# Integrating MQTT for durable real-time data streams

DevFeed: [Integrating MQTT for durable real-time data streams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/integrating-mqtt-for-durable-real-time-data-streams-12708.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.redpanda.com/blog/integrating-mqtt-real-time-data-streams>)

Author: Chandler Mayo

Published: 2025-09-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Redpanda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/redpanda.md>)

Topics: [MQTT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mqtt.md>), [AWS IoT Core](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-iot-core.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Apache Iceberg](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apache-iceberg.md>)

Tags: [aws-iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-iot.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [mqtt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mqtt.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to bridge MQTT device messages into Redpanda for durable, replayable real-time data streams. It uses AWS IoT as the MQTT source, a Redpanda Serverless cluster, Kafka topics, Schema Registry, and a Redpanda Connect pipeline configured with YAML.

## Source excerpt

Stream MQTT data with Redpanda. Persist device messages, fan them out through 300+ connectors, and make them queryable with tools like Apache Iceberg.