diff --git a/mqtt/README.md b/mqtt/README.md
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+# MQTT scripts
+
+The mqtt.git.centos.org server requires authentication.  As a result we've provided some client server scripts that will let you protect your keys.
+
+These can also be used as a basis for building your own MQTT automation scripts.
+
+## Scripts:
+
+* send-mqtt-to-dbus.py - Connects the MQTT messages to a dbus interface.
+    To fully protect your keys you can setup the system bus (a config is provided by --dbus-config)
+    Then you can have this run as a dedicated user that has access to your keys.
+    See the `on_mqtt_connect` and `on_mqtt_message` functions for customizing the behavior.
+
+* listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.py - Listens to messages sent to dbus and performs an action.
+    You can set this to run a generic command or customize it to fit your needs.
+    See the `signal_recieved` function for customizing the behavior.
+
+* example-safe-command.py - It is an example of how to run a command from listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.py
+
+* send-mqtt-to-irc.py - An untested IRC bot that will (in theory) chat out the messages.
+
+## Systemd Unit:
+
+Some sample systemd unit files are provided to work with the example scripts.
+
+NOTE: They require customization before use.
+      You must at minimum set the User= to a trusted user.
+
+* listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.service
+    You should adjust the path of commands and select a safe command to execute.
+
+* send-mqtt-to-dbus.service
+    You should setup the system dbus profile with --dbus-config
+
+## Container notes:
+
+It is _not_ considered safe to share the host dbus (system or session) with a container.  This can permit the container to escape into the host and violate the security of your system.
+
+For example, here is how you can reboot a host from dbus if you've got rights.
+```
+DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \
+  dbus-send --system --print-reply    \
+  --dest=org.freedesktop.systemd1     \
+  /org/freedesktop/systemd1           \
+  org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager.Reboot
+```
diff --git a/mqtt/example-safe-command.py b/mqtt/example-safe-command.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
+#pylint: disable=line-too-long
+#
+#  Copyright (2019).  Fermi Research Alliance, LLC.
+#  Initial Author: Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov>
+#
+'''
+    Example command to run from listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.py
+'''
+
+## Uncomment these for python2 support
+#from __future__ import unicode_literals
+#from __future__ import absolute_import
+#from __future__ import print_function
+
+import json
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+from pprint import pprint
+
+try:
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install argparse - rpm: python-argparse", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+##########################################
+def setup_args():
+    '''
+        Setup the argparse object.
+
+        Make sure all fields have defaults so we could use this as an object
+    '''
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=textwrap.dedent(__doc__))
+
+    parser.add_argument('signal', help='The dbus signal is set here')
+
+    return parser
+
+##########################################
+
+##########################################
+##########################################
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    PARSER = setup_args()
+    ARGS = PARSER.parse_args()
+
+    MESSAGE = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
+    print("Your dbus-signal was %s" % ARGS.signal)
+    print("Your message was decoded as %s (between the lines)" % type(MESSAGE))
+    print("------------------------------------------------")
+    pprint(MESSAGE)
+    print("------------------------------------------------")
diff --git a/mqtt/listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.py b/mqtt/listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
+#pylint: disable=line-too-long
+#
+#  Copyright (2019).  Fermi Research Alliance, LLC.
+#  Initial Author: Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov>
+#
+'''
+    Listen to dbus events
+'''
+
+## Uncomment these for python2 support
+#from __future__ import unicode_literals
+#from __future__ import absolute_import
+#from __future__ import print_function
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os.path
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
+DBUS_INTERFACE = 'org.centos.git.mqtt'
+
+try:
+    from pydbus import SystemBus, SessionBus
+    from pydbus.generic import signal
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install pydbus - rpm: python-pydbus", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from gi.repository.GLib import MainLoop
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install pygobject - rpm: python-gobject", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install argparse - rpm: python-argparse", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+##########################################
+def setup_args():
+    '''
+        Setup the argparse object.
