# \#mqtt-basics **URL:** https://community.cumulocity.com/tag/mqtt-basics/851.md [Latest](https://community.cumulocity.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cumulocity.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cumulocity.com/tags.md) --- ## [Simplifying IoT](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/simplifying-iot/14374)
**Author:** [@Jane\_Porter1](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Jane_Porter1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/simplifying-iot/14374 "2026-04-07T06:21:46Z")
MQTT for Scalable, Secure, and Flexible Device Communication Large-scale IoT deployments often bring unnecessary complexity. Devices must be configured, authenticated, and managed across cloud and edge environments,… --- ## [Scaling IoT with MQTT](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/scaling-iot-with-mqtt/14372)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Mitchell1](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Scott_Mitchell1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/scaling-iot-with-mqtt/14372 "2026-03-30T11:49:02Z")
Building for Millions of Devices, Not Dozens As IoT adoption matures, scaling is no longer an aspiration; it’s a survival requirement. Connecting thousands of devices was once impressive. Today, manufacturers and s… --- ## [Beyond the Broker](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/beyond-the-broker/14371)
**Author:** [@Matthew\_Johnson](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Matthew_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/beyond-the-broker/14371 "2026-03-25T15:27:42Z")
Designing for AIoT Scale with MQTT MQTT was originally designed to solve a relatively simple problem: reliably collecting data from remote devices and delivering it into backend systems. Early deployments typically … --- ## [Securing IoT Messaging with MQTT](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/securing-iot-messaging-with-mqtt/14370)
**Author:** [@Jane\_Porter1](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Jane_Porter1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/securing-iot-messaging-with-mqtt/14370 "2026-03-23T16:58:16Z")
Protecting Millions of Devices, Not Just Connections As IoT expands from thousands to millions of devices, every connection becomes both valuable and vulnerable. MQTT has become the backbone of IoT communication bec… --- ## [Scaling Intelligence](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/scaling-intelligence/14369)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Mitchell1](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Scott_Mitchell1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/scaling-intelligence/14369 "2026-03-18T06:28:41Z")
Why MQTT is the Backbone of AIoT Engineering For software engineers, the ideal protocol provides a precise specification that eliminates ambiguity while offering the flexibility to solve complex architectural challe… --- ## [Secure. Scalable. Developer-Friendly](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/secure-scalable-developer-friendly/14342)
**Author:** [@Warren\_DeLay](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Warren_DeLay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/secure-scalable-developer-friendly/14342 "2026-03-16T10:50:47Z")
Introducing the New Cumulocity MQTT Service The future of IoT demands more than just connectivity; it demands scalability, security, and developer freedom. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the Cumulocity Manag… --- ## [Python Microservice](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/python-microservice/12155)
**Author:** [@bdm](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/bdm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/python-microservice/12155 "2025-04-15T13:16:50Z")
Hi, we have a python microservice handling the MQTT integration between the devices and Cumulocity, Part of this python code is to receive the external ID from the device and to ask cumulocity API for its corresponding … --- ## [Cumulocity MQTT Execution With Python](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/cumulocity-mqtt-execution-with-python/7423)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/cumulocity-mqtt-execution-with-python/7423 "2022-11-22T08:44:23Z")
Cumulocity supports both REST and MQTT to Publish and Receive data. MQTT is a Client Server publish/subscribe messaging transport protocol. It is light weight, open, simple, and designed to be easy to implement. This…