GetCoreDevice - Amazon IoT Greengrass
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GetCoreDevice

Retrieves metadata for a Greengrass core device.

Note

Amazon IoT Greengrass relies on individual devices to send status updates to the Amazon Web Services Cloud. If the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software isn't running on the device, or if device isn't connected to the Amazon Web Services Cloud, then the reported status of that device might not reflect its current status. The status timestamp indicates when the device status was last updated.

Core devices send status updates at the following times:

  • When the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software starts

  • When the core device receives a deployment from the Amazon Web Services Cloud

  • When the status of any component on the core device becomes BROKEN

  • At a regular interval that you can configure, which defaults to 24 hours

  • For Amazon IoT Greengrass Core v2.7.0, the core device sends status updates upon local deployment and cloud deployment

Request Syntax

GET /greengrass/v2/coreDevices/coreDeviceThingName HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

coreDeviceThingName

The name of the core device. This is also the name of the Amazon IoT thing.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "architecture": "string", "coreDeviceThingName": "string", "coreVersion": "string", "lastStatusUpdateTimestamp": number, "platform": "string", "status": "string", "tags": { "string" : "string" } }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

architecture

The computer architecture of the core device.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

coreDeviceThingName

The name of the core device. This is also the name of the Amazon IoT thing.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

coreVersion

The version of the Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software that the core device runs. This version is equivalent to the version of the Greengrass nucleus component that runs on the core device. For more information, see the Greengrass nucleus component in the Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 Developer Guide.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

lastStatusUpdateTimestamp

The time at which the core device's status last updated, expressed in ISO 8601 format.

Type: Timestamp

platform

The operating system platform that the core device runs.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

status

The status of the core device. The core device status can be:

  • HEALTHY – The Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software and all components run on the core device without issue.

  • UNHEALTHY – The Amazon IoT Greengrass Core software or a component is in a failed state on the core device.

Type: String

Valid Values: HEALTHY | UNHEALTHY

tags

A list of key-value pairs that contain metadata for the resource. For more information, see Tag your resources in the Amazon IoT Greengrass V2 Developer Guide.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 200 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You don't have permission to perform the action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerException

Amazon IoT Greengrass can't process your request right now. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The requested resource can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

Your request exceeded a request rate quota. For example, you might have exceeded the amount of times that you can retrieve device or deployment status per second.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The request isn't valid. This can occur if your request contains malformed JSON or unsupported characters.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: