If I do not put a fwd slash '/' at the end of the url, the agent will not connect to the broker. It should not need a slash. Adapters { device { **Url = mqtt://10.1.2.3/** MqttPort = 1883 MqttUserName = user1 MqttPassword = pwd1 Topics = "machine1/ingress/#" MqttClientId = me } }