+
+        Make sure all fields have defaults so we could use this as an object
+    '''
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=textwrap.dedent(__doc__))
+
+    parser.add_argument('--debug',action='store_true',
+                        help='Print out all debugging actions',
+                        default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--dbus-use-system-bus',action='store_true',
+                        help='Should we use the global SystemBus or the user SessionBus. The SystemBus requires settings in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/myservice.conf',
+                        default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--run-command', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='Command to run with message payload. sys.argv[1] will be the DBUS signal name, STDIN will be the payload as json. If no run command, simply print the results to STDOUT.',
+                        default='', type=str)
+
+    return parser
+
+##########################################
+
+##########################################
+##########################################
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    PARSER = setup_args()
+    ARGS = PARSER.parse_args()
+
+    if ARGS.run_command != '':
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.run_command):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.run_command)
+
+    MYLOGGER = logging.getLogger()
+
+    if ARGS.debug:
+        MYLOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+    handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    MYLOGGER.addHandler(handler)
+
+    PROGRAM_NAME = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+    MYLOGGER.debug('Running:%s args:%s', PROGRAM_NAME, sys.argv[1:])
+
+    if ARGS.dbus_use_system_bus:
+        BUS = SystemBus()
+    else:
+        BUS = SessionBus()
+
+    def signal_recieved(sender, obj, iface, signal, params):
+        ''' Define in scope so I can read ARGS '''
+        # sanitize all my single quotes
+        signal_msg = json.dumps(json.loads(params[0]))
+
+        logging.debug("sender:%s object:%s iface:%s signal:%s all_params:%s signal_msg=%s", sender, obj, iface, signal, params, signal_msg)
+
+        logging.debug("Running %s %s < %s", ARGS.run_command, signal, signal_msg)
+        if ARGS.run_command == '':
+            print("signal:%s signal_msg:%s" % (signal, signal_msg), file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            # Or you can customize this to fit your needs
+            proc = Popen([ARGS.run_command, signal], stdin=PIPE, cwd='/tmp', start_new_session=True, universal_newlines=True)
+            proc.communicate(input=signal_msg)
+            proc.wait(timeout=300)
+
+    if ARGS.dbus_use_system_bus:
+        MYLOGGER.debug('Subscribing to system bus %s', DBUS_INTERFACE)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.debug('Subscribing to session bus %s', DBUS_INTERFACE)
+
+    BUS.subscribe(iface=DBUS_INTERFACE, signal_fired=signal_recieved)
+
+    # loop forever, until CTRL+C, or something goes wrong
+    try:
+        MainLoop().run()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        logging.debug('Got CTRL+C, exiting cleanly')
+        raise SystemExit
diff --git a/mqtt/listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.service b/mqtt/listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Listen to org.centos.git.mqtt for actions
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+PrivateTmp=yes
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=2s
+
+#User=<TRUSTEDUSERNAME>
+Group=nobody
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/listen-on-dbus-for-mqtt-signals.py --dbus-use-system-bus --run-command=/usr/local/bin/my_safe_command.py
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
+#pylint: disable=line-too-long
+#
+#  Copyright (2019).  Fermi Research Alliance, LLC.
+#  Initial Author: Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov>
+#
+'''
+    Connect to the MQTT server and convert messages into dbus signals.
+'''
+
+## Uncomment these for python2 support
+#from __future__ import unicode_literals
+#from __future__ import absolute_import
+#from __future__ import print_function
+
+import datetime
+import logging
+import json
+import os.path
+import sys
+import random
+import textwrap
+
+DBUS_INTERFACE = 'org.centos.git.mqtt'
+
+try:
+    import paho.mqtt.client
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install paho.mqtt.client - rpm: python-paho-mqtt", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from pydbus import SystemBus, SessionBus
+    from pydbus.generic import signal
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install pydbus - rpm: python-pydbus", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from gi.repository.GLib import MainLoop
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install pygobject - rpm: python-gobject", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install argparse - rpm: python-argparse", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+##########################################
+def setup_args():
+    '''
+        Setup the argparse object.
+
+        Make sure all fields have defaults so we could use this as an object
+    '''
+    ca_cert = str(os.path.expanduser('~/')) + '.centos-server-ca.cert'
+    user_pubkey = str(os.path.expanduser('~/')) + '.centos.cert'
+    user_privkey = str(os.path.expanduser('~/')) + '.centos.cert'
+
+    # use a psudo random number for keepalive to help spread out the load
+    #  some time between 1m 30s and 2m 10s
+    keep_alive = random.randint(90, 130)
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=textwrap.dedent(__doc__))
+
+    parser.add_argument('--debug',action='store_true',
+                        help='Print out all debugging actions',
+                        default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--client-connection-name', metavar='<UNIQUESTRING>',
+                        help='Use this specific name when connecting. Default is a psudo-random string.',
+                        default='', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-server', metavar='<HOSTNAME>',
+                        help='Connect to this MQTT server',
+                        default='mqtt.git.centos.org', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-port', metavar='<PORTNUMBER>',
+                        help='Connect to MQTT server on this port',
+                        default='8883', type=int)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-source-ip', metavar='<SOURCE_IP>',
+                        help='Connect to MQTT server from this address. Default is any.',
+                        default='', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-topic', metavar='<TOPIC_ID>',
+                        action='append', nargs='+', type=str,
+                        help='Which MQTT topic should we watch. You may set multiple times.')
