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<h2 id="IBAZ:Installation-Prerequisites"><strong>Prerequisites</strong></h2><p>Before being able to install and set up IoT Bridge you must have an Azure account. If you do not already have one you can create one<span> </span><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><h2 id="IBAZ:Installation-Summary"><strong>Summary</strong></h2><p>This process covers installing the IoT Bridge for Azure into an Azure subscription as an VM instance.</p><h2 id="IBAZ:Installation-IoTBridgeInstallation"><strong>IoT Bridge Installation</strong></h2><p>Select the IoT Bridge for Azure from the Azure Marketplace.</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/129204278/iot_bridge_marketplace_2022-09-01_10-37-26.png?version=1&modificationDate=1662046677384&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/129204278/iot_bridge_marketplace_2022-09-01_10-37-26.png?version=1&modificationDate=1662046677384&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="129204449" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="iot_bridge_marketplace_2022-09-01_10-37-26.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="129204278" data-linked-resource-container-version="11" alt=""></span></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Select Get It Now and then follow the steps in the wizard to create and deploy the VM.</p><p style=""><br/></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p style="">If the subscription is a Microsoft CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) created subscription, the CSP Tenant ID must be provided to CirrusLink to be added to the CSP whitelist on the offering.</p><p style="">The IoT Bridge will fail to deploy with a subscription error if this has not been completed. </p><p style="">To get the Tenant ID:</p><ul style=""><li>Provide the subscription ID to the CSP to give to Microsoft Support<ul><li>The CSP needs to request their CSP Tenant ID for the subscription ID from Microsoft Support</li></ul></li><li>Provide<span> </span><a style="" class="external-link" href="mailto:support@curris-link.com" rel="nofollow">support@cirrus-link.com</a><span> </span>the Tenant ID to be added to the CSP whitelist on the offering<ul><li>It usually takes 24 - 48 hours for this submission to complete</li></ul></li></ul></div></div><p><br/></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>When selecting the image, you must select the one named "Standard x64 Gen1" with the IoT Bridge icon next to it as shown below:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" height="400" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/129204278/Screenshot%202023-05-10%20at%209.29.14%20AM.png?version=1&modificationDate=1683838003399&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/129204278/Screenshot%202023-05-10%20at%209.29.14%20AM.png?version=1&modificationDate=1683838003399&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="149979151" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="Screenshot 2023-05-10 at 9.29.14 AM.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="129204278" data-linked-resource-container-version="11" alt=""></span></p></div></div><p><br/></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After the Azure VM Infrastructure has been deployed via the Azure Marketplace 1-click procedure, the application must be configured. In order to configure the application you must be able to access the VM instance via SSH. Information on accessing the VM instance via SSH can be found </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/IBAZ%3A+Virtual+Machine+Access+Instructions">here</a><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">. </span></p><h2 id="IBAZ:Installation-ReferenceDocumentation"><strong>Reference Documentation</strong></h2><p>The<span> </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/IBAZ%3A+Quickstart">IoT Bridge Quickstart Guide</a><span> </span>covers end to end setup of IoT Bridge including Edge setup and seeing data in Azure Digital Twins.</p><p>The<span> </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/IBAS%3A+Configuration" rel="nofollow">IoT Bridge Configuration Reference</a><span> </span>covers configuration options for the IoT Bridge VM instance.</p>
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<p>The error below indicates that the subscription you are trying to deploy into is a Microsoft CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) created subscription.</p><p><span class="fabric-text-color-mark" style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">{"code":"MarketplacePurchaseEligibilityFailed","message":"Marketplace purchase eligibilty check returned errors. See inner errors for details. ","details":[{"code":"BadRequest","message":"Offer with PublisherId: 'cirruslinksolutions1598993297919', OfferId: 'ibsnow_v1_0_0' cannot be purchased due to validation errors. For more information see details. Correlation Id: '113c1e1b-6c85-42d9-b1f7-65f8b55e0740' Cannot subscribe to this offer from Microsoft Azure Cloud Solution providers. Either choose a different subscription or contact your Microsoft Azure Cloud Solution provider for more information. Offer details: publisher=‘cirruslinksolutions1598993297919’ offer = ‘ibsnow_v1_0_0’, name = ‘ibsnow’. Correlation Id: '113c1e1b-6c85-42d9-b1f7-65f8b55e0740'.[{\"Cannot subscribe to this offer from Microsoft Azure Cloud Solution providers. Either choose a different subscription or contact your Microsoft Azure Cloud Solution provider for more information. Offer details: publisher=‘cirruslinksolutions1598993297919’ offer = ‘ibsnow_v1_0_0’, name = ‘ibsnow’. Correlation Id: '113c1e1b-6c85-42d9-b1f7-65f8b55e0740'.\":\"StoreApi\"}]"}]}</span><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"> </span></p><p><br/></p><p>If you want to deploy into this Azure subscription, the following steps must be taken so that Cirrus Link can white list the CSP Tenant ID:</p><ol class="ak-ol"><li>Record the subscription ID for the “CSP” subscription that you want to deploy the offering into.</li><li><p>Give this subscription ID to the CSP to give to Microsoft Support.</p><ol class="ak-ol"><li><p>The CSP needs to request their CSP Tenant ID for the subscription ID provided in Step #2 above from Microsoft Support.</p></li></ol></li><li>Provide Cirrus Link the Tenant ID to be added to the CSP whitelist on the offering.<ol class="ak-ol"><li>It usually takes 24 - 48 hours for this submission to complete.</li></ol></li></ol>
