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AMQP TCP Integration Guide

8min

Review the following guide for setting up an integration between Manufacturing Connect Edge and an AMQP broker.

Before You Begin

You will need access to an AMQP-TCP broker.

Refer to the following to learn more:

Step 1: Add a Device



Step 2: Add Tags



Step 3: Add the AMQP TCP Connector

Follow the steps to Add a Connector and select the AMQP TCP provider.

Note: For configuring exchange options, see AMQP TCP and refer to the Exchange Options section to learn more.

Enter the details for the connector.

  • Name: Enter a name for the connector.
  • Hostname: Enter the IP address for the AMQP broker.
  • Port: The AMQP broker's port number. The default value is 5671.
  • Virtual host (Optional): Enter the virtual host path, which specifies the namespace for permissions, exchanges, queues, and bindings on the server.
  • Username (Optional): Enter the username for authentication with the AMQP broker. The default value is guest.
  • Password (Optional): Enter the password for authentication with the AMQP broker. The default value is guest.
  • Exchange (Optional): Enter the northbound (third-party) topic to publish or subscribe to through the connector.
  • exchangeType: Select the exchange type (direct, fanout, topic, x-custom).
  • Exchange durable: Select the checkbox to allow the exchange to survive restarts.
  • Exchange auto delete: Select the checkbox to make the server no longer remain declared when there are no remaining bindings.
  • Exchange internal: Select the checkbox to enable the internal flag.
  • Exchange no wait: Select the checkbox to instruct the exchange to not wait for a response.
  • Routing key: The AMQP routing key that the exchange might use to determine how to route messages to the queue.
  • ISO8601 timestamp: Select this checkbox to convert message timestamps to the ISO8601 format before sending.
  • Throttling limit (Optional): The maximum number of messages per second to be processed. The default value is zero, which means that there is no limit.
  • Persistent storage: When enabled, this will cause messages to undergo a store-and-forward procedure. Messages will be stored within Manufacturing Connect Edge when cloud providers are online.
  • Queue Mode: Select the queue mode as lifo (last in first out) or fifo (first in first out). Selecting lifo means that the last data entry is processed first, and selecting fifo means the first data entry is processed first.

Step 4: Enable the Connector

After adding the connector, click the toggle in the connector tile to enable it.

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If you see a Failed status, you can review the Connector Logs and relevant error messages.

Step 5: Create Topics for Connector

You will now need to create outbound topics for the connector from the tags created in Step 2.



After adding all required topics, navigate to the Integration overview page and click the toggle to restart the connector verify the status is CONNECTED.

Step 6: Enable Topics



Step 7: Verify Successful Connection

Access the AMQP broker and ensure that data is being sent from Manufacturing Connect Edge to the broker.