Everything MQTT

MQTT topic naming

Intro

Regarding topic naming, please consider in general

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. [1]

—Phil Karlton

Articles

… and have a look at these fine readings:

Readings I

• http://tinkerman.eldiariblau.net/mqtt-topic-naming-convention/

• http://blog.hekkers.net/2012/09/18/mqtt-about-dumb-sensors-topics-and-clean-code/

• http://lodge.glasgownet.com/2012/09/23/mqtt-republishing-itch/

• https://github.com/kylegordon/mqtt-republisher

• topics, brokers, mount_points, and light bulbs, oh my

  https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/mqtt/wk3MhXKYIZA

• http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/embedded-cloud-talkers/4397229/Device-to-Cloud–

• https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/193326/mqtt-bridge-to-iotf.html

• MQTT Spec, Version 3.1.1

  4.7 Topic Names and Topic Filters

  http://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v3.1.1/os/mqtt-v3.1.1-os.html#_Toc398718106
• Using JSON Data and choosing topic names

  http://forum.pidome.org/viewtopic.php?id=10

Also, when thinking about addressing, don’t forget about “MQTT client identifier”:

• The MQTT client identifier

  https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_7.1.0/com.ibm.mq.doc/tt60310_.htm

Readings II

• https://www.npmjs.com/package/mqtt-bridge

• http://mqtt.org/2011/08/mqtt-and-android-make-great-partners

• http://2lemetry.com/2014/10/24/avoiding-mqtt-pitfalls/

• Playing with MQTT

  http://mmtn.borioli.net/?p=1342

• https://blogs.vmware.com/vfabric/2013/02/choosing-your-messaging-protocol-amqp-mqtt-or-stomp.html

Mosquitto history

• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=d5bedadd-e46f-4c97-af89-22d65ffee070

• http://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.mosquitto

• http://mosquitto.org/

MQTT software

Brokers

• Paho

  The Paho project provides open-source client implementations of MQTT and MQTT-SN messaging protocols aimed at new,

  existing, and emerging applications for Machine‑to‑Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT).

  https://eclipse.org/paho/

  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/paho-mqtt

  https://eclipse.org/paho/clients/python/
• RabbitMQ

  https://www.rabbitmq.com/mqtt.html
• WebSphere MQ Telemetry

  http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/wmq-telemetry

  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0876.html

  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/SG248054.html

  https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/aimsupport/entry/whats_new_in_websphere_mq_explorer_v75?lang=en

  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15366203/websphere-mq-explorer-does-not-show-queues-after-successful-connection

  https://hursleyonwmq.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/using-websphere-mq-explorer-as-a-read-only-viewer/

Clients

Common

• MQTTLens

  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mqttlens/hemojaaeigabkbcookmlgmdigohjobjm/related?hl=en
• D3 MQTT TOPIC TREE VISUALISER

  http://www.hardill.me.uk/wordpress/2012/11/08/d3-mqtt-topic-tree-visualiser/

  http://www.hardill.me.uk:3000/

  https://harizanov.com/2014/09/mqtt-topic-tree-structure-improvements/
• mqttwarn: a pluggable MQTT notifier

  https://github.com/jpmens/mqttwarn

  http://jpmens.net/2014/02/17/introducing-mqttwarn-a-pluggable-mqtt-notifier/

  http://shortcircuit.net.au/~prologic/blog/article/2014/02/28/mqtt-python-pluggable-notifications-mqttwarn/
• mqttcollect: MQTT-based Exec-plugin for collectd

  https://github.com/jpmens/mqttcollect

  http://jpmens.net/2015/05/15/an-exec-plugin-for-collectd-mqttcollect/
• mqtt_fuzz

  https://github.com/F-Secure/mqtt_fuzz

MQTT in the Browser

• Using MQTT.js in the browser over WebSocket

  https://github.com/mcollina/mows
• The MQTT client for Node.js and the browser

  https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js
• Simple WebSockets Proxy for a MQTT broker, based on Twisted and Autobahn

  https://gist.github.com/claws/8794715

  https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-python/blob/master/examples/twisted/websocket/wrapping/README.md

Embedded

C++

• A client library for the Arduino Ethernet Shield that provides support for MQTT

  http://pubsubclient.knolleary.net/

  https://github.com/knolleary/pubsubclient

• https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_MQTT_Library

• MQTT client library for ESP8266 Soc

  https://github.com/tuanpmt/esp_mqtt

  http://tuanpm.net/native-mqtt-client-library-for-esp8266/

Lua

Platforms

• https://aws.amazon.com/iot/

  • https://aws.amazon.com/iot/how-it-works/

  • https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/protocols.html

• https://internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/

  • https://docs.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/

  • https://docs.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/reference/overview.html

  • https://docs.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com/messaging/payload.html

  • https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibmiotc/

  • https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibmiotf/

  • https://github.com/ibm-messaging/iot-python