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<h2 id="IBSNOW:InstallationonAzure-Prerequisites"><strong>Prerequisites</strong></h2><p>Before being able to install and set up IoT Bridge for Snowflake on Azure you must have a Microsoft Azure account. If you do not already have one, you can create one <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><h2 id="IBSNOW:InstallationonAzure-Summary"><strong>Summary</strong></h2><p>This process covers installing the IoT Bridge for Snowflake into an Azure account as a virtual machine.</p><h2 id="IBSNOW:InstallationonAzure-IoTBridgeInstallation"><strong>IoT Bridge Installation</strong></h2><p>Begin by browsing to Azure Marketplace <a href="https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">here</a> and search for 'IoT Bridge for Snowflake'. That will bring you to the following page:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_10-47-45.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688060865475&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_10-47-45.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688060865475&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="153911467" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_10-47-45.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Click the blue 'Create' button near the top of the page. This will bring you to the following page.</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-7-24.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688062044659&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-7-24.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688062044659&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796036" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-7-24.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>In the page above, make sure you specify the following (and any other settings you want).</p><ul><li>Subscription and Resource Group<ul><li>This can be any resource group you want and can even be a new one as shown above</li></ul></li></ul><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>If the subscription is a Microsoft CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) created subscription, the CSP Tenant ID must be provided to CirrusLink to be added to the CSP whitelist on the offering.</p><p>The IoT Bridge will fail to deploy with a subscription error if this has not been completed. </p><p>To get the Tenant ID:</p><ul><li>Provide the subscription ID to the CSP to give to Microsoft Support<ul><li>The CSP needs to request their CSP Tenant ID for the subscription ID from Microsoft Support</li></ul></li><li>Provide <a href="mailto:support@curris-link.com" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">support@cirrus-link.com</a> the Tenant ID to be added to the CSP whitelist on the offering<ul><li>It usually takes 24 - 48 hours for this submission to complete</li></ul></li></ul></div></div><ul><li>Virtual Machine Name<ul><li>This can be anything you want</li></ul></li><li>Region<ul><li>It is recommended to have this be in the same region where your Snowflake account is</li></ul></li><li>Image<ul><li>Make sure you select 'Standard - x64 Gen1' as shown above. Note it has the 'IoT Bridge for Snowflake' icon next to it.</li></ul></li><li>Size<ul><li>Select the VM size you want.</li></ul></li><li>Login details<ul><li>Select these as you want</li></ul></li><li>Select inbound ports<ul><li>Make sure SSH is enabled. This is required for configuration of the IoT Bridge for Snowflake instance</li></ul></li></ul><p>After configuring the above items, select 'Next: Disks'. This will bring you to the following page.</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-33-18.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063598695&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-33-18.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063598695&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796062" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-33-18.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Select 'Create and attach a new disk' near the bottom of the page. This will bring you to the following page:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-34-44.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063684855&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-34-44.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063684855&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796063" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-34-44.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Set the values as you want. Note IBSNOW doesn't need a lot of disk space as there isn't a lot of persisted data. Also, it is recommended to 'Delete disk with VM' as shown above so resources are cleaned up when the VM is deleted. After setting the variables as you want, click 'OK'. At this point you should see the disk as shown below:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-36-42.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063803157&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-36-42.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063803157&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796064" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-36-42.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Now click 'Next: Networking'. This will bring you to the following page:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-38-16.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063896921&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-38-16.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688063896921&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796066" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-38-16.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>As shown in the page above, it is recommended to '<label class="azc-form-label">Delete public IP and NIC when VM is deleted'. Also, make sure port 22 is open to allow SSH access is open to the VM. Then click 'Next: Management'. This will bring you to the following page:</label></p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-40-12.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064012675&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-40-12.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064012675&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796068" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-40-12.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>In this 'Management' tab, you can accept the defaults or change any settings you require. This is true for the 'Monitoring', 'Advanced', and 'Tags' tabs as well. Select the defaults or change anything you require. Once complete, click 'Review + create'. This will bring you to the following page:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-44-24.