works with particular versions of Amazon IoT Greengrass.

  • A test group is the set of individual tests related to a particular feature, such as component deployments.

For more information, see Use IDT to run the Amazon IoT Greengrass qualification suite.

Custom test suites

Starting in IDT v4.0.1, IDT for Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 combines a standardized configuration setup and result format with a test suite environment that enables you to develop custom test suites for your devices and device software. You can add custom tests for your own internal validation or provide them to your customers for device verification.

How a test writer configures a custom test suite determines the settings configurations that are required to run custom test suites. For more information, see Use IDT to develop and run your own test suites.