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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ order: 0
 
 # Getting Started
 
-Kuzzle has native support for the following network protocols: HTTP, Websocket and Socket.io.
+Kuzzle has native support for the following network protocols: [HTTP]({{ site_base_path }}protocols/1/native-protocols/http), [MQTT]({{ site_base_path }}protocols/1/native-protocols/mqtt) (disabled by default), [Websocket]({{ site_base_path }}protocols/1/native-protocols/websocket) and [Socket.io]({{ site_base_path }}protocols/1/native-protocols/socketio).
 
 However, any number of protocols can be implemented, adding new network capabilities.
 
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Protocols are provided with objects to interact with Kuzzle:
 * [EntryPoint]({{ site_base_path }}protocols/1/entrypoint): base communication layer (declare user connections, forward API requests, ...)
 * [context]({{ site_base_path }}protocols/1/context): utilities and object constructors not directly related to network communications
 
-Protocol implementation example: [MQTT](https://github.com/kuzzleio/protocol-mqtt)
-
 ---
 
 ## Prerequisites
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+---
+layout: full.html.hbs
+title: Protocol Methods
+description: Extend Kuzzle communication capabilities
+order: 0
+---
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+---
+layout: full.html.hbs
+title: HTTP
+order: 0
+---
+
+# HTTP
+
+## Configuration
+
+The protocol can be configured via the [kuzzlerc configuration file]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/), under the ``server > protocols > http`` section.
+
+| Option | Type | Description | Default |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ``enabled`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Enable/Disable HTTP protocol support | ``true`` |
+| ``maxFormFileSize`` | <pre>string</pre> | Maximum size of requests sent via http forms | ``1mb`` |
+| ``maxEncodingLayers`` | <pre>integer</pre> | Maximum number of encoding layers that can be applied to an http message, using the Content-Encoding header. This parameter is meant to prevent abuses by setting an abnormally large number of encodings, forcing Kuzzle to allocate as many decoders to handle the incoming request | ``3`` |
+| ``allowCompression`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Enable support for compressed requests, using the Content-encoding header. Currently supported compression algorithms: gzip, deflate, identity. Note: "identity" is always an accepted value, even if compression support is disabled | ``true`` |
+
+### Configure listening port
+
+<div class="alert alert-warning">
+HTTP, WebSocket and Socket.IO protocols share the same underlying server instance. Modifying the listening port will impact all these three protocols.
+</div>
+
+By default, Kuzzle listens to the ``7512`` port.
+
+The port can be modified under the ``server > port`` section of [Kuzzle configuration]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/).
+
+## Limitations
+
+Due to the synchronous nature of the HTTP protocol, real-time messaging is not supported.
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+---
+layout: full.html.hbs
+title: Native Protocols
+description: Extend Kuzzle communication capabilities
+order: 0
+---
diff --git a/src/protocols/1/native-protocols/mqtt/index.md b/src/protocols/1/native-protocols/mqtt/index.md
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+---
+layout: full.html.hbs
+title: MQTT
+order: 0
+---
+# MQTT
+
+<div class="alert alert-warning">
+By default, the MQTT protocol is disabled in Kuzzle configuration.
+</div
+
+---
+
+## Configuration
+
+The protocol can be configured via the [kuzzlerc configuration file]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/), under the ``server > protocols > mqtt`` section.
+
+| Option | Type | Description | Default |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ``enabled`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Enable/Disable the MQTT protocol support | ``false`` |
+| ``allowPubSub`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Allow MQTT pub/sub capabilities or restrict to Kuzzle requests only | ``false`` |
+| ``developmentMode`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Switches ``responseTopic`` back to a regular public topic | ``false`` |
