NATS Messaging

<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<p>Below is a sample connection string from a telnet connection to the demo.nats.io site:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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Trying 107.170.221.32...
Connected to demo.nats.io.
Escape character is '^]'.
INFO {"server_id":"NBQTR375TCWD25CA7L7IMNPFHKE6HO2LUPUMVTHDZ4EAMZW22VKRJZIU","server_name":"us-south-nats-demo","version":"2.11.2","proto":1,"git_commit":"55efd1d","go":"go1.24.2","host":"0.0.0.0","port":4222,"headers":true,"tls_available":true,"max_payload":1048576,"jetstream":true,"client_id":11140,"client_ip":"2605:a601:a0ea:9400:8d63:878c:f3c7:5f1d","nonce":"-POYlpCo67Il2tE","xkey":"XDBV256WPGRKANJATV6Y56FBBDFHY7UCEX7CXXUI47N7Y4SS2HJVPS2Q"}

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Prometheus_(software)/Vlcfymdn">Prometheus</a> NATS exporter</li></ul>
<h3>Further reading</h3>
<ul><li>Aslam, Asim. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160422011408/https://blog.micro.mu/2016/04/11/micro-on-nats.html">"Micro on NATS - Microservices with Messaging"</a>. <i>Micro Blog</i>. Archived from <a href="https://blog.micro.mu/2016/04/11/micro-on-nats.html">the original</a> on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 6 May 2016.</li>
<li>Werthheim, Daniel (2016-04-27). <a href="http://danielwertheim.se/nats-what-a-beautiful-protocol/">"NATS - What a beautiful protocol"</a>. <i>Danielwertheim</i>. Retrieved 4 May 2016.</li>
<li>Riggins, Jennifer (2015-12-15). <a href="http://thenewstack.io/nats-rest-alternative-provides-messaging-distributed-systems/">"How NATS, a REST Alternative, Provides Messaging for Distributed Systems"</a>. <i>TheNewStack</i>. Retrieved 6 May 2016.</li>
<li>Monteiro, Diogo. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180717093843/www.diogogmt.com/2016/02/08/benchmarking-nats-and-rest/">"Using NATS instead of HTTP for inter service communication"</a>. <i>Diogo GMT</i>. Archived from <a href="http://www.diogogmt.com/2016/02/08/benchmarking-nats-and-rest/">the original</a> on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2 May 2016.</li>
<li>Sohlich, Radomir (23 April 2016). <a href="http://nats.io/blog/natsproxy_project/">"NATS to REST Proxy"</a>. <i>NATS Blog</i>. Retrieved 1 May 2016.</li>
<li>Gracely, Brian; Delp, Aaron. <a href="http://www.thecloudcast.net/2015/12/the-cloudcast-233-nats-cloud-native.html">"NATS - Cloud Native Infrastructure"</a>. <i>The CloudCast</i>. Retrieved 23 December 2015.</li>
<li><a href="http://blog.greta.io/a-webrtc-signaling-system-that-scales-very-effectively/">"A signaling system for 10M+ concurrent connections"</a>. <i>Greta.io</i>. Greta. 2016-03-21. Retrieved 6 May 2016.</li>
<li>Treat, Tyler (28 April 2020). <a href="http://bravenewgeek.com/tag/message-queues/">"Benchmarking Message Queue Latency"</a>. <i>Brave New Geek</i>.</li>
<li>Fulton III, Scott (2016-07-18). <a href="http://thenewstack.io/apcera-nats-moves-real-time-message-stream-brokering/">"NATS Moves to Real-time Message Streaming with Persistence"</a>. <i>The New Stack</i>. Retrieved 19 July 2016.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protecting-nats-and-the-integrity-of-open-source-cncfs-commitment-to-the-community/">"Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source"</a>. <i>CNCF</i>. 2025-04-24. Retrieved 25 April 2025.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>"NATS Documentation". <a href="https://docs.nats.io" target="_blank">https://docs.nats.io</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"NATS FAQ". <a href="https://docs.nats.io/reference/faq#what-does-the-nats-acronym-stand-for" target="_blank">https://docs.nats.io/reference/faq#what-does-the-nats-acronym-stand-for</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"What's New in NATS 2.2". <a href="https://docs.nats.io/whats_new_22" target="_blank">https://docs.nats.io/whats_new_22</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"NATS FAQ". <a href="https://docs.nats.io/reference/faq#what-does-the-nats-acronym-stand-for" target="_blank">https://docs.nats.io/reference/faq#what-does-the-nats-acronym-stand-for</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"NATS JetStream". <a href="https://docs.nats.io/nats-concepts/jetstream" target="_blank">https://docs.nats.io/nats-concepts/jetstream</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"NATS Protocol". NATS Documentation. Retrieved 6 May 2016. <a href="https://docs.nats.io/nats-protocol/nats-protocol-demo" target="_blank">https://docs.nats.io/nats-protocol/nats-protocol-demo</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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