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M2MQTT client disconnecting without an exception or error message

I'm trying to create an API that consumes various topics.
For this, I'm trying to multi-thread things, so that the whole thing can be scalable into multiple APIs, later on, but that's very besides the point.
I'm using ASP.net Core 4.0, if that's got anything to do with it. Entity Framework as well.
My problem is based on my connection to my Mosquitto server being broken without throwing an exception or anything of the like, after a minute or so. It doesn't matter how big the messages are, or how many are exchanged. I have no idea of how I can create a callback or anything of the kind to know what's going on with my connection. Can anyone help?
I'll link the code I use to establish a connection and subscribe to a connection below. Using the Subscribe method or doing it manually also changes nothing. I'm at a loss, here.
Thanks in advance!
Main.cs:
Task.Factory.StartNew(() => DataflowController.ResumeQueuesAsync());
BuildWebHost(args).Run();
DataflowController.cs:
public static Boolean Subscribe(String topic)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello from " + topic);
MqttClient mqttClient = new MqttClient(brokerAddress);
byte code = mqttClient.Connect(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
// Register to message received
mqttClient.MqttMsgPublishReceived += client_recievedMessageAsync;
string clientId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
mqttClient.Connect(clientId);
// Subscribe to topic
mqttClient.Subscribe(new String[] { topic }, new byte[] { MqttMsgBase.QOS_LEVEL_EXACTLY_ONCE });
System.Console.ReadLine();
return true;
}
public static async Task ResumeQueuesAsync()
{
var mongoClient = new MongoClient(connectionString);
var db = mongoClient.GetDatabase(databaseName);
var topics = db.GetCollection<BsonDocument>(topicCollection);
var filter = new BsonDocument();
List<BsonDocument> result = topics.Find(filter).ToList();
var resultSize = result.Count;
Task[] subscriptions = new Task[resultSize];
MqttClient mqttClient = new MqttClient(brokerAddress);
byte code = mqttClient.Connect(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
// Register to message received
mqttClient.MqttMsgPublishReceived += client_recievedMessageAsync;
string clientId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
mqttClient.Connect(clientId);
int counter = 0;
foreach(var doc in result)
{
subscriptions[counter] = new Task(() =>
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello from " + doc["topic"].ToString());
// Subscribe to topic
mqttClient.Subscribe(new String[] { doc["topic"].ToString() }, new byte[] { MqttMsgBase.QOS_LEVEL_EXACTLY_ONCE });
System.Console.ReadLine();
});
counter++;
}
foreach(Task task in subscriptions)
{
task.Start();
}
}
static async void client_recievedMessageAsync(object sender, MqttMsgPublishEventArgs e)
{
// Handle message received
var message = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(e.Message);
var topic = e.Topic;
var id = topic.Split("/")[2];
BsonDocument doc = new BsonDocument {
{"Plug ID", id },
{"Consumption", message }
};
await Save(doc, "smartPDM_consumption");
System.Console.WriteLine("Message received from " + topic + " : " + message);
}

This line was the issue:
byte code = mqttClient.Connect(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
Deleted it, and it just worked.

RabbitMq sending message twice to the same consumer

I have implemented a rabbitmq messaging in my application. A very weird behaviour then.
My publisher is a webservice, while my consumer is a console application. After recieving the message I ack it immediately and span a new thread to process which take like 2 seconds to finish.
But the same message is sent with the previous delivery tag incremented by one. I am using topic based routing.
What would I be doing wrong?
Subscriber:
//Create the connection factory
var connectionFactory = new ConnectionFactory()
{
HostName = host,
UserName = userName,
Password = password
};
connectionFactory.RequestedHeartbeat = 10;
connectionFactory.RequestedConnectionTimeout = 30000;
connectionFactory.AutomaticRecoveryEnabled = true;
connectionFactory.NetworkRecoveryInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
//connection
var connection = connectionFactory.CreateConnection();
logger.Info($"Connected to RabbitMQ {host}");
connection.ConnectionShutdown += Connection_ConnectionShutdown;
var model = connection.CreateModel();
model.BasicQos(0, 1, false);
var consumer = new QueueingBasicConsumer(model);
model.BasicConsume(queueName, false, consumer);
while (true)
{
try
{
var deliveryArgs = consumer.Queue.Dequeue();
model.BasicAck(deliveryArgs.DeliveryTag, false);
var jsonString = Encoding.Default.GetString(deliveryArgs.Body);
var itemtoprocess = jsonString.FromJson < recieved message > ();
if (deliveryArgs.Redelivered)
{
model.BasicReject(deliveryArgs.DeliveryTag, false);
}
else
{
var task = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => {
//Do work here on different thread then this one
//Call the churner to process the message
//Some long running method here to process item recieve
});
Task.WaitAll(task);
}
}
catch (EndOfStreamException ex)
{
//log
}
}
Setup:
public void Init(string exchangeName, string queueName, string routingKey = "")
{
using (IConnection connection = connectionFactory.CreateConnection())
{
using (IModel channel = connection.CreateModel())
{
channel.ExchangeDeclare(exchangeName, ExchangeType.Topic, true, false, null);
//Queue
var queue = channel.QueueDeclare(queueName, true, false, false, null);
channel.QueueBind(queue.QueueName, exchangeName, routingKey);
}
}
}

