Predictive Maintenance via IoT with AWS Lambda

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Predictive maintenance is a strategy for preventing equipment failures through the use of sensing devices and data analysis. IoT (Internet of Things) devices can collect a wide range of data, such as temperature, vibration, and hours of operation, which can then be processed and analyzed in order to predict and prevent potential equipment failures.

AWS Lambda is a serverless computing service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that runs code in response to events and automatically manages the compute resources required by that code. By using AWS Lambda for predictive maintenance, you can create a system that processes and analyzes IoT data in real-time, and then takes action without the need for managing servers.

Here's how you can use Pulumi with AWS to create a system for predictive maintenance via IoT:

1. Collect data using IoT devices and send it to AWS IoT Core.
2. Use AWS IoT Core rules to trigger a Lambda function when new data is received.
3. Write a Lambda function to process the incoming IoT data to determine if maintenance actions are required. This function can use machine learning models to predict equipment failure.
4. The Lambda function can then automatically trigger maintenance workflows, send notifications, or take other appropriate actions.

Now let's write a Pulumi program in Python that sets up AWS IoT Core to receive data from IoT devices, triggers a Lambda function for processing this data, and analyzes it to make predictive maintenance decisions.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_aws as aws

# Create an AWS IAM role that your lambda function will assume
lambda_role = aws.iam.Role("lambdaRole",
    assume_role_policy="""{
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [{
            "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com"
            }
        }]
    }"""
)

# Attach a policy to the role that allows logging to CloudWatch
log_policy = aws.iam.RolePolicy("lambdaLogPolicy",
    role=lambda_role.id,
    policy="""{
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [{
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": ["logs:CreateLogGroup", "logs:CreateLogStream", "logs:PutLogEvents"],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:*:*"
        }]
    }"""
)

# Create a lambda function to process IoT data
iot_processor_lambda = aws.lambda_.Function("iotProcessorLambda",
    role=lambda_role.arn,
    runtime="python3.8",
    handler="lambda_function.handler",  # Assuming the handler function is named 'handler' in the file 'lambda_function.py'.
    code=pulumi.AssetArchive({
        ".": pulumi.FileArchive("./lambda")  # The directory with your lambda code and dependencies.
    })
)

# Create an AWS IoT Rule that invokes the lambda function upon receiving a message
iot_topic_rule = aws.iot.TopicRule("iotTopicRule",
    description="IoT Topic Rule to trigger Lambda for predictive maintenance",
    enabled=True,
    sql="SELECT * FROM 'sensor/data'", # SQL statement to select messages from the IoT devices topic
    sql_version="2016-03-23",
    lambda_=aws.iot.TopicRuleLambdaArgs(
        function_arn=iot_processor_lambda.arn
    )
)

# Export the Lambda function name and ARN
pulumi.export("lambda_name", iot_processor_lambda.name)
pulumi.export("lambda_arn", iot_processor_lambda.arn)
```

Explanation of the code:
- `aws.iam.Role`: Creates a new IAM role for AWS Lambda. This role allows the Lambda service to assume it so the function can be executed.
- `aws.iam.RolePolicy`: Defines an IAM policy attached to the role, granting permissions to write logs to CloudWatch, which is useful for monitoring and debugging the function.
- `aws.lambda_.Function`: Defines the AWS Lambda function with the Python 3.8 runtime. It specifies the handler location and the path to the directory with the Lambda function's code.
- `aws.iot.TopicRule`: Sets up an IoT rule that triggers the specified Lambda function when a message is published to the 'sensor/data' MQTT topic.

Please make sure to replace `lambda_function.handler` with your actual handler path and `./lambda` with the path to your Lambda function's code and dependencies. Also, adjust the SQL statement in `iot_topic_rule` to match the MQTT topic that your IoT devices will publish data on.

With this Pulumi program, you've set up the essentials for a predictive maintenance system using AWS IoT and Lambda. Of course, the actual logic for predicting maintenance needs will depend on your specific use case and data, and should be implemented within the Lambda function's code.