Overview

HiveMQ Cloud is a managed MQTT broker – IoT-focused, MQTT 3 + 5 support. The Automize HiveMQ connector covers MQTT pub/sub, retained messages, last-will.

Regions: Multi-region.
Plans: Free tier + paid (volume + connections).

Setting up the connection

HiveMQ Cloud → Access Management → user with publish/subscribe rights.
In Automize → Settings → Connectors → HiveMQ. Paste broker URL + credentials.

Find your credentials at https://console.hivemq.cloud/.

Rate limits

Per-cluster tier.

Data model

MQTT pub-sub:

    Cluster ─── Topics ─── Subscribers
            └─ Retained messages, last-will + testament

Available operations

5 operations available. Click any row to jump to its detail.

Operation	Category	What it does
Publish	General	Publish a message to an MQTT topic
Publish Retained	General	Publish a retained message to an MQTT topic
Set Last Will	General	Set the MQTT Last Will and Testament message
Subscribe	General	Subscribe to an MQTT topic
Unsubscribe	General	Unsubscribe from an MQTT topic

Operations

Publish

Publish a message to an MQTT topic

Parameter	Required	Type
Topic `topic`	Yes	text
Message `message`	Yes	text
Headers `headers`	No	textarea

Tips

topic + payload. qos 0/1/2. retain optional.

Publish Retained

Publish a retained message to an MQTT topic

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Topic `topic`	Yes	text
Message `message`	Yes	text

Set Last Will

Set the MQTT Last Will and Testament message

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Topic `topic`	Yes	text
Message `message`	Yes	text

Subscribe to an MQTT topic

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Topic `topic`	Yes	text
Callback `callback`	No	text

Tips

Returns websocket-tunnelled stream of messages.

Unsubscribe

Unsubscribe from an MQTT topic

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Topic `topic`	Yes	text

FAQ

HiveMQ vs AWS IoT Core?: Both MQTT. HiveMQ: vendor-neutral, MQTT 5 first-class, advanced features. AWS IoT: tightly integrated with AWS services.

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