Duplicate ClientId locating and removal

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Hi All

IOT core is showing that i have a duplicate clientId and so disconnects form my device

the issue is i dont know how to locate the duplicate device
is there a way to find what the other device is ... as i only know one at this point and as the clinetid is the imei number of the modem... it cannot be changed

there are too many devices to delete and start again... so thats not an option

asked 2 years ago715 views
2 Answers
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Hi. The Connect and Disconnect events in CloudWatch contain both the sourceIp detailing the IP address of the device and the principalId detailing the ID of the device certificate. Assuming you have a unique certificate for each Thing, you can use the two certificate IDs to find the Thing names. You can do that on the console or on the command line:

aws iot list-principal-things --principal arn:aws:iot:<region>:<accountID>:cert/<principalId>

You can use Logs Insights in CloudWatch to search for all Connect and Disconnect events using the particular <clientId>. You can use a filter statement like this:

filter clientId = '<clientId>' and (eventType = 'Connect' or eventType = 'Disconnect')
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Greg_B
answered 2 years ago
  • You may also want to consider Thing policy variables to ensure that a device can only connect using a client ID that matches the Thing name.

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To find dedicated disconnects caused by a duplicate clientId you can use the following filter in CloudWatch Insights:

filter disconnectReason = "DUPLICATE_CLIENTID"

KR,

Philipp

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answered 2 years ago

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