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# Get started with AWS IoT

This section helps you set up your ConnectCore device and create required resources to send, receive, and process messages from the AWS IoT platform.

The goal of this section is to have the awsiot-sample application running in your device. This application monitors the CPU temperature and CPU load and allows you to remotely switch a device LED on and off.

## Requirements:

- The AWS IoT prebuilt images.
- An AWS IoT account. If you do not have one, create an AWS account at https://aws.amazon.com/resources/create-account/.
- A device connected to the Internet.

Follow these steps:

1. Program the AWS IoT image

2. Register your device in the Thing Registry

3. Install the certificates in the device file system

4. Configure your device Thing

5. Connect to AWS IoT

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Get started with AWS IoT updated on 22 January 2018 02:43:37 PM