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064264976&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-44-24.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064264976&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796071" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-44-24.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Review the configuration and click 'Create' if everything looks good.</p><p>If validation of the configuration is successful, it will bring you to the following page:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-55-19.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064919903&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-55-19.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064919903&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796076" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-55-19.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Deployment takes a few minutes to complete. Once it is complete, you will see the following:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-56-35.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064995423&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-56-35.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688064995423&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796077" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-56-35.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Now click the blue 'Go to resource' button. This will bring you to the following page:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-57-51.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688065072162&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/143393081/image2023-6-29_11-57-51.png?version=1&modificationDate=1688065072162&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="154796078" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2023-6-29_11-57-51.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="143393081" data-linked-resource-container-version="15" alt=""></span></p><p>Note the 'Public IP address' above. This will be used for SSH access and configuration of the IoT bridge for Snowflake VM.</p><h2 id="IBSNOW:InstallationonAzure-IoTBridgeConfiguration"><strong>IoT Bridge Configuration</strong></h2><p>For configuration details, please see: <span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/IBSNOW%3A+Configuration" rel="nofollow">Iot Bridge for Snowflake - Configuration</a></span></p><h2 id="IBSNOW:InstallationonAzure-ReferenceDocumentation"><strong>Reference Documentation</strong></h2><p>The <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/IBSNOW%3A+AWS+Quickstart" rel="nofollow">IoT Bridge Quickstart Guide</a> covers end to end setup of IoT Bridge including Edge setup, IB setup, and seeing data in Snowflake.</p><p>The <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/IBSNOW%3A+Configuration" rel="nofollow">IoT Bridge Configuration Reference</a> covers configuration options for the IoT Bridge Virtual Machine.</p>
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<h2 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-Prerequisites:"><strong>Prerequisites:</strong></h2><ul><li>Knowledge of Ignition and Module installation process: <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/Cirrus+Link+Module+Installation" rel="nofollow">Cirrus Link Module Installation</a></li><li>Installation of the following Cirrus Link MQTT modules selecting the<span> </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/Cirrus+Link+Modules+Compatibility" rel="nofollow">version compatible</a><span> </span>with your Ignition installation.<br/>Modules can be downloaded from<span> </span><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">the<span> </span></span><a href="https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/third-party-modules/" style="text-align: left;" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Ignition Strategic Partner Modules</a><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><span> </span>download page</span>:<br/><ul><li>MQTT Distributor</li><li>MQTT Engine</li><li>MQTT Transmission</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-Overview:"><strong>Overview:</strong></h2><p>Transmission is an MQTT module for Ignition that can publish files using MQTT Sparkplug to be processed by MQTT engine. </p><p>Files are transferred using Sparkplug over MQTT and which files get transferred and when they get transferred can be configured in a number of different ways. The file transfer configuration also defines how <a href="#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-filetransferadvancedfeatures"> quickly a file transfer occurs </a>and how long before a timeout will occur on failure to receive host side acknowledgements which can be adjusted as required based on the size of files you are sending and any bandwidth constraints that you may have.</p><p>This tutorial shows how to configure the MQTT modules to publish files using both the manual and auto publish methods.</p><p><style type='text/css'>/*<![CDATA[*/
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<li><a href='#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ConfigurePrimaryHostonMQTTEngineandMQTTTransmission'>Configure Primary Host on MQTT Engine and MQTT Transmission</a></li>
<li><a href='#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ConfigMQTTEngineFileHandling'>Config MQTT Engine File Handling</a></li>
<li><a href='#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-configureTransmissionConfigureMQTTTransmissiontopublishfiles'>Configure MQTT Transmission to publish files</a></li>
<li><a href='#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ManualPublishofFiles'>Manual Publish of Files</a></li>
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<li><a href='#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ViewingthemessagesintheIgnitionlogs'>Viewing the messages in the Ignition logs</a></li>
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<li><a href='#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-SetuptwoIgnitionsystems-ahostsysteminstalledwithMQTTEngineandMQTTDistributorandandedgesysteminstalledwithMQTTTransmission'>Setup two Ignition systems - a host system installed with MQTT Engine and MQTT Distributor and and edge system installed with MQTT Transmission</a></li>
