IoT Edge on Windows (EFLOW)

Access service within IoT Edge on Windows (EFLOW)

IoT Edge

Introduction

The recommended way to run Azure IoT Edge on Windows (EFLOW) is by installing IoT Edge in a Hyper-V VM. EFLOW

But how are you going to access for example

  • a Blob Storage module from the host?
  • a custom Webservice?

The VM has an IP that might change every time the VM is starting.

[03/04/2022 14:26:17] Successfully created virtual machine
[03/04/2022 14:26:17] Virtual machine hostname: MY-EFLOW
[03/04/2022 14:26:20] Querying IP and MAC addresses from virtual machine (MY-EFLOW)
 - Virtual machine MAC: 00:00:00:00:00:53
 - Virtual machine IP : 172.19.33.153 retrieved directly from virtual machine

Check the current IP of the EFLOW VM

With Connect-EFlowVM you can SSH into the VM via PowerShell and check the IP again.

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