IoT and Event Streaming at Scale with Kafka & MQTT

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This post details how Apache Kafka and its ecosystem (Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB) are used for integrating and processing IoT data at scale. It specifically highlights Kafka-native options for MQTT integration, including Kafka Connect source and sink connectors, Confluent MQTT Proxy, and Confluent REST Proxy. The post discusses common IoT use cases, requirements, and challenges, contrasting MQTT's limitations with Kafka's strengths as an event streaming platform. It provides a high-level architecture for enterprise IoT integration and details the pros and cons of both MQTT and Kafka in this context.