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</div></p><h3 class="auto-cursor-target" id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-InstalltheMQTTmodules"><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51);">Install the MQTT modules</span></h3><p class="auto-cursor-target">Install the three MQTT modules listed in the pre-requisites onto your Ignition system following the<span> </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/Cirrus+Link+Module+Installation" rel="nofollow">Cirrus Link Module Installation</a><span> </span>guide.</p><p class="auto-cursor-target">By default, both MQTT Engine and MQTT Transmission are configured to connect to MQTT Distributor on<span> </span><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"><a href="tcp://localhost:1883" rel="nofollow">tcp://localhost:1883</a><span> </span>and will show as Connected under their respective Servers configuration setting in the Ignition</span><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"> UI. </span><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">MQTT Transmission will also have an Example Transmitter configured pointing to a set of tags that are configured in the Ignition "default" tag provider. </span></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">Review the<span> </span></span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/MQTT+Transmission+Transmitters+and+Tag+Trees" rel="nofollow">MQTT Transmission Transmitters and Tag Trees</a><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"><span> </span>tutorial for additional information on how Transmitter configurations interact with Ignition tag trees to create the Sparkplug IDs required.</span></div></div><p class="auto-cursor-target"><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">This allows the three modules to automatically connect and provide a starting base for the tutorial.</span></p><h3 class="auto-cursor-target" id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ConfigurePrimaryHostonMQTTEngineandMQTTTransmission"><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">Configure Primary Host on MQTT Engine and MQTT Transmission</span></h3><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-warning"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-error confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">Primary Host ID must be configured for File Transfer to work</div></div><p><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">Navigate to the MQTT Engine > Settings in the left side of the Ignition Gateway UI and select the General tab.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">Set Primary Host Enabled and add a Primary Host ID as shown below: </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2811%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1679082105030&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2811%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1679082105030&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="143393413" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (11).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></span></p><p class="auto-cursor-target">Navigate to the MQTT Transmission > Settings in the side of the Ignition Gateway UI and select the Sets tab.</p><p class="auto-cursor-target">Edit the Default Set and add a Primary Host ID as shown below:</p><p class="auto-cursor-target"><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2812%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1679082353228&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2812%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1679082353228&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="143393414" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (12).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><h3 class="auto-cursor-target" id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ConfigMQTTEngineFileHandling"><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">Config MQTT Engine File Handling</span></h3><p class="auto-cursor-target">Now we can configure the MQTT Engine module to process the published files.</p><p class="auto-cursor-target">Navigate to the MQTT Engine > Settings in the left side of the Ignition Gateway UI and select the Namespaces tab. From the Default tab, edit the Sparkplug B namespace shown below:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2863%29.png?version=3&modificationDate=1671724569991&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2863%29.png?version=3&modificationDate=1671724569991&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953456" data-linked-resource-version="3" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (63).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><p>Now select the 'Files' tab and set the following</p><ul><li>Ignore Files<ul><li>Set this property to unchecked so that publish files will not be ignored</li></ul></li><li>File Host Type:<ul><li>ACTIVE to specify that a message ACK is sent back to MQTT Transmission</li></ul></li><li>Base File Directory<ul><li>Set to some directory file path (i.e. 'C:\My Files' or something similar) where the files will be stored</li></ul></li><li>Add Topic Tokens<ul><li>Leave this property as checked to add the Group ID, Edge Node ID and Device ID to the base file directory path</li></ul></li><li>File Storing Policy<ul><li>Set this policy to REPLACE_EXISTING_FILE</li></ul></li><li>File Attributes Policy<ul><li>Leave this property at the default value of IGNORE</li></ul></li></ul><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">Review the <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/ME%3A+Configuration#ME:Configuration-NamespacesDefaultFiles" rel="nofollow">MQTT Engine Configuration</a> guide for information on all the File properties</div></div><p>When complete, it should look similar to the following. Save the changes after confirming.<br/><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2864%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473487&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2864%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473487&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953455" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (64).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><h3 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-configureTransmissionConfigureMQTTTransmissiontopublishfiles"><span class="confluence-anchor-link" id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-configureTransmission"></span>Configure MQTT Transmission to publish files</h3><p>Now we can configure the MQTT Transmission module to publish files using a configured Transmitter. Navigate to the MQTT Transmission > Settings in the left side bar of the Ignition Gateway UI and select the Transmitters tab.