Azure access to multiple device web servers

Question

So, first off I am entirely new to Azure so forgive me if I misunderstand what it is or what it's capable of, but bear with me :3

1) I want to connect multiple Raspberry Pi devices to an Azure account.
2) I want each device to be able to POST small packets of data containing the address of its own Flask-based web server (and any other relevant system data) to a node.js server running on the Azure account. The user can then click a link and display the Pi's page.
3) (Desirable but not necessary yet) I'll need to retain the data in a mongoDB database within the Azure server.

There is a lot of Azure / IoT / Pi Documentation out there and to be honest I'm a little lost in where to start.

Any help is much appreciated. The flask server is done. I just need to develop the Azure integration and singular access point for all connected devices.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hello @Sophie ,

this is an interesting use case.

The short answer is: yes, you can send telemetry messages (including URLs) to the IotHub in the cloud and have these packages being stored in a (MongoDB) database. From there, a website can consume these addresses and show links to the pages. This depends a little bit on the access the user has to websites running on the actual Raspberry PIs.

The long answer is that I wonder why a central dashboard showing all interesting telemetry from all devices at a single place is not enough :-)

If you want to learn a lot about Azure IoT Edge, check out this collection of modules and training paths.

If you want to see how to connect a device and send telemetry, check out this tutorial or this simulation.