MQTT
The MQTT input plugin, allows to retrieve messages/data from MQTT control packets over a TCP connection. The incoming data to receive must be a JSON map.
Configuration Parameters
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Key | Description |
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Listen | Listener network interface, default: 0.0.0.0 |
Port | TCP port where listening for connections, default: 1883 |
Getting Started
In order to start listening for MQTT messages, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
Command Line
Since the MQTT input plugin let Fluent Bit behave as a server, we need to dispatch some messages using some MQTT client, in the following example mosquitto tool is being used for the purpose:
The following command line will send a message to the MQTT input plugin:
Configuration File
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
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