Azure Digital Twins（2）- 在本地使用ADT Explorer 管理數字孿生

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huzhen.yu

2021-04-19 14:32

本文介紹：

在本地運行ADT Explorer 並連接Azure Digital Twins 實例；

使用 VS CODE DTDL插件開發第一個模型文件；

ADT Explorer的幾個基本功能；

使用ADT Explorer 上傳模型文件並生成 twin 孿生；

視頻演示：

https://www.51azure.cloud/post/2021/4/12/azure-digital-twins-adt-explorer

重點圖文步驟：

下載並在本地運行ADT Explorer

在ADT首頁，點擊探索數字孿生體，瞭解更多連接打開ADT Explorer 工具下載頁面

或者直接進入：下載 ADT Explorer：https://aka.ms/adt-explorer

在右側release中下載最新版本

點擊Azure_Digital_Twins_ADT_Explorer.zip 文件並下載

解壓後，可以看到如下圖內容，read me中包含安裝方式：

1.本地安裝

2.容器安裝

3.在Azure 雲中安裝

本文僅介紹在本地安裝運行。

按照如下步驟執行本地安裝：

1. Set up an Azure Digital Twins service instance and give yourself appropriate permissions (e.g. *Azure Digital Twins Owner*). For instructions, please see the following how-to article:

*[Set up an Azure Digital Twins instance and authentication](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/digital-twins/how-to-set-up-instance-portal)

1. When running locally, adt-explorer will use Azure default credentials. In order to authenticate, you can run, for example, **az login** in any command prompt. When you later run adt-explorer, it will pick up the credentials. Alternatively, you can sign into Visual Studio Code.

1. Select the **Download ZIP** button to download a .zip file of this sample code to your machine. Unzip the **Azure_Digital_Twins__ADT__explorer.zip** folder, and extract the files.

1. From a command prompt in the `client/src` folder, run `npm install`. This will retrieve all dependencies

1. From the same command prompt, run `npm run start`.

> By default, the app runs on port 3000. To customize the port, change the run command. For example, to use port 8080:

>* Linux/Mac (Bash): `PORT=8080 npm run start`

>* Windows (cmd): `set PORT=8080 && npm run start`

> Note: Your ADT app registration must have a reply URL using the same port you are using - e.g. localhost:7000 if that is the port you are using.

1. Your browser should open and the app should appear.

進入client/src，運行 npm install，注意，如果不知道npm是什麼，可參照https://www.51azure.cloud/post/2020/4/15/azure-iot-hub-1-prepare 中安裝node js 部分。