Page History

...

• Name
  • This is the friendly name of the MQTT Server used to easily identify it.
• Enabled
  • Whether or not connections to this MQTT Server are enabled.
• URL
  • This is the URL of the MQTT server.  Its format is as follows: [protocol]://[location]:[port].  Each of these are shown below.
    • protocol - Either tcp or ssl
    • location - The server location.  e.g. localhost, myserver.chariot.io, mydomain.com, etc
    • port - The port the MQTT Server is listening on.  Generally this is 1883 if using TCP or 8883 if using SSL
• Server Type
  • This is the type of MQTT Server to connect to.
    • Chariot - If connecting to a Cirrus Link Chariot on-premise or Chariot cloud based MQTT Server
    • MQTT Distributor - If connecting to a Ignition MQTT Distributor server
    • Third Party - If connecting to a third party 3.1.1 compliant MQTT Server
• Username
  • Optional MQTT username to use in the MQTT connect packet.  This is required if the MQTT Server to connect to requires it.
• Password
  • Optional MQTT password to use in the MQTT connect packet.  This is required if the MQTT Server to connect to requires it.
• Certificates
  • The server certificates to use if required.  These are generally only required when connecting using TLS and the MQTT server does not have a genuine certificate issued by a trusted certificate authority.
  • CA certificate must always end in 'ca.pem'
  • If using client side certificates (i.e. a public/private keypair and CA cert), make sure the following naming conventions are followed.
    
    • Edge/Device certificate must end in 'cert.pem'
    • Edge/Device private key must end in 'private.key'CA certificate must end in 'ca.pem'

Advanced Settings

• Client ID
  • Optional MQTT client ID to use.  If specified this will be used in the MQTT Engine connect packet when connecting to the server.  If left blank, a random client ID will be create of the form 'IgnitionTarget-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx'.
• Keep Alive
  • The MQTT client keep alive time (in seconds).
• Filtered Namespaces
  • A comma separated list of namespaces that will be filtered/disabled for connections to this MQTT Server.

...