--hub-name seems to be mandatory parameter but is listed as an optional

[jspaith]

On this page, --hub-name is listed under the optional parameters. I think its mandatory, although maybe via the --login or something it wouldn't be needed if used instead? It still feels that one of them is required.

I looked at here also listed hub-name as optional but I'm almost positive its required, so if what I'm raising is indeed an issue and not my az tool naivete then should look at other places.

My repro of not having --hub-name

C:\developer\local> az iot hub module-identity create --device-id $deviceId --module-id $filterModule
DLL load failed while importing win32file: The specified module could not be found.
Please provide an IoT Hub entity name (via the '--hub-name' or '-n' parameter) or IoT Hub connection string via --login...

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• Content: az iot hub module-identity
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[vilit1]

This is something by design: we require users to provide either --hub-name or --login parameters so the --hub-name is not required as long as --login is provided.

We will improve the help section to make this distinction clearer.

[ghost]

Thanks for the feedback! We are routing this to the appropriate team for follow-up. cc @rkmanda, @chieftn.

Issue Details

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On this page, --hub-name is listed under the optional parameters. I think its mandatory, although maybe via the --login or something it wouldn't be needed if used instead? It still feels that one of them is required.

I looked at here also listed hub-name as optional but I'm almost positive its required, so if what I'm raising is indeed an issue and not my az tool naivete then should look at other places.

My repro of not having --hub-name

C:\developer\local> az iot hub module-identity create --device-id $deviceId --module-id $filterModule
DLL load failed while importing win32file: The specified module could not be found.
Please provide an IoT Hub entity name (via the '--hub-name' or '-n' parameter) or IoT Hub connection string via --login...

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Document Details

⚠ Do not edit this section. It is required for docs.microsoft.com ➟ GitHub issue linking.

• ID: 5c84a1ae-e98a-c7e0-9b40-ae61ab6a0560
• Version Independent ID: 7732a739-03ab-ca9c-404e-6849ec2c2602
• Content: az iot hub module-identity
• Content Source: latest/docs-ref-autogen/iot/hub/module-identity.yml
• Service: iot-hub
• GitHub Login: @rloutlaw
• Microsoft Alias: routlaw

Author:	jspaith
Assignees:	-
Labels:	IoT, IoT/CLI, IotHub, Service Attention, needs-triage
Milestone:	-

[yonzhan]

route to service team

[vilit1]

The help has been updated to inform users to provide either --hub-name or --login parameters, under the Iot Hub Identifier Arguments. The parameter --hub-name is not required as long as --login is provided.

Please update to the latest version of azure-iot

[digimaun]

We also have this related investigation to improve devEx on this front Azure/azure-iot-cli-extension#398.

Closing issue for now.