This step will guide on to setup your AWS Iot Core. To connect successfully to AWS using MQTT its required to:
- Generate the certificates
- Create a Thing
- Add a policy
Policies and Rules
To correctly create the certificates, policies and rules please follow the guide from amazon found here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/register-device.html
AWS Root Certificates
The image below shows the generated certificates used in our guide. Note that the public key isn’t used (not highlighted).
![](http://13.237.19.148/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/certificates-1-1024x622.png)
Root CA for AWS
You can find the AWS Root CA certificate at amazons website and in our guide we are using the VeriSign root CA https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/managing-device-certs.html
Scroll down to Server Authentication and click on the VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary G5 root CA certificate as highlighted below.
![](http://13.237.19.148/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/verisign-1024x302.png)