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Version: v4 (Stable)

Prerequisites

To establish communication between Alert and an MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) broker, the following requirements must be met.

Network​

  • Alert and the MQTT broker must be able to communicate over the network.
  • The TCP port used by the broker must be open on all firewalls between Alert and the broker.

Default port: 1883 (can be changed in the broker configuration).

MQTT Broker​

RequirementDetails
AuthenticationUsername and password required if the broker restricts anonymous access
Protocol versionsMQTT 3 and MQTT 5 supported (as of April 2022)