Walkthrough of what you’ve created
Now that your AWS Snowcone device is configured as an AWS IoT Greengrass v2 Core device, let’s go over what that actually means.
Controlling your EC2 instance remotely
AWS IoT offers a feature called Secure Tunnel that allows you to remotely connect to a device anywhere in the world from the AWS Management Console. As long as the AWS IoT Greengrass v2 agent can reach AWS over the internet, you will be able to connect.
Log in to the AWS Management Console and navigate to IoT Core > Manage > All devices > Things > Your Snowcone name. Click on Create secure tunnel, as shown in the next figure:
Figure 12.35 – Initiating the creation of a secure tunnel
Accept the defaults to use the Quick setup method, and click Next:
Figure 12.36 – Using the Quick setup method
After this, you will be asked to confirm once again and offered the opportunity to download...