+| ``disconnectDelay`` | <pre>integer</pre> | Delay in ms to apply between a disconnection notification is received and the connection is actually removed | 250 |
+| ``requestTopic`` | <pre>string</pre> | Name of the topic listened by the plugin for requests | ``"Kuzzle/request"`` |
+| ``responseTopic`` | <pre>string</pre> | Name of the topic clients should listen to get requests result | ``"Kuzzle/response"`` |
+| ``server`` | <pre>object</pre> | Constructor options pased to underlying mqtt server. See [mosca documentation](https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/wiki/Mosca-advanced-usage#other-options-of-mosca-the-ones-we-inserted-in-our-moscasettings-var) for further reference. | ``{port: 1883}`` |
+
+example:
+
+``.kuzzlerc``
+```json
+{
+  "server": {
+    "protocols": {
+      "mqtt": {
+        "allowPubSub": true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## How to use
+
+### Sending an API request and getting the response
+
+By default, the MQTT protocol listens to the ``Kuzzle/request`` MQTT topic (see [configuration](#configuration)) for requests to the [Kuzzle API]({{ site_base_path }}api/1/essentials/connecting-to-kuzzle/).
+
+It then forwards Kuzzle response to the ``Kuzzle/response`` MQTT topic, **and only to the client who made the initial request**.
+
+The order of responses is not guaranteed to be the same than the order of requests. To link a response to its original request, use the ``requestId`` attribute: the response will have the same ``requestId`` than the one provided in the request.
+
+Example using [MQTT Node module](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mqtt): _to use a CLI client, you will need to enable development mode. Please refer to [the dedicated section below](#development-mode) for instruction and examples_
+
+```javascript
+const
+  mqtt = require('mqtt'),
+  client = mqtt.connect({host: 'localhost'});
+
+// Sending a volatile message
+client.publish('Kuzzle/request', JSON.stringify({
+  index: 'index',
+  collection: 'collection',
+  controller: 'realtime',
+  action: 'publish',
+  requestId: 'some unique ID',
+  body: { some: "message" }
+}));
+
+// Getting Kuzzle's response
+client.on('message', (topic, raw) => {
+  const message = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(raw));
+
+  // API results topic
+  if (topic === 'Kuzzle/response') {
+    // Response to our "publish" request
+    if (message.requestId === 'some unique ID') {
+      console.log('Message publication result: ', message);
+    }
+  }
+});
+```
+
+### Using Kuzzle subscriptions
+
+Kuzzle allows to [subscribe](https://docs.kuzzle.io/api/1/controller-realtime/subscribe/) to messages and events using advanced filters.
+
+Each time a subscription is sent, a dedicated MQTT topic is created, named after the ``channel`` property issued by Kuzzle.
+
+Here are the steps to perform a Kuzzle subscription using MQTT:
+
+- Send a subscription request to Kuzzle
+- Listen to the request's response to ge the ``channel`` identifier
+- Subscribe to the MQTT topic named after this channel identifier
+
+Example using [MQTT Node module](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mqtt):
+
+```javascript
+const
+  mqtt = require('mqtt'),
+  client = mqtt.connect({host: 'localhost'}),
+  channels = [];
+
+// Sending a volatile message
+client.publish('Kuzzle/request', JSON.stringify({
+  index: 'index',
+  collection: 'collection',
+  controller: 'realtime',
+  action: 'subscribe',
+  requestId: 'some unique ID',
+  body: {
+    term: {
+      some: 'filter'
+    }
+  }
+}));
+
+// Getting Kuzzle's response
+client.on('message', (topic, raw) => {
+  const message = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(raw));
+
+  // API results topic
+  if (topic === 'Kuzzle/response') {
+    // Response to our "publish" request
+    if (message.requestId === 'some unique ID') {
+      channels.push(message.result.channel);
+      client.subscribe(message.result.channel);
+    }
+  }
+  else if (channels.indexOf(topic) !== -1) {
+    // Subscription notification
+    console.log('Notification: ', message);
+  }
+});
+```
+
+## Authorizations
+
+### Publishing
+
+If ``allowPubSub`` is set to ``false``, clients can only publish to the ``requestTopic`` topic (defaults to ``Kuzzle/request``).