</p><p>Make note of the Sparkplug IDs configured for your transmitter. For our example we have the Group ID as<em><span> </span>My MQTT Group</em><span> </span>and the Edge Node ID as<span> </span><em>Edge Node faec7e</em></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">If you have an existing Transmitter configured where the Sparkplug IDs are created dynamically from the Ignition tag path, see <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/MQTT+Transmission+Transmitters+and+Tag+Trees">MQTT Transmission Transmitters and Tag Trees</a>, you will need to identify the Edge Node Descriptor being used and include the GROUP_ID and EDGE_NODE_ID in the Files configuration.</div></div><p><em> </em><em><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_14-37-52.png?version=2&modificationDate=1671725020004&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_14-37-52.png?version=2&modificationDate=1671725020004&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953468" data-linked-resource-version="2" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2020-11-30_14-37-52.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></em></p><p>Now on the 'Files' tab, select the Create new Files... link and configure the following fields</p><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul><li>Name<ul><li>By default a unique name will be set for this File Record. You can edit this if you choose but it must be unique.</li></ul></li><li>Tag Provider<ul><li>This is the tag provider where the publish control and information tags will be created. In our example, set to 'default'.</li></ul></li><li>Tag Folder Path <ul><li>This is the tag folder in the specified tag provider where the publish control and information tags will be created.</li><li>In our examples, set to 'files_manual' if configuring for manual publish or 'files_auto' if configuring for auto publish</li></ul></li><li>Enable Auto-Publish<ul><li>This will enable auto_publish.</li><li>In our examples, leave unchecked if configuring for manual publish and check if configuring for auto publish. </li></ul></li><li>Group ID<ul><li>Use the Group ID from your Transmitters Sparkplug ID. For this example, My MQTT Group</li></ul></li><li>Edge Node ID:<ul><li>Use the Edge Node ID from your Transmitters Sparkplug ID. For this example, Edge Node faec7e </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">Review the <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/display/CLD80/MT%3A+Configuration#MT:Configuration-Files" rel="nofollow">MQTT Transmission Configuration</a> guide for information on all the File properties</div></div><p>When complete, it should look similar to the following. Save the changes after confirming.</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2861%29.png?version=2&modificationDate=1671725696959&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2861%29.png?version=2&modificationDate=1671725696959&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953458" data-linked-resource-version="2" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (61).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><p>After the configuration is saved, it should look similar to below:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2868%29.png?version=2&modificationDate=1671725750434&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2868%29.png?version=2&modificationDate=1671725750434&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953451" data-linked-resource-version="2" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (68).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><h3 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ManualPublishofFiles">Manual Publish of Files</h3><p><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">With a File record created following the steps in <a href="#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-configureTransmission">Configure MQTT Transmission to publish files</a> with the 'Enable Auto-Publish' unchecked and the Tag Folder Path set to "files_manual", </span>everything should be configured to send files from MQTT Transmission to MQTT Engine.</p><p>Open Ignition Designer on the system running MQTT Transmission. You should see the control and information tags created in the specified tag provider and folder as shown below:</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" width="900" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-10-48.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473590&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-10-48.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473590&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953463" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2020-11-30_15-10-48.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><p>The control and information tags created in the folder are:</p><div class="table-wrap"><table class="wrapped confluenceTable"><colgroup><col/><col/><col/></colgroup><thead><tr><th style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTh"><p>Name</p></th><th style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTh"><p>Type</p></th><th style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTh"><p>Description</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Last Published File</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Name of last published file</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Last Published Sequence Number</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Integer</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Sequence number of last published file since last reset of metrics</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Percent Completed</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Byte</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish completion percent for file being published</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish File</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Boolean</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Manual trigger to publish file</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish File Count</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Long</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Number of files published since last reset of metrics</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish File in Transit</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Name of current file being published</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish Files Path</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Full path to the target file to publish over MQTT</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish Operation Status</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Status description of current publish operation</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Publish Operation Status Code</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Integer</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Status code for current publish operation</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left;" colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Reset</td><td style="text-align: left;" colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Boolean</td><td style="text-align: left;" colspan="1" class="confluenceTd">Trigger to reset publish metrics</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><br/></p><p>At this point, we just need to tell MQTT Transmission which file to send. Download and unzip this sample file to some location and note that location.