Add a Solace PubSub+ queue or topic as source in Real-Time hub (Preview)

This article describes how to add a Solace PubSub+ queue or topic as an event source in Fabric Real-Time hub.

Solace PubSub+ is a fully managed enterprise message broker that provides message queues and publish-subscribe topics. Microsoft Fabric event streams allow you to connect to Solace PubSub+, enabling messages from Solace PubSub+ to be ingested into Fabric eventstream and routed to various destinations within Fabric.

Note

This source is not supported in the following regions of your workspace capacity: West US3, Switzerland West. 

Prerequisites 

Before you start, you must complete the following prerequisites:

• Access to the Fabric premium workspace with Contributor or higher permissions. 
• You need to have appropriate permissions on the Solace Pub Sub+ event broker services.
• Ensure that Transport Layer Security (TLS) is disabled, and the Solace Message Format service is enabled to support TCP-based messaging.
• Confirm that the event broker is publicly accessible and not behind a firewall or secured in a virtual network.

Data sources page

1. Sign in to Microsoft Fabric.

2. If you see Power BI at the bottom-left of the page, switch to the Fabric workload by selecting Power BI and then by selecting Fabric.

   

3. Select Real-Time on the left navigation bar.

   

4. On the Real-Time hub page, select + Data sources under Connect to on the left navigation menu.

   

   You can also get to the Data sources page from All data streams or My data streams pages by selecting the + Connect data source button in the top-right corner.

   

Select Solace PubSub+ as data source type

On the Data sources page, search for Solace PubSub+, and select Connect on the Solace PubSub+ tile.

Add Solace PubSub queue or topic as a source

1. On the Connect page, select New connection.

   

   If there's an existing connection to your Solace PubSub+ source, select that existing connection.

2. In the Connection settings section, follow these steps:

   1. For Solace PubSub+ broker URL, enter the SMF URI, starting with tcp://.

      Note

      The Solace PubSub+ source currently supports only the PLAIN-TEXT Solace Message Format (SMF) protocol between your Solace PubSub+ broker and Eventstream. Support for secured SMF over TLS/SSL will be available soon.

   2. For Connection name, enter a name for the connection to the Solace PubSub+.

   3. Enter the Username and Password for the Solace PubSub+ client.

      

   4. Select Connect.

3. Now, on the Connect page of the wizard, select a Solace PubSub+ Type: Queue or Topic.

   • If you selected Queue as the Solace PubSub+ type, make sure the queue exists, and enter the Queue name.

     Note

     If you aren't the owner of the queue, ensure you have the appropriate permission, specifically Consume, Modify Topic and Delete are valid, while No Access and Read Only don't work.

   • If you selected Topic, enter the Topic name. You can enter multiple topic names separated by commas.

4. Enter the Message vpn name. Ensure you have appropriate permissions on the Message VPN.

5. Then, select Next

   

6. On the Review + connect page, review settings, and select Add or Connect.

View data stream details

1. On the Review + connect page, if you select Open eventstream, the wizard opens the eventstream that it created for you with the selected Solace PubSub+ source. To close the wizard, select Close at the bottom of the page.

2. In Real-Time hub, switch to the Data streams tab of Real-Time hub. Refresh the page. You should see the data stream created for you.

   For detailed steps, see View details of data streams in Fabric Real-Time hub.

Related content

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• Process data streams
• Analyze data streams
• Set alerts on data streams