+
+If ``allowPubSub`` is set to ``true``, clients are only forbidden to publish to the ``responseTopic`` topic (defaults to ``Kuzzle/response``).
+
+<div class="alert alert-warning">
+    Wildcards subcriptions are not allowed
+</div
+
+If a client tries to publich to an unauthorized topic, his connection will immediately be shut down by the server.
+
+### Subscribing
+
+Subscription attempts to the ``requestTopic`` topic (defaults to ``Kuzzle/request``) are ignored: client requests can only be listened by the MQTT server.
+
+## Development mode
+
+The MQTT ``Kuzzle/response`` topic is by default a special topic that acts as a private channel. Each client receives its own responses only, offering a simple first security layer.
+
+While this behavior is urgently recommended in production, it can bring a small drawback when testing and developing applications: it does not allow using most CLI tools.  
+Many CLI tools, such as Mosquitto offer two separate binaries, one for subscribing and one for publishing. These act as two different clients and the subscriber won't receive any response sent to the publisher by default.
+
+To use these tools, one can enable the **development mode**, in which ``Kuzzle/response`` will act as a regular public topic.
+
+<div class="alert alert-warning">
+    Do not use development mode in production!
+</div
+
+To enable development mode, you will need to **both** set ``NODE_ENV`` environment variable to ``development`` and set the mqtt protocol ``developmentMode`` to ``true``:
+
+```
+# starting kuzzle with mqtt development mode enabled
+NODE_ENV=development \
+kuzzle_server__protocols__mqtt__enabled=true \
+kuzzle_server__protocols__mqtt__developmentMode=true \
+./bin/kuzzle start
+
+# client 1
+$ mosquitto_sub -t Kuzzle/response
+
+# client 2
+$ mosquitto_pub -t Kuzzle/request -m '{"controller": "server", "action": "now"}'
+
+# client 1
+$ {"requestId":"83a63209-7633-4884-9f1a-c490ce446ddf","status":200,"error":null,"controller":"server","action":"now","collection":null,"index":null,"volatile":null,"result":{"now":1509967201489}}
+```
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+---
+layout: full.html.hbs
+title: Socket.IO
+order: 0
+---
+# Socket.IO
+
+## Configuration
+
+The protocol can be configured via the [kuzzlerc configuration file]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/), under the ``server > protocols > socketio`` section.
+
+| Option | Type | Description | Default |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ``enabled`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Enable/Disable Socket.IO protocol support | ``true`` |
+| ``origins`` | <pre>string</pre> | Value of Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to answer the upgrade request | ``*:*`` |
+
+### Configure listening port
+
+<div class="alert alert-warning">
+HTTP, WebSocket and Socket.IO protocols share the same underlying server instance. Modifying the listening port will impact all these three protocols.
+</div>
+
+By default, Kuzzle listens to the ``7512`` port.
+
+The port can be modified under the ``server > port`` section of [Kuzzle configuration]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/).
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+---
+layout: full.html.hbs
+title: WebSocket
+order: 0
+---
+# WebSocket
+
+## Configuration
+
+The protocol can be configured via the [kuzzlerc configuration file]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/), under the ``server > protocols > websocket`` section.
+
+| Option | Type | Description | Default |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| ``enabled`` | <pre>boolean</pre> | Enable/Disable WebSocket protocol support | ``true`` |
+| ``heartbeat`` | <pre>integer</pre> | The time, in milliseconds, between the server's PING requests. Setting this value to ``0`` disables PING/PONG requests entirely. | ``60000`` |
+
+### Configure listening port
+
+<div class="alert alert-warning">
+HTTP, WebSocket and Socket.IO protocols share the same underlying server instance. Modifying the listening port will impact all these three protocols.
+</div>
+
+By default, Kuzzle listens to the ``7512`` port.
+
+The port can be modified under the ``server > port`` section of [Kuzzle configuration]({{ site_base_path }}guide/1/essentials/configuration/).