Connect

Message to authenticate and negotiate connection parameters.

Request

A Connect message MUST be sent from the client to the server to authenticate and negotiate the connection parameters. This message MUST be the first one after establishing the connection. If any other message or data is received, the server MUST close the connection immediately.

Header

Field	Value	Description
Message Type	0x03	Connect
Message Size	varint	Remaining Message Length

Body

Name	Field	Type	Mandatory	Description
Stream Id	0x01	varint		Connect Stream identifier.
Parameters	0x02	any		Connect parameters, that can be used to identify the authentication type.
Payload	0x03	any		Authentication payload to log-in with the server.
Keep Alive	0x04	varint		Establish a Keep Alive interval in seconds. Default keep-alive interval depends on server implementation.
Encoding	0x05	any		Defines the encoding mechanism that will be used when sending any values
Version	0x06	any		Specifies the protocol version to be used.

Response