1. Pub/Sub for the masses
An introduction to MQTT
#gide2015

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Dominik Obermaier
CTO @ dc-square
@dobermai
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3. Introduction to MQTT
Overview and most important
features
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Messaging Protocol
Easy
Minimal Overhead
Binary
Data agnostic
Publish / Subscribe
MQTT- Messaging for the Internet of Things
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Push instead Pull
Reliable even when used
with unreliable networks
Constrained Devices
Low bandwidth, high latency
Enterprise -> Mobile
Use cases for MQTT
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3 QoS Levels
Retained Messages
Topic Wildcards
Last Will and Testament
Persistent Sessions
Heartbeats
Features
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7. What is Publish / Subscribe Messaging?

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Pub / Sub
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Exactly once deliveryQoS 2
QoS 0 At most once delivery
QoS 1 At least once delivery
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Last Known Good Value
Broker saves last message
for a topic
Client decides if message is
retained
Client receives retained message
after subscribing
Retained Messages
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Client defines LWT
Broker sends the message on
behalf of the client after the
client ‘died’.
Real Push
Useful for implementing on/off
topic publishes
Last Will and Testament
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MQTT - History
1999 2010 2013 2014
Arlen Nipper (Arcom) &
Andy Stanford-Clark (IBM)
invent MQTT
royalty free OASIS TC MQTT 3.1.1 Release
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13. The MQTT Ecosystem
MQTT Clients and Brokers
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Open Source
“Reference Implementation”
Active Community
Sync und Async API
Java, C, C++, C#, Go,
Javascript, Python
Eclipse Paho
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Open Source
Ideal for constrained devices
Supports bridging
Implemented in C
Mosquitto
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High Performance MQTT Broker
Built with security in mind
Open Source Java Plugin System
Supports Bridging
Supports Clustering
Designed for enterprise use
HiveMQ
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17. Live Demo!
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18. Q & A

19. Thanks!
@dobermai

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OUR TEAM - HELLO YOU!
Credits (all Images under Creative Commons)
‣ “The Stormtrooper” by leg0fenris: https://flic.kr/p/9beh6M
‣ “Stormtroopers Training: Theory” by Pedro Vezini: https://flic.kr/p/9iCMCB
‣ “Impending Doom (Explored)” by Pascal: https://flic.kr/p/8sjHyA
‣ “Is this Jabba the Hut's son?” by Kristina Alexanderson: https://flic.kr/p/9WDcSx
‣ “#135/366” by Robert McGoldrick: https://flic.kr/p/bXKkBG
‣ “Old droids” by stavos: https://flic.kr/p/jfYxPA
‣ “#23/366 The Plan” by Robert McGoldrick: https://flic.kr/p/bhgZbx
‣ “Day 112” by Pascal: https://flic.kr/p/7jbBvN
‣ “New Navcom” by Jason Ternus: https://flic.kr/p/5zkmHe
‣ “Got the Superman Cape... Let's do this!” by Brian Neudorff: https://flic.kr/p/jmowHw
‣ “"..And The Nominees Are…”" by Predro Vezini: https://flic.kr/p/8wFkyN

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OUR TEAM - HELLO YOU!
Credits II (all Images under Creative Commons)
‣ “Hardcore Stormies Hit The Gym” by W_Minshull: https://flic.kr/p/9pbzs7
‣ “#145/366” by Robert McGoldrick: https://flic.kr/p/c4zqAJ
‣ “Rocking Hard” by W_Minshull: https://flic.kr/p/dB13LP
‣ “Weightlifting” by 713 Avenue: https://flic.kr/p/5cdK3z
‣ “Kaos - Chaos paiting (ii)” by Kristina Alexanderson: https://flic.kr/p/ajcZoo
‣ “Pole Vault” by 713 Avenue: https://flic.kr/p/5eAzQi
‣ “T as in teaching Tech” by Kristina Alexanderson: https://flic.kr/p/cyAA8d
‣ “Escaping the Death Star” by Paulo Valdivieso: https://flic.kr/p/eHQ9kr
‣ “Death Star Prototype”: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:DSprototype_egvv.jpg
‣ “Luke Skywalker flying his X-Wing, getting ready to blow up the Death Star” by Fredrik
Perman: https://flic.kr/p/c3qivy

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OUR TEAM - HELLO YOU!
Credits III (all Images under Creative Commons)
‣ “move to the new deathstar” by Nerd herdr: https://flic.kr/p/oqxYue
‣ “I think it is time we demonstrated the full power of this station” by Fanboy30: https://
flic.kr/p/5YYbLK
‣ “Stromtrooper's clone robots” by Jay: https://flic.kr/p/b3mvcX
‣ “Hot Tub” by W_Minshull: https://flic.kr/p/9nMWxp
‣ “Searching for Droids” by Guy Streatfeild: https://flic.kr/p/bAvbWW
‣ “Stormpainter” by Pedro Vezini”: https://flic.kr/p/9SrKQU
‣ “Let The Wookie Hug” by Pedro Vezini: https://flic.kr/p/8ukTZe
‣ “Daisy Squad” by Stéfan: https://flic.kr/p/bD6ANy
‣ “Enjoying the sunset” by Kristina Alexanderson: https://flic.kr/p/avNV2Q