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title: AMQP
slug: manufacturing-connect-edge/product-features/integration/integration-connectors/amqp/amqp-gen2
createdAt: 2026-09-28T20:27:03.443Z
---

AMQP Integration enables Manufacturing Connect Edge to connect with an AMQP 0-9-1 broker over TCP or SSL/TLS.

## Supported communication

- Outbound (Publish data from Edge to AMQP broker) - Yes
- Inbound (Subscribe data from AMQP broker to Edge) - No

## Configurations

| **Field**              | **Details**                                                                                                                                                                            | **Required** |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Name                   | Connector instance name.                                                                                                                                                               | Yes          |
| Connection Type        | Choose tcp for an unencrypted connection or ssl for a TLS-encrypted connection to the AMQP broker.                                                                                     | Yes          |
| Hostname               | IP Address or hostname of AMQP broker (must be reachable from Edge system).                                                                                                            | Yes          |
| Port                   | TCP port the AMQP broker listens on.                                                                                                                                                   | Yes          |
| CA Certificate         | CA certificate used to verify the server, in PEM format. Can also be installed in the system-wide certificate store.                                                                   | Yes          |
| Certificate            | Client certificate for mutual TLS authentication with the AMQP broker. Paste the PEM-encoded certificate here.                                                                         | No           |
| Private key            | Private key corresponding to the client certificate. Must match the certificate provided above.                                                                                        | No           |
| Virtual host           | AMQP virtual host to connect to; it scopes the exchanges and queues this connector uses.                                                                                               | No           |
| Authentication         | Authentication mode: plain logs in with username and password; anonymous connects without credentials (SASL ANONYMOUS, the broker must allow it).                                      | No           |
| Username               | Username for authenticating with the AMQP broker.                                                                                                                                      | No           |
| Password               | Password for authenticating with the AMQP broker.                                                                                                                                      | No           |
| Exchange               | AMQP exchange to publish to and bind subscriptions on; empty uses the default exchange.                                                                                                | No           |
| Exchange type          | Exchange type: direct, fanout, topic or x-custom.                                                                                                                                      | No           |
| Exchange durable       | Declare the exchange as durable.                                                                                                                                                       | No           |
| Exchange auto delete   | Delete the exchange when no longer used.                                                                                                                                               | No           |
| Exchange internal      | Declare the exchange as internal.                                                                                                                                                      | No           |
| Exchange no wait       | Declare the exchange without waiting for server confirmation.                                                                                                                          | No           |
| Routing key            | Default routing key for published messages.                                                                                                                                            | Yes          |
| ISO8601 timestamp      | Convert timestamp to ISO8601.                                                                                                                                                          | No           |
| Parallel Publish Count | The number of simultaneously publishing messages.                                                                                                                                      | No           |
| Throttling limit       | Set a limit on the number of outbound messages per second. If sending data to a server that has restrictions on the rate of incoming messages, this ensures that no messages are lost. | No           |

## Persistent storage configurations

| **Field**                     | **Details**                                                                                                                                                                                       | **Required** |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Persistent storage            | If enabled, messages in the outbound queue are stored on disk. If there are interruptions in connection or power loss, messages are retained and eventually sent when the connection is restored. | No           |
| Persistent storage size limit | Set the size limit for storing persisted data in GB.                                                                                                                                              | No           |
| Queue mode                    | Select the sequence of data transfer: FIFO or LIFO. Selecting FIFO (First In First Out) sends the earliest message first. Selecting LIFO (Last In First Out) sends the latest message first.      | No           |

## Related topics

- [AMQP SSL Integration Guide](docId:6WgxHyt1qBihJ13xAhsA2)
- [AMQP TCP Integration Guide](docId:9O-C7IAOSXppB0MSK8P4W)
- [Add a Connector](docId\:AFAwtAf_ZHJE-SGmlaRu-)
- [Manage Connectors](docId:6iAMsxf3WshTON4GE75An)