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Anand TamboliBuild Your Own IoT Platformhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4498-2_8

8. Configuring the Message Broker

Anand Tamboli1 
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
Until now, the message broker and the cloud instance were in a functional state. We added core capabilities to our IoT platform with data access APIs. In this chapter, we modify the configuration of our MQTT broker and make it more useful, especially from an interoperability point of view. In this chapter, we will

  • Learn the difference between WebSocket and MQTT

  • Learn why WebSocket is important

  • Add WebSocket functionality to the broker and test it

  • Add access level controls

The Difference Between WebSocket and Normal MQTT

WebSocket provides an always-open communication channel ...

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