</p><p>This <a href="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/sample_file.zip?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473578&api=v2" data-linked-resource-id="137953462" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="sample_file.zip" data-nice-type="Zip Archive" data-linked-resource-content-type="application/zip" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47">sample_file.zip</a> contains two text files which are:</p><ul><li><p>sample_file.txt</p><ul><li>This is a text file with an arbitrary string. But, it could be a file of any type. This is purely for demonstration purposes.</li></ul></li><li><p>sample_file.txt.md5</p><ul><li>This is a text file that contains only the md5 sum of the sample_file.txt</li></ul></li></ul><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>The md5 sum file is only required when using the auto publish method. This is needed to ensure that the file to be transferred is complete and ready to be published.</p></div></div><p><br/></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>If you are testing with a different file, certain characters have special meanings when used in filenames such as "*" for wildcards, and "\" in filename paths. If a file you are trying to publish contains any of the characters listed below, it will prevent files from being written to the file system.</p><p><span class="ocpUI">" * : < > ? / \ |</span></p><p>Leading and trailing spaces in filenames and filenames ending in '.' are also not supported.</p></div></div><p><br/></p><p>With the file to be transferred in place, we can now set the 'Publish File Path' tag.</p><p>This path must be the full path to the target file to publish over MQTT. In this example, we're using the path of '/tmp/transmission/sample_file.txt'. However, on a Windows system that would look something like 'C:\full\path\to\my\sample_file.txt'. When this is set, you should see something like this</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" width="900" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-36-9.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473563&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-36-9.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473563&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953461" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2020-11-30_15-36-9.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><p>Finally, click the 'Publish File' boolean tag. This will begin the file publish process which will cause the file to be published. After doing so, you should see something similar to what is shown below.</p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" width="900" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-37-13.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473550&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-37-13.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473550&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953460" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2020-11-30_15-37-13.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><p>You should also now see the file to the location you set as the 'Base File Directory' in your MQTT Engine namespace configuration for Sparkplug B.</p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">The files will be left on the originating filesystem after a successful publish and will need to be removed manually</div></div><h3 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-AutoPublishofFiles">Auto Publish of Files</h3><p><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">With a File record created following the steps in <a href="#ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-configureTransmission">Configure MQTT Transmission to publish files</a> with 'Enable Auto-Publish' checked and the Tag Folder Path set to "files_auto", </span><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">everything should be configured to send files from MQTT Transmission to MQTT Engine.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">Open Ignition Designer on the system running MQTT Transmission. You should see the control and information tags created in the specified tag provider and folder as shown below:</span></p><p><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" width="900" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-41-50.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473534&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2020-11-30_15-41-50.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473534&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953459" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2020-11-30_15-41-50.