RabbitMQ durable queue does not work (RPC-Server, RPC-Client)

I wondering why my RabbitMQ RPC-Client always processed the dead messages after restart. _channel.QueueDeclare(queue, false, false, false, null); should disable buffers. If I overload the QueueDeclare inside the RPC-Client I can't connect to the server. Is something wrong here? Any idea how to fix this problem?
RPC-Server
new Thread(() =>
{
var factory = new ConnectionFactory { HostName = _hostname };
if (_port > 0)
factory.Port = _port;
_connection = factory.CreateConnection();
_channel = _connection.CreateModel();
_channel.QueueDeclare(queue, false, false, false, null);
_channel.BasicQos(0, 1, false);
var consumer = new QueueingBasicConsumer(_channel);
_channel.BasicConsume(queue, false, consumer);
IsRunning = true;
while (IsRunning)
{
BasicDeliverEventArgs ea;
try {
ea = consumer.Queue.Dequeue();
}
catch (Exception ex) {
IsRunning = false;
}
var body = ea.Body;
var props = ea.BasicProperties;
var replyProps = _channel.CreateBasicProperties();
replyProps.CorrelationId = props.CorrelationId;
var xmlRequest = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(body);
var messageRequest = XmlSerializer.DeserializeObject(xmlRequest, typeof(Message)) as Message;
var messageResponse = handler(messageRequest);
_channel.BasicPublish("", props.ReplyTo, replyProps,
messageResponse);
_channel.BasicAck(ea.DeliveryTag, false);
}
}).Start();
RPC-Client
public void Start()
{
if (IsRunning)
return;
var factory = new ConnectionFactory {
HostName = _hostname,
Endpoint = _port <= 0 ? new AmqpTcpEndpoint(_endpoint)
: new AmqpTcpEndpoint(_endpoint, _port)
};
_connection = factory.CreateConnection();
_channel = _connection.CreateModel();
_replyQueueName = _channel.QueueDeclare(); // Do not connect any more
_consumer = new QueueingBasicConsumer(_channel);
_channel.BasicConsume(_replyQueueName, true, _consumer);
IsRunning = true;
}
public Message Call(Message message)
{
if (!IsRunning)
throw new Exception("Connection is not open.");
var corrId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "");
var props = _channel.CreateBasicProperties();
props.ReplyTo = _replyQueueName;
props.CorrelationId = corrId;
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(_application))
props.AppId = _application;
message.InitializeProperties(_hostname, _nodeId, _uniqueId, props);
var messageBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(XmlSerializer.ConvertToString(message));
_channel.BasicPublish("", _queue, props, messageBytes);
try
{
while (IsRunning)
{
var ea = _consumer.Queue.Dequeue();
if (ea.BasicProperties.CorrelationId == corrId)
{
var xmlResponse = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ea.Body);
try
{
return XmlSerializer.DeserializeObject(xmlResponse, typeof(Message)) as Message;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
IsRunning = false;
return null;
}
}
}
}
catch (EndOfStreamException ex)
{
IsRunning = false;
return null;
}
return null;
}

Try setting the DeliveryMode property to non-persistent (1) in your RPC-Client code like this:
public Message Call(Message message)
{
...
var props = _channel.CreateBasicProperties();
props.DeliveryMode = 1; //you might want to do this in your RPC-Server as well
...
}
AMQP Model Explained contains very useful resources, like explaining how to handle messages that end up in the dead letter queue.
Another useful note from the documentation with regards to queue durability:
Durable queues are persisted to disk and thus survive broker restarts.
Queues that are not durable are called transient. Not all scenarios
and use cases mandate queues to be durable.
Durability of a queue does not make messages that are routed to that
queue durable. If broker is taken down and then brought back up,
durable queue will be re-declared during broker startup, however, only
persistent messages will be recovered.
Note that it talks about broker restart not publisher or consumer restart.

Configure kafka-net to stop sending latest messages

I'm using kafka 0.8.1.1 on a Red Hat VM with kafka-net plugin. How can I configure my consumer to stop receiving earlier messages from kafka?
My consumer code:
var options = new KafkaOptions(new Uri("tcp://199.53.249.150:9092"), new Uri("tcp://199.53.249.151:9092"));
Stopwatch sp = new Stopwatch();
var router = new BrokerRouter(options);
var consumer = new Consumer(new ConsumerOptions("Test", router));
ThreadStart start2 = () =>
{
while (true)
{
sp.Start();
foreach (var message in consumer.Consume())
{
if (MessageDecoderReceiver.MessageBase(message.Value) != null)
{
PrintMessage(MessageDecoderReceiver.MessageBase(message.Value).ToString());
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(message.Value);
}
}
sp.Stop();
}
};
var thread2 = new Thread(start2);
thread2.Start();

