Template:Networking rutos manual mqtt

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 a summary of the MQTT function in {{{name}}} devices.

MQTT Broker

The Broker will “listen” for connections on the specified Local port. In order to accept connections from WAN, you also need to check Enable Remote Access.

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field name	value	description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Toggles MQTT Broker between on and off.
Local Port	integer [0..65535]; default: 1883	Specifies the local port that the MQTT broker will listen to.
Enable Remote Access	off | on; default: off	If enabled, MQTT Broker will be reachable by remote user (from WAN).

Security

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The MQTT Security tab is used to establish MQTT connection security via TLS/SSL.

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field name	value	description
Use TLS/SSL	off | on; default: off	Toggles the use of TLS/SSL certificates between on and off.
CA File	.ca file; default: none	Certificate authority 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	Certificate file is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server. Client certificates play a key role in many mutual authentication designs, providing strong assurances of a requester's identity.
Key File	.key file; default: none	Private key for client to establish connection.
TLS version	tlsv1 | tlsv1.1 | tlsv1.2 | Support all; default: Support all	Authenticates a client to a server and establishes precisely who they are.

Bridge

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The MQTT Broker also supports a functionality called Bridge. An MQTT Bridge is used for the communication between two MQTT Brokers. The window of Bridge parameters is presented below. Some of these are mandatory as they are needed to create a connection: Connection Name, Remote Address and Remote Port. For more information on MQTT Bridge parameters you can read the official mosquitto.conf manual page.

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field name	value	description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Toggles MQTT Bridge between on and off.
Connection Name	string; default: none	Name of the Bridge connection. Although this is used for easier management purposes, this field is mandatory.
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: Bridge CA File	.ca file; default: none	Certificate authority 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	Certificate file is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server. Client certificates play a key role in many mutual authentication designs, providing strong assurances of a requester's identity.
On: Bridge Key File	.key file; default: none	Private key for bridge connection.
On: Bridge TLS version	tlsv1 | tlsv1.1 | tlsv1.2; default: tlsv1	Authenticates a client to a server and establishes precisely who they are.
Use Remote Bridge Login	off | on; default: off	Enables the use of Remote login data. If this is checked, you will be prompted to enter a remote client ID, username and password.
On: Remote ID	string; default: none	Identifier for remote connection.
On: Remote Username	string; default: none	Username used in remote connection.
On: Remote Password	string; default: none	Password used in remote connection.
Try Private	off | on; default: off	Check if the remote Broker is another instance of a daemon.
Clean Session	off | on; default: off	Check to discard session state after connecting or disconnecting.

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

You can also create and manage MQTT topics when opened Bridge tab.

field name	value	description
Topic	string; default: none	Specifies the names of the Topics that your Broker will subscribe to.
Direction	OUT | IN | BOTH; default: OUT	The direction that the messages will be shared in.
QoS Level	At most once (0) | At least once (1) | Exactly once (2); default: At most once (0)	The publish/subscribe QoS level used for this topic.

Miscellaneous

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The last section of MQTT Broker parameters is called Miscellaneous. It contains parameters that are related to neither Security nor Bridge.

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field name	value	description
ACL File	ACL file; default: none	The contents of this file are used to control client access to topics of the broker.
Password File	password file; default: none	The Password file stores usernames and corresponding passwords, used for authentication.
Persistence	off | on; default: off	If enabled, 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	If enabled, the Broker allows anonymous access.

MQTT Publisher

An MQTT Publisher is a client that sends messages to the Broker, who then forwards these messages to the Subscriber.

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field name	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	Specifies the port used for connecting to the Broker.
Username	string; default: none	Username used for authentication when connecting to the Broker.
Password	string; default: none	Password used for authentication when connecting to the Broker.
TLS	off | on; default: off	Toggles the Transport Layer Security between on or off.
On: Allow insecure connection	off | on; default: off	Allow not verifying server authenticity.
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.

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

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