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MQTT Sink ​

This sink is used to publish output messages to the MQTT server. If you want to use the MQTT Sink connector, click Data Processing -> Rules -> Create Rule, in the Action area, click Add, Sink Select MQTT.

Sink configuration ​

On the page that pops up, make the following settings:

  • MQTT broker address: The server of the MQTT message broker, such as tcp://127.0.0.1:1883
  • MQTT topic: The MQTT topic to be subscribed to, for example topic1.
  • MQTT ClientID: Client ID of the MQTT connection. If not specified, a uuid will be used.
  • MQTT protocol version: MQTT protocol version, supports 3.1 or 3.1.1, the default is 3.1.1.
  • QoS: The default QoS level is 0, optional values: 0, 1, 2.
  • retained: If retained is set to true, the Broker will store the last retained message of each Topic and its Qos. The default value is false.
  • Username: Optional parameter, MQTT connection username.
  • Password: Optional parameter, MQTT connection password.
  • Certification Path: Optional parameter, fill in the certificate path, which can be an absolute path or a relative path. If a relative path is specified, the parent directory is the path where the neuronex command is executed. Example value: /var/xyz-certificate.pem.
  • Private key path: Optional parameter, which can be an absolute path or a relative path. Example value: /var/xyz-private.pem.key.
  • Root Ca Path: Optional parameter to verify the server certificate. It can be an absolute path or a relative path. Example value: /var/xyz-rootca.pem.
  • Skip certification verification: Defaults to False. If set to True, certificate verification will be skipped, otherwise certificate verification will be performed.
  • Compression: Leave blank by default to not decompress. Decompress MQTT Payload using the specified compression method, optional values: zlib, gzip, flate.
  • Omit if content is empty: Default is False.
  • Send single: Default is True.
  • Stream format: supports json, binary, protobuf, delimited, custom. Default json format.
    • If you select protobuf or custom, you should also configure the corresponding [mode and mode message] (../config.md#schema)
    • If you select delimited, you should also configure the delimiter, such as ","
  • Data template: Golang template, used to specify the output data format. If no data template is specified, the data will be used as raw input. For a detailed introduction to data templates, see Data Template.

After completing the settings, you can click Test Connection to confirm the connection. Finally click Submit to complete the settings.

Example ​

The following is an example of using MQTT Sink to connect to EMQX.

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