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Date Published
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Susannah Brodnitz
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789
Language
English
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Summary

InfluxDB Cloud offers a fast and efficient way to ingest data from IoT devices, specifically through its MQTT Native Collector. This method allows users to directly connect their message broker to InfluxDB Cloud without the need for additional software installation or extra code writing, making it ideal for applications that require real-time analysis and speed. The MQTT Native Collector is particularly useful when cloud-based infrastructure is used, as it eliminates the need for downloading data onto a server before uploading it back to InfluxDB Cloud, saving time and bandwidth. To get started, users only need to configure their message broker IP address or URL, authentication parameters, topics to subscribe to, and parsing rules, which can be set up in minutes. This method provides flexibility while being the simplest and quickest way to ingest raw data from IoT devices.