====MQTT Per-Point Topics====

This type of [[start|distribution]] sends incoming data to your MQTT server, with one topic per point of live data.

This means that there will be a large number of individual topics in your MQTT hierarchy.

Each message simply contains the raw value of that point of information.

As an alternative that has only one MQTT message per //asset//, see [[mqttob|mqttob]].

===Type Name===

The type name to use in your configuration is **mqtt**.

===Configuration===

The following configuration options are accepted...

^Name^Notes^Purpose^
|hostname|Required|The DNS name or IP of your MQTT server|
|port|Default 1883|The port number used to communicate to the MQTT server|
|topic|Required|The base topic to publish to|
|username||The username to connect to the MQTT server|
|password||The password to connect to the MQTT server|

===Suggestions===

We usually suggest using the **fullpath** option in your [[configuring_live_data_distribution|configuration]] to replicate your ARDI asset hierarchy in your MQTT system. But this is not a requirement.