Azure Event Hub
Connect an Azure Event Hub
The following parameters are available to connect an Azure Event Hub
Parameter | Description | Example value |
| The name of the destination | My Event Hub |
| Description of the destination | |
| URL of your Event Hubs Namespace | https://myhubs. servicebus.windows.net |
| The name of your Event Hubs Instance | myeventhub |
| The name of your Event Hubs Namespace | myhubs |
| SAS Policy name for key with claim "Manage" | myeventhubKey |
| Primary key for used SAS Policy | d2llZGl0bGpc2dlaw== |
*) required value †) secret value, write only, not returned by our systems
What does the connection do?
All IoT Data from devices linked to the destination is forwarded to the Event Hub in SenML JSON format. Since the Azure Event Hub in itself does not allow you to look into the data coming from KPN Things, we give two easy examples of how to debug IoT data landing in your Event Hub
Example for data debugging #1: Capture
Using the Capture feature of your Event Hub, you can store incoming data in an Azure Storage Container. In the screenshot below it is shown how raw LoRa payload can be found in the avro
files generated by the capture feature.
Example for data debugging #2: Process data explorer (Query)
You can use SQL-like queries to explore your Event Hub data in the Process data feature. In the screenshot below it is shown how raw LoRa payload can be found in the data exporer.
Where to find the required configuration values in the Azure Portal?
URL and Namespace name
Open the Overview page of your Event Hubs Namespace in your Azure Portal. You will find the host name of your namespace (#1 in the screenshot) and the name of your namespace (#2 in the screenshot) as highlighted in the screenshot below:
Now, use this value to make the following input values for the Azure Event Hub destination configuration:
URL: should be of the form
https://X.servicebus.windows.net
, so puthttps://
before your host name and you're done.Namespace name: should be the name of your namespace.
Event space name
Continue by opening the Overview page of your Event Hubs Instance. Here you will find the name of your Event space, also known as Event Hubs Instance, as highlighted in the screenshot below:
SAS key name and SAS key
Open the Shared access policies page for your Event Hubs Instance. Here you can view and add the access policies of your Event Hub. Open the policy you want KPN Things to use to access your Event Hub. This will give you a view like in the screenshot below:
SAS key name: #1 in the screenshot above highlights the SAS key name of a selected Policy.
SAS key: #2 in the screenshot above highlights the SAS key of a selected Policy.
How to create an Azure Event Hub
Don't have an Azure Event Hub yet? Head on over to the Microsoft documentation on how to learn to create an Azure Event Hub:
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