The Consumer in Kafka-net does not currently auto track the offsets being consumed. You will have to implement the offset tracking manually.
To Store the offset in kafka version 0.8.1:
var commit = new OffsetCommitRequest
{
ConsumerGroup = consumerGroup,
OffsetCommits = new List<OffsetCommit>
{
new OffsetCommit
{
PartitionId = partitionId,
Topic = IntegrationConfig.IntegrationTopic,
Offset = offset,
Metadata = metadata
}
}
};
var commitResponse = conn.Connection.SendAsync(commit).Result.FirstOrDefault();
To set the consumer to start importing at a specific offset point:
var offsets = consumer.GetTopicOffsetAsync(IntegrationConfig.IntegrationTopic).Result
.Select(x => new OffsetPosition(x.PartitionId, x.Offsets.Max())).ToArray();
var consumer = new Consumer(new ConsumerOptions(IntegrationConfig.IntegrationTopic, router), offsets);
Note the above code will set the consumer to start consuming at the very end of the log, effectively only receiving new messages.

RabbitMq Implementation Practically

I am working on rabbitmq and I am confused with some points Like.
I have just implemented a sample from internet which creates a queue and then it fetch
the message from that queue thereby showing it on the webpage.
Now my problem is::
Suppose My server has RabbitmQ installed and multiple users are accessing this website where I
have implemented the rabbitmq.Now, first user sends a message but to whome it will send this message?
To all the users who will open the page because the code will be common for sent message and the name
of the queue will also be same.
Suppose, first user send one message="Hello" on the queue "Queue1"
now, one other user sends another message="Hello World" on the same queue
and one more user sends a message="Hello Worl World" on the same queue.
Now nth user clicks on receive message then which message will be shown to him?
first ,second or third one?
It means we will always have a single queue for my application?
Can somebody please guide me. I am pretty much confused...
Below I am pasting the code sample I will be using for my website
//For sending the messge
protected void btnSendMail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
var factory = new ConnectionFactory();
using (var connection = factory.CreateConnection())
{
using (var channel = connection.CreateModel())
{
// ConnectionFactory factory = new ConnectionFactory() { HostName = "localhost" };
// // factory.UserName = txtUserEmail.Text.ToString();
//// factory.Password = "password";
// factory.VirtualHost = "/";
// factory.Protocol = Protocols.FromEnvironment();
// factory.HostName = "localhost";
// factory.Port = AmqpTcpEndpoint.UseDefaultPort;
// IConnection conn = factory.CreateConnection();
// using (var channel = conn.CreateModel())
// {
// channel.QueueDeclare("hello", false, false, false, null);
// string message = "Hello World!";
// var body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(txtUserEmail.Text.ToString());
// channel.BasicPublish("", "hello", null, body);
// conn.Close();
// }
//Sending Message
channel.QueueDeclare("hello1", false, false, false, null);
string message = txtUserEmail.Text.ToString();
var body = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message);
channel.BasicPublish("", "hello1", null, body);
//Console.WriteLine(" [x] Sent {0}", message);
//Console.ReadLine();
Label1.Text = Encoding.Default.GetString(body);
}
}
}
catch
{
}
}
//For receiving the message.
protected void btnReceive_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
//var factory = new ConnectionFactory() { HostName = "localhost" };
//using (var connection = factory.CreateConnection())
//{
// using (var channel = connection.CreateModel())
// {
// channel.QueueDeclare("hello", false, false, false, null);
// BasicGetResult result = channel.BasicGet("hello", false);
// var consumer = new QueueingBasicConsumer(channel);
// channel.BasicConsume("hello", true, consumer);
// Console.WriteLine(" [*] Waiting for messages." +
// "To exit press CTRL+C");
// while (true)
// {
// var ea = (BasicDeliverEventArgs)consumer.Queue.Dequeue();
// var body = ea.Body;
// var message = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(body);
// Console.WriteLine(" [x] Received {0}", message);
// Label1.Text = message.ToString();
// }
// }
//}
var factory = new ConnectionFactory();
using (var connection = factory.CreateConnection())
{
using (var channel = connection.CreateModel())
{
bool noAck = false;
BasicGetResult result = channel.BasicGet("hello1", noAck);
if (result == null)
{
}
else
{
IBasicProperties props = result.BasicProperties;
byte[] Body = result.Body;
Label1.Text = Encoding.Default.GetString(Body);
}
}
}
}
catch
{
}
}

If you are creating a messaging system using RabbitMQ you should probably publish your messages to an exchange and then attach a queue to the exchange for each user of the site. Then have the exchange route the messages to the right user/users queue.
You need a better understanding of messaging patterns associated with the use of RabbitMQ
These tutorials would be most relevant
Publish/Subscribe
http://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-three-python.html
Routing
http://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-four-python.html
The tutorials are also available in c# if you need it.