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Summary

MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport or Message Queue Telemetry Transport) is an ISO standard (ISO/IEC PRF 20922) publish-subscribe-based "lightweight" messaging protocol for use on top of the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to send short messages from one client (publisher) to another (subscriber) through brokers, which are responsible for message delivery to the end point.

{{{name}}} devices support this functionality via an open source Mosquitto broker. The messages are sent this way: a client (subscriber) subscribes to a topic(s); a publisher posts a message to that specific topic(s). The broker then checks who is subscribed to that particular topic(s) and transmits data from the publisher to the subscriber.

This chapter is an overview of the MQTT page for {{{name}}} devices.

MQTT Broker

The MQTT Broker is an entity that listens for connections on the specified port and relays received messages to MQTT client. To begin using this devices as an MQTT Broker, enable it in this page. In order to make the device accept MQTT connections from WAN (remote networks), you also need to turn the 'Enable Remote Access' slider on.

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Toggles MQTT Broker between on and off.
Local Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 1883	The TCP port on which the MQTT broker will listen for connections.
Enable Remote Access	off | on; default: off	Turns remote access to this MQTT broker on or off.

Broker Settings

Security

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The Security section is used to configure TLS/SSL .

field name	value	description
Use TLS/SSL	Certificate based | Pre-shared key based; default: Certificate based	Turns the use of TLS/SSL for this MQTT connection on or off.
TLS type		description
Certificate files from device	off | on; default: off	When turned on, provides the possibility to use certificate files generated on this device instead of uploading certificate files. You can generate TLS certificates on your device in the System → Administration → [[{{{name}}} Administration#Certificates|Certificates]] page.
CA File	.ca file; default: none	Uploads a Certificate Authority (CA) file. A Certificate Authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates. A digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate.
CERT File	.crt file; default: none	Uploads a server (broker) certificate file. A certificate file is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server.
Key File	.key file; default: none	Uploads a server (broker) key file.
TLS version	tlsv1 | tlsv1.1 | tlsv1.2 | Support all; default: Support all	Specifies which TLS version(s) is will be supported by this broker.
Pre-shared key based: Pre-Shared-Key	string; default: none	The pre-shared-key in hex format with no leading "0x".
Pre-shared key based: Identity	string; default: none	The identity of this client. May be used as the username depending on the server settings.

Bridge

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An MQTT Bridge is used for the communication between MQTT brokers. The window of Bridge parameters is presented below.

Note: this table has a coloring scheme to indicate which fields can be seen with different configuration.

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Turns MQTT Bridge on and off.
Connection Name	string; default: none	Name of the Bridge connection. This is used for easier management purposes.
Remote Address	ip; default: none	Remote Broker’s address.
Remote Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 1883	Specifies which port the remote broker uses to listen for connections.
Use Remote TLS/SSL	off | on; default: off	Enables the use of TSL/SSL certificates of the remote broker. If this is checked, you will be prompted to upload TLS/SSL certificates. More information can be found in the Security section of this chapter.
On: Certificate files from device	off | on; default: off	When turned on, provides the possibility to use certificate files generated on this device instead of uploading certificate files. You can generate TLS certificates on your device in the System → Administration → [[{{{name}}} Administration#Certificates|Certificates]] page.
On: Bridge CA File	.ca file; default: none	Uploads a Certificate Authority (CA) file. A Certificate Authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates. A digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate.
On: Bridge CERT File	.crt file; default: none	Uploads a server (broker) certificate file. A certificate file is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server.
On: Bridge Key File	.key file; default: none	Uploads a server (broker) key file.
On: Bridge TLS version	tlsv1 | tlsv1.1 | tlsv1.2; default: tlsv1	TLS version used by the other broker.
Use Remote Bridge Login	off | on; default: off	Indicates whether the remote side of the connection requires login information. If this is turned on, you will be required to enter a remote client ID, username and password.
On: Remote ID	string; default: none	Identifier of the remote broker
On: Remote Username	string; default: none	Username for authentication to the remote broker.
On: Remote Password	string; default: none	Password for authentication to the remote broker.
Try Private	off | on; default: off	Check if the remote Broker is another instance of a daemon.
Clean Session	off | on; default: off	When turned on, discards session state after connecting or disconnecting.

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You can also create and manage MQTT topics in the Topics list below the Bridge section. To add a new topic, click the 'Add' button.

You can then configure the newly added topic from the same page.

Field	value	description
Topic Name	string; default: none	The name of the topics that the broker will subscribe to.
Direction	OUT | IN | BOTH; default: OUT	The direction that the messages will be shared.
QoS Level	At most once (0) | At least once (1) | Exactly once (2); default: At most once (0)	Sets the publish/subscribe QoS level used for this topic.

Miscellaneous

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The Miscellaneous section is used to configure MQTT broker parameters that are related to neither Security nor Bridge.

field name	value	description
ACL File	ACL file; default: none	Uploads an ACL file. The contents of this file are used to control client access to topics of the broker.
Password File	password file; default: none	Uploads a password. A password file stores usernames and corresponding passwords, used for authentication.
Persistence	off | on; default: off	When turned on, connection, subscription and message data will be written to the disk. Otherwise, the data is stored in the device memory only.
Allow Anonymous	off | on; default: on	Turns anonymous access to this broker on or off.

MQTT Publisher

An MQTT Publisher is a client instance that can send messages to the Broker, who can forward these messages to other clients (subscribers).

Note: this table has coloring scheme to indicate which fields can be seen with different configuration.

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Toggles the MQTT Publisher ON or OFF.
Hostname	host | ip; default: none	Broker’s IP address or hostname.
Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 1883	Broker's port number.
Username	string; default: none	Username used for authentication to the Broker.
Password	string; default: none	Password used for authentication to the Broker.
TLS	off | on; default: off	Turns the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) on or off.
On: Allow insecure connection	off | on; default: off	Allows connections without verifying server authenticity.
On: Certificate files from device	off | on; default: off	When turned on, provides the possibility to use certificate files generated on this device instead of uploading certificate files. You can generate TLS certificates on your device in the System → Administration → [[{{{name}}} Administration#Certificates|Certificates]] page.
On: CA file	.ca file; default: none	Certificate authority file used in Transport Layer Security.
On: Certificate file	.crt file; default: none	Certificate file used in Transport Layer Security.
On: Key file	.key file; default: none	Key file used in Transport Layer Security.

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