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-keepalive', metavar='<SECONDS>',
+                        help='Seconds between MQTT keepalive packets.',
+                        default=keep_alive, type=int)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-no-ssl', action='store_false', dest='mqtt_ssl',
+                        help='Should MQTT use SSL? Default is to use SSL (and the SSL port).')
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-server-ca', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='Use this CA cert to validate the MQTT Server.',
+                        default=ca_cert, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-client-cert', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='Use this public key to identify yourself.',
+                        default=user_pubkey, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-client-key', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='The private key that matches with --mqtt-client-cert .',
+                        default=user_privkey, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--dbus-use-system-bus',action='store_true',
+                        help='Should we use the global SystemBus or the user SessionBus. The SystemBus requires settings in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/myservice.conf',
+                        default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--dbus-config',action='store_true',
+                        help='Just output the SystemBus permissions file and exit',
+                        default=False)
+
+    return parser
+
+##########################################
+class BusMessage(object):
+    """
+    Server_XML definition.
+    """
+    dbus = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+    <node>
+        <interface name="{}">
+            <signal name="message">
+                <arg type='s'/>
+            </signal>
+        </interface>
+    </node>
+    """.format(DBUS_INTERFACE)
+
+    # Function does all the work already
+    message = signal()
+
+def DbusPermissionsConf(interface_name):
+    '''
+        For the SystemBus you need permission to create endpoints
+    '''
+    import getpass
+    whoami = getpass.getuser()
+
+    xml = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!-- Copy me into /etc/dbus-1/system.d/{interface_name}.conf and reload dbus -->
+<!--  You can send the signal with: dbus-send &dash;&dash;system &dash;&dash;type=signal / org.centos.git.mqtt.message 'string:{{"test": ["1", "2"]}}' -->
+<!--  You can watch bus with dbus-monitor &dash;&dash;system 'interface=org.centos.git.mqtt' -->
+<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC
+          "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
+          "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
+<busconfig>
+    <!-- Always allow root to do anything -->
+    <policy user="root">
+        <allow own="{interface_name}" />
+        <allow send_interface="{interface_name}/" />
+    </policy>
+    <!-- Allow a single non-root user to setup interface and send to endpoint -->
+    <!--  You can change this to group='somegroup' if you desire -->
+    <policy user="{whoami}">
+        <allow own="{interface_name}" />
+        <allow send_interface="{interface_name}" send_destination="{interface_name}.message" />
+    </policy>
+    <!-- Always allow anyone to listen  -->
+    <policy context="default">
+        <allow receive_interface="{interface_name}" />
+        <allow receive_sender="{interface_name}.message" />
+    </policy>
+</busconfig>
+'''
+    return xml.format(interface_name=interface_name, whoami=whoami)
+
+##########################################
+def on_mqtt_message(client, userdata, message):
+    ''' What should I do if I get a message? '''
+    logging.debug('Message received topic:%s payload:%s', message.topic, message.payload.decode("utf-8"))
+
+    # Or you can customize this to fit your needs
+    signal = {message.topic: message.payload.decode("utf-8")}
+    userdata['emit'].message(json.dumps((signal)))
+
+    logging.debug('Sending signal: %s', json.dumps(signal))
+
+def on_mqtt_disconnect(client, userdata, rc):
+    ''' If you get a connection error, print it out '''
+    if rc:
+        logging.error('Disconnected with error ErrCode:%s', rc)
+        logging.error('ErrCode:%s might be - %s', rc, paho.mqtt.client.error_string(rc))
+        logging.error('ErrCode:%s might be - %s', rc, paho.mqtt.client.connack_string(rc))
+        raise SystemExit
+
+    logging.error('Disconnected from MQTT Server')
+
+def on_mqtt_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
+    ''' Automatically subscribe to all topics '''
+    logging.debug('Connected with status code : %s', rc)
+
+    for topic in userdata['topics']:
+        client.subscribe(topic)
+        logging.info('Subscribing to topic %s', topic)
