Collector settings

The collector settings are used to connect to the MQTT broker.

Basic settings

MqttURL

Description: The connection URL for the MQTT broker.

Required: yes

Example: tcp://localhost:1883

ClientCertificate

Description: Use a client certificate

Required: no

Default value: false

Options: false | true

Username

Description: Username

Required: no

Password

Description: Password

Required: no

Topics

Description: Comma separated list of topics to subscribe to. (Wildcards are allowed)

Required: yes

QOS

Description: QOS with which to subscribe.

Required: yes

Default value: 1

Options: 0 | 1 | 2

KeepAliveSecs

Description: The keep alive period in seconds, before which the client sends a ping to the mqtt broker (default is 30 seconds). On no response received, the connection is closed.

Required: no

Default value: 30

PersistentSession

Description: If the session is persistent, the broker will store the session information and deliver messages to the client when it reconnects. So the broker is responsible for caching the messages until the collector is active again

Required: no

Default value: true