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></p><p>The control and information tags created in the folder are:</p><div class="table-wrap"><table class="wrapped confluenceTable"><colgroup class=""><col class=""/><col class=""/><col class=""/></colgroup><thead class=""><tr class=""><th style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTh"><p>Name</p></th><th style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTh"><p>Type</p></th><th style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTh"><p>Description</p></th></tr></thead><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Last Published File</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Name of last published file</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Last Published Sequence Number</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Integer</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Sequence number of last published file since last reset of metrics</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Percent Completed</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Byte</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Publish completion percent for file being published</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Publish File Count</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Long</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Number of files published since last reset of metrics</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Publish File in Transit</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Name of current file being published</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Publish Files Folder</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Full path to the target folder containing the files to publish over MQTT</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Publish Operation Status</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">String</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Status description of current publish operation</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Publish Operation Status Code</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Integer</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Status code for current publish operation</td></tr><tr class=""><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Reset</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Boolean</td><td style="text-align: left;" class="confluenceTd">Trigger to reset publish metrics</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p><br/></p><p>At this point, we just need to tell MQTT Transmission which folder contains the file(s) to publish. Download and unzip this sample file to some location and note that location.</p><p>This<span> </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/sample_file.zip?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473578&api=v2" rel="nofollow">sample_file.zip</a><span> </span>contains two text files which are:</p><ul><li><p>sample_file.txt</p><ul><li>This is a text file with an arbitrary string. But, it could be a file of any type. This is purely for demonstration purposes.</li></ul></li><li><p>sample_file.txt.md5</p><ul><li>This is a text file that contains only the md5 sum of the sample_file.txt</li></ul></li></ul><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>If you a testing with a different file, certain characters have special meanings when used in filenames such as "*" for wildcards, and "\" in filename paths. If a file you are trying to publish contains any of the characters listed below, it will prevent files from being written to the file system.</p><p><span class="ocpUI">" * : < > ? / \ |</span></p><p>Leading and trailing spaces in filenames and filenames ending in '.' are also not supported.</p></div></div><p><br/></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>When transferring files using auto_publish, MQTT Transmission requires two files to be present before it will transfer the target file. The first is the file itself. The second is a file that has the same name as the target file followed by a '.md5' extension. The file containing the md5 sum of the target file will not be transferred.</p><p>The contents of that file must contain the Message Digest Algorithm 5 (or MD5 sum) of the file. The MD5 sum can be calculated using command line utilities on most operating systems or through scripting in Ignition. Here are some examples:</p><p>Linux</p><div class="code panel pdl" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="codeContent panelContent pdl">
<pre class="syntaxhighlighter-pre" data-syntaxhighlighter-params="brush: bash; gutter: false; theme: Confluence" data-theme="Confluence">ubuntu@linux-host:~$ md5sum myfile.bin
07180622a24ebf905cf5f770cd54197a myfile.bin
# In the above example, the md5 sum is: 07180622a24ebf905cf5f770cd54197a</pre>
</div></div><p>OSX</p><div class="code panel pdl" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="codeContent panelContent pdl">
<pre class="syntaxhighlighter-pre" data-syntaxhighlighter-params="brush: bash; gutter: false; theme: Confluence" data-theme="Confluence">user@osxhost:~$ md5 sample_file.txt
MD5 (sample_file.txt) = 85324ffbcc7d97c478adf53796aff787
# In the above example, the md5 sum is: 85324ffbcc7d97c478adf53796aff787</pre>
</div></div><p>Windows</p><div class="code panel pdl" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="codeContent panelContent pdl">
<pre class="syntaxhighlighter-pre" data-syntaxhighlighter-params="brush: powershell; gutter: false; theme: Confluence" data-theme="Confluence">Get-FileHash -Algorithm MD5 .\some_file.iso
Algorithm Hash Path
--------- ---- ----
MD5 80FD169D3FDADBC97E66C168F796B1BF C:\temp\some_file.iso
# In the above example, the md5 sum is: 80FD169D3FDADBC97E66C168F796B1BF</pre>
</div></div><p class="auto-cursor-target">Ignition Script</p><div class="code panel pdl" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="codeContent panelContent pdl">
<pre class="syntaxhighlighter-pre" data-syntaxhighlighter-params="brush: py; gutter: false; theme: Confluence" data-theme="Confluence">import hashlib
# File to create md5 sum
file_name = "D:\MyFiles\test_file.txt"
# Open,close, read file and calculate MD5 on its contents
with open(file_name, 'rb') as file_to_check:
# read contents of the file
data = file_to_check.read()
# pipe contents of the file through
md5_returned = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
# Save md5 sum file
f = open(file_name + ".md5", "w")
f.write(md5_returned)
f.close()</pre>
</div></div></div></div><p><br/><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">MQTT Transmission will scan the folder specified in the tag, with a frequency defined by the File Scan Rate, and publish all files that appear in this directory automatically.</span></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">When the file is successfully transferred both the file and associated md5 sum file will be removed from the originating filesystem.</div></div><h3 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ViewingthemessagesintheIgnitionlogs"><br/>Viewing the messages in the Ignition logs</h3><p>The records published from MQTT Transmission can be be viewed in the Ignition Gateway logs by setting the<span> </span><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);">com.cirruslink.mqtt.engine.gateway.sparkplug.SparkplugPayloadHandler logger to TRACE.