ux4iot
  • Introduction
  • Quickstart
  • Concepts
  • How Ux4iot works
  • REST API Reference
  • Configuration Options
  • Create your ux4iot Instance
  • EventHub / IoTHub
    • Configure your existing IoT Hub
    • Create IoT Hub and linked ux4iot
    • Using a separate Event Hub
  • ux4iot-react
    • Initialization
    • Hooks
    • Grant Request Function
    • Tutorial using create-react-app
  • Implementing your custom security backend
    • Introduction
    • Security Backend
    • Security Backend Example - Azure Function
    • ux4iot-admin-node
  • Resources
    • Pricing
    • Performance
    • Limitations
    • Known Bugs & Nice to know's
    • Changelog
  • Made with ❤️ at Device Insight
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What is ux4iot?

ux4iot is a tool for directly communicating with your IoT devices from your web frontend.

General architecture

With ux4iot your frontend gets access to Azure IoT Hub's communication primitives without having a custom-built backend middleware translating between IoT Hub and your user interface. No need to design a REST API so that your UI can offer IoT functionality.

The permission logic (which users can perform which actions on which devices) is separated out into a slim backend service that you provide. In this service you focus solely on the permission logic without dealing with any of the communication-related parts - those are handled by ux4iot.

ux4iot is deployed as a Managed Application in your Azure subscription. This means that you have your own dedicated instance of ux4iot and your IoT data does not leave your Azure subscription.

IoTHub + Ux4iot + Frontend Architecture setup