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How to install Azure IoT Edge on Windows with Windows containers | Microsoft Docs
Azure IoT Edge installation instructions on Windows with Windows containers
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Install Azure IoT Edge runtime on Windows to use with Windows containers

The Azure IoT Edge runtime is what turns a device into an IoT Edge device. The runtime can be deployed on devices as small as a Raspberry Pi or as large as an industrial server. Once a device is configured with the IoT Edge runtime, you can start deploying business logic to it from the cloud.

To learn more about how the IoT Edge runtime works and what components are included, see Understand the Azure IoT Edge runtime and its architecture.

This article lists the steps to install the Azure IoT Edge runtime with Windows containers on your Windows x64 (AMD/Intel) system.

Windows support is currently in Preview.

Supported Windows versions

Azure IoT Edge with Windows containers can be used with:

  • Windows 10/IoT Enterprise/IoT Core with April 2018 update (Build 17134).
  • Windows Server 1803

For more information about which operating systems are currently supported, refer to Azure IoT Edge support.

Install the container runtime

Note

For container engine installation on Windows IoT Core, follow steps from provision an IoT Core device article and then continue with instructions below.

Azure IoT Edge relies on a OCI-compatible container runtime (for example, Docker). You can use Docker for Windows for development and testing.

Configure Docker for Windows to use Windows containers.

Install the Azure IoT Edge Security Daemon

Note

Azure IoT Edge software packages are subject to the license terms located in the packages (in the LICENSE directory). Please read the license terms prior to using the package. Your installation and use of the package constitutes your acceptance of these terms. If you do not agree with the license terms, do not use the package.

A single IoT Edge device can be provisioned manually using a device connections string provided by IoT Hub. Or, you can use the Device Provisioning Service to automatically provision devices, which is helpful when you have many devices to provision. Depending on your provisioning choice, choose the appropriate installation script.

Install and manually provision

  1. Follow the steps in Register a new Azure IoT Edge device to register your device and retrieve the device connection string.

  2. On your IoT Edge device, run PowerShell as an administrator.

  3. Download and install the IoT Edge runtime.

    . {Invoke-WebRequest -useb aka.ms/iotedge-win} | Invoke-Expression; `
Install-SecurityDaemon -Manual -ContainerOs Windows

  4. When prompted for a DeviceConnectionString, provide the connection string that you retrieved from IoT Hub. Do not include quotes around the connection string.

Install and automatically provision

  1. Follow the steps in Create and provision a simulated TPM Edge device on Windows to set up the Device Provisioning Service and retrieve its Scope ID, simulate a TPM device and retrieve its Registration ID, then create an individual enrollment. Once your device is registered in your IoT Hub, continue with the installation.

    [!TIP] Keep the window that's running the TPM simulator open during your installation and testing.

  2. On your IoT Edge device, run PowerShell as an administrator.

  3. Download and install the IoT Edge runtime.

    . {Invoke-WebRequest -useb aka.ms/iotedge-win} | Invoke-Expression; `
Install-SecurityDaemon -Dps -ContainerOs Windows

  4. When prompted, provide the ScopeID and RegistrationID for your provisioning service and device.

Verify successful installation

You can check the status of the IoT Edge service by:

Get-Service iotedge

Examine service logs for the last 5 minutes using:

# Displays logs from last 5 min, newest at the bottom.

Get-WinEvent -ea SilentlyContinue `
  -FilterHashtable @{ProviderName= "iotedged";
    LogName = "application"; StartTime = [datetime]::Now.AddMinutes(-5)} |
  select TimeCreated, Message |
  sort-object @{Expression="TimeCreated";Descending=$false} |
  format-table -autosize -wrap

And, list running modules with:

iotedge list

Tips and suggestions

If your network has a proxy server, follow the steps in Configure your IoT Edge device to communicate through a proxy server to install and start the IoT Edge runtime.

Next steps

Now that you have an IoT Edge device provisioned with the runtime installed, you can deploy IoT Edge modules.

If you are having problems with the Edge runtime installing properly, check out the troubleshooting page.