Hi Chris, You mean that you want to start a mqtt client in IoTDB to consume msg from another external mqtt server? I'm afraid not. You need to start your client in another process to consume msg and then construct them as Tablet, at last you also need a session to insert that tablet into iotdb.
On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:59 PM Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it now possible to not start the internal mqtt service but start an > mqtt client for consuming messages of an external mqtt server? > > Chris > > Gesendet von Outlook für Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > ________________________________ > From: Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2026 7:38:23 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Decoupling MQTT service using ExternalService framework > > Yay!!! > > Something I have been waiting for for years now :-) > > Thanks, > Chris > > Gesendet von Outlook für Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> > ________________________________ > From: Yuan Tian <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 11:28:03 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Decoupling MQTT service using ExternalService framework > > Hi all, > > This pr has been merged. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:50 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm writing to share a PR that refactors how we handle MQTT within the > > codebase. > > > > We are splitting the MQTT functionality out of the main `iotdb-server` > > module and migrating it to use the `ExternalService` framework. This > > decoupling is a great step towards better modularity, keeping the core > > server logic cleaner while making the MQTT service easier to maintain and > > extend independently. > > > > The changes cover the move to `external-service-impl/mqtt`, along with > > necessary updates to the distribution packaging and CI workflows to > support > > this new structure. > > > > You can review the changes here: > > https://github.com/apache/iotdb/pull/17042 > > > > Best regards, > > -------------------- > > Yuan Tian >
