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Expert knowledge for Azure IoT Edge development covering troubleshooting, best practices, architecture patterns, provisioning (DPS/TPM/X.509), CI/CD, and deployment. Not for IoT Hub, IoT Central, IoT Operations, or Stack Edge.
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure IoT Edge. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure IoT Edge. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
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mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L47 | Diagnosing and fixing IoT Edge runtime/device errors, portal-based troubleshooting, Azure Monitor metrics issues, and EFLOW (Linux on Windows) networking and platform problems. |
| Best Practices | L48-L53 | Monitoring module twins for health/alerts and production-readiness guidance for IoT Edge solutions (deployment hardening, reliability, security, and operational best practices). |
| Decision Making | L54-L60 | Guidance on choosing IoT Edge/EFLOW platforms, provisioning methods, networking setups, and nested virtualization options for different deployment scenarios. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L61-L66 | Gateway design patterns for connecting downstream devices and patterns for handling offline/intermittent connectivity, local processing, and sync behavior in Azure IoT Edge setups. |
| Limits & Quotas | L67-L71 | Azure IoT Edge resource limits and quotas, including module, deployment, message, and device constraints, plus scalability and performance-related restrictions. |
| Security | L72-L84 | Securing IoT Edge with certificates, X.509 provisioning, confidential computing, downstream device auth, EST server setup, and network protection via Private Link/endpoints. |
| Configuration | L85-L118 | Configuring IoT Edge devices and EFLOW: networking, gateways, proxies, storage, GPU/USB access, metrics/monitoring, and provisioning (DPS, TPM, X.509, symmetric keys) for modules and runtime. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L119-L126 | Remote management and logging via direct methods, building and packaging custom IoT Edge modules, and managing IoT Edge on Windows with EFLOW PowerShell functions |
| Deployment | L127-L136 | Deploying IoT Edge at scale: CI/CD pipelines, CLI/manifest-based module deployment, Kubernetes/KubeVirt installs, automatic deployments, and supported platform requirements. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Troubleshoot Azure Monitor integration for IoT Edge metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-troubleshoot-monitoring-and-faq |
| Troubleshoot and diagnose Azure IoT Edge issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/troubleshoot |
| Diagnose and fix common Azure IoT Edge errors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/troubleshoot-common-errors |
| Troubleshoot Azure IoT Edge devices from the Azure portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/troubleshoot-in-portal |
| Troubleshoot Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows devices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/troubleshoot-iot-edge-for-linux-on-windows |
| Resolve common Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/troubleshoot-iot-edge-for-linux-on-windows-common-errors |
| Troubleshoot networking issues for EFLOW virtual machines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/troubleshoot-iot-edge-for-linux-on-windows-networking |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Monitor IoT Edge module twins for health | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-monitor-module-twins |
| Prepare Azure IoT Edge solutions for production | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/production-checklist |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Select and configure networking options for EFLOW | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-configure-iot-edge-for-linux-on-windows-networking |
| Choose platform and provisioning options for IoT Edge devices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-create-iot-edge-device |
| Choose nested virtualization options for EFLOW deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/nested-virtualization |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose Azure IoT Edge gateway patterns for devices | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/iot-edge-as-gateway |
| Design offline operation patterns for Azure IoT Edge | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/offline-capabilities |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Review Azure IoT Edge limits and restrictions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/iot-edge-limits-and-restrictions |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use IoT Edge agent direct methods for remote management | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-edgeagent-direct-method |
| Retrieve and upload Azure IoT Edge logs via direct methods | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-retrieve-iot-edge-logs |
| Develop and package custom Azure IoT Edge modules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/module-development |
| Use EFLOW PowerShell functions to manage IoT Edge | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/reference-iot-edge-for-linux-on-windows-functions |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Set up CI/CD pipelines for Azure IoT Edge modules with Azure DevOps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-continuous-integration-continuous-deployment |
| Deploy IoT Edge modules at scale using CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-deploy-cli-at-scale |
| Deploy IoT Edge modules with Azure CLI manifests | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-deploy-modules-cli |
| Install Azure IoT Edge on Kubernetes with KubeVirt | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-install-iot-edge-kubernetes |
| Check supported platforms for IoT Edge on Windows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/iot-edge-for-linux-on-windows-support |
| Manage IoT Edge automatic deployments for device groups | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/module-deployment-monitoring |
| Check supported platforms for Azure IoT Edge deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/support |
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