NATS Message Broker Server Implementation in Rust

This project offers a core implementation of a NATS message broker server.

Core NATS Commands

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• SUB
  • Purpose: Subscribe to a subject (also known as a topic or channel) to receive updates when messages are published on that subject.
  • Example: SUB <subject> <queue group> <sid>

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• PUB
  • Purpose: Publish a message to a specific subject. Any subscriber listening to that subject will receive the message.
  • Example: PUB <subject> <length>\r\n<payload>

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• UNSUB
  • Purpose: Unsubscribe from a subject, identified by the subscription ID that was used during the subscribe (SUB) process.
  • Example: UNSUB <sid> <max_msgs>

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• PING
  • Purpose: A control message that tests the connection and expects a PONG reply from the server.
  • Example: PING

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• CONNECT
  • Purpose: Send connection options to NATS. This is usually the first command sent when a new client connects to a NATS server.
  • Example: CONNECT {"verbose":false,"pedantic":false}

Little Sketch

I've included a diagram below to offer a clearer perspective on this implementation. This visualization should help elucidate the inner workings and flow of our NATS server replica.