</span></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-tip"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-approve confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body">Review the<span> </span><a href="https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/tutorials/tutorials-and-helpful-tricks/gateway-loggers" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Gateway Loggers</a><span> </span>from Ignition for details on how to do this.</div></div><h3 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-"><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image confluence-content-image-border" draggable="false" height="235" width="1371" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2022-12-22_11-10-6.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671729007931&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image2022-12-22_11-10-6.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671729007931&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953492" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image2022-12-22_11-10-6.png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></h3><h3 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-ExtraActivities"><br/><br/><br/>Extra Activities</h3><p>At this point you have a fully functional system which can be expanded or modified as required. Below are some addition configuration options to try:</p><h4 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-Adjustthefiletransferconfigurationtodefinehowquicklyafiletransferoccursandhowlongbeforeatimeoutwilloccuronfailuretoreceivehostsideacknowledgementsbasedonthesizeoffilesyouaresendingandanybandwidthconstraintsth"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">Adjust the file transfer configuration to define how quickly a file transfer occurs and how long before a timeout will occur on failure to receive host side acknowledgements based </span>on the size of files you are sending and any bandwidth constraints that you may have.</h4><p><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" draggable="false" src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2866%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473462&api=v2" data-image-src="https://docs.chariot.io/download/attachments/137953450/image%20%2866%29.png?version=1&modificationDate=1671722473462&api=v2" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" data-linked-resource-id="137953453" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-default-alias="image (66).png" data-base-url="https://docs.chariot.io" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/png" data-linked-resource-container-id="137953450" data-linked-resource-container-version="47" alt=""></span></span></p><h4 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-SetuptwoIgnitionsystems-ahostsysteminstalledwithMQTTEngineandMQTTDistributorandandedgesysteminstalledwithMQTTTransmission"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">Setup two Ignition systems - a host system installed with MQTT Engine and MQTT Distributor and and edge system installed with MQTT Transmission<br/></span></span></h4><p class="auto-cursor-target">By default, MQTT Transmission is configured to connect to MQTT Distributor on<span> </span><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"><a href="tcp://localhost:1883" rel="nofollow">tcp://localhost:1883</a>. As the MQTT Distributor is installed on a different server, we will need to edit the configuration to allow MQTT Transmission to connect to the host server.</span></p><div class="confluence-information-macro confluence-information-macro-note"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-warning confluence-information-macro-icon"></span><div class="confluence-information-macro-body"><p>The MQTT Server must be accessible to the Ignition system running MQTT Transmission. In order for this to work port 1883 must be open to outside connections. Make sure this is allowed via your operating system's firewall configuration and any anti-virus software you may have installed.</p><p>This configuration is not recommended for production systems. If running this in production, you should be using TLS encryption on port 8883. More information on how to configure TLS can be found<span> </span><a href="https://docs.chariot.io/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=70746116" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p></div></div><p class="auto-cursor-target"><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">Navigate to the MQTT Transmission > Settings in the left side bar of the Ignition Gateway UI and select the Servers tab.</span></span></p><p class="auto-cursor-target"><span style="color: rgb(78,78,78);"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);">Change the server URL to point to the server IP address or domain name of the Ignition system running MQTT Distributor and save the configuration.</span></span></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><h2 id="ManagingfileswithMQTTTransmissionandMQTTEngine-AdditionalResources"><strong>Additional Resources</strong></h2><ul><li>Inductive Automation's Ignition download with free trial<ul><li><a href="https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/ignition" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Current Ignition Release</a></li></ul></li><li>Cirrus Link Solutions Modules for Ignition<ul><li><a href="https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/third-party-modules/8" class="external-link" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><span> </span></span></a><a href="https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/third-party-modules/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">Ignition Strategic Partner Modules</a><a href="https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/third-party-modules/8" class="external-link" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: rgb(23,43,77);"><span> </span></span></a></li></ul></li><li>Support questions<ul><li>Check out the Cirrus Link Forum: <a href="https://forum.cirrus-link.com/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">https://forum.cirrus-link.com/</a></li><li>Contact support: <a href="mailto:support@cirrus-link.com" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">support@cirrus-link.com</a></li></ul></li><li>Sales questions<ul><li>Email: <a href="mailto:sales@cirrus-link.com" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">sales@cirrus-link.com</a></li><li>Phone: +1 (844) 924-7787</li></ul></li><li> About Cirrus Link<ul><li><a href="https://www.cirrus-link.com/about-us/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">https://www.cirrus-link.com/about-us/</a></li></ul></li></ul></p>
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