+        signal = {'mqtt.setup': 'Subscribing to topic {} at {}'.format(topic, datetime.datetime.now())}
+        userdata['emit'].message(json.dumps(signal))
+
+##########################################
+##########################################
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    PARSER = setup_args()
+    ARGS = PARSER.parse_args()
+
+    if ARGS.dbus_config:
+        print(DbusPermissionsConf(DBUS_INTERFACE))
+        raise SystemExit
+
+    MYLOGGER = logging.getLogger()
+
+    if ARGS.debug:
+        MYLOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+    handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    MYLOGGER.addHandler(handler)
+
+    PROGRAM_NAME = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+    MYLOGGER.debug('Running:%s args:%s', PROGRAM_NAME, sys.argv[1:])
+
+    if ARGS.client_connection_name:
+        MYLOGGER.info('Attempting to connect as %s to %s:%s', ARGS.client_connection_name, ARGS.mqtt_server, ARGS.mqtt_port)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.info('Attempting to connect with random name to %s:%s', ARGS.mqtt_server, ARGS.mqtt_port)
+
+    CLIENT = paho.mqtt.client.Client(client_id=ARGS.client_connection_name, clean_session=True)
+
+    if ARGS.mqtt_ssl:
+        ARGS.mqtt_server_ca = os.path.expanduser(ARGS.mqtt_server_ca)
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.mqtt_server_ca):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.mqtt_server_ca)
+
+        ARGS.mqtt_client_cert = os.path.expanduser(ARGS.mqtt_client_cert)
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.mqtt_client_cert):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.mqtt_client_cert)
+
+        ARGS.mqtt_client_key = os.path.expanduser(ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.mqtt_client_key):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+
+        MYLOGGER.info('SSL enabled CA=%s PUBKEY=%s PRIVKEY=%s', ARGS.mqtt_server_ca, ARGS.mqtt_client_cert, ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+        CLIENT.tls_set(ca_certs=ARGS.mqtt_server_ca, certfile=ARGS.mqtt_client_cert, keyfile=ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+
+    try:
+        CLIENT.enable_logger(logger=MYLOGGER)
+    except AttributeError:
+        # Added in 1.2.x of mqtt library
+        pass
+
+    CLIENT.on_connect = on_mqtt_connect
+    CLIENT.on_message = on_mqtt_message
+    CLIENT.on_disconnect = on_mqtt_disconnect
+
+    CLIENT.connect_async(host=ARGS.mqtt_server, port=ARGS.mqtt_port, keepalive=ARGS.mqtt_keepalive, bind_address=ARGS.mqtt_source_ip)
+
+    DBUS_MESSAGE = BusMessage()
+
+    if not ARGS.mqtt_topic:
+        ARGS.mqtt_topic = ['git.centos.org/#',]
+
+    CLIENT.user_data_set({'topics': ARGS.mqtt_topic, 'emit': DBUS_MESSAGE})
+
+    # loop_start will run in background async
+    CLIENT.loop_start()
+
+    if ARGS.dbus_use_system_bus:
+        BUS = SystemBus()
+    else:
+        BUS = SessionBus()
+
+    if ARGS.dbus_use_system_bus:
+        MYLOGGER.debug('Publishing to system bus %s', DBUS_INTERFACE)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.debug('Publishing to session bus %s', DBUS_INTERFACE)
+
+    BUS.publish(DBUS_INTERFACE, DBUS_MESSAGE)
+
+    # loop forever, until CTRL+C, or something goes wrong
+    try:
+        MainLoop().run()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        CLIENT.disconnect()
+        logging.debug('Got CTRL+C, exiting cleanly')
+        raise SystemExit
+    except:
+        CLIENT.disconnect()
+        raise
+    finally:
+        CLIENT.disconnect()
diff --git a/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.service b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..813f0a9
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+++ b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Bridge mqtt.git.centos.org to dbus
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=dbus
+BusName=org.centos.git.mqtt
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+PrivateDevices=yes
+DevicePolicy=closed
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectHome=read-only
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+
+# NOTE: You should run this as the user (or edit the file)
+#  /usr/local/bin/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py --dbus-config > /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.centos.git.mqtt.conf
+
+#User=<TRUSTEDUSERNAME>
+Group=nobody
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py --dbus-use-system-bus --mqtt-server-ca=~/.centos/ca.pem --mqtt-client-cert=~/.centos/client.pem --mqtt-client-key=~/.centos/client.key
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-irc.py b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-irc.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e0a31c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-irc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
+#pylint: disable=line-too-long
+#
+#  Copyright (2019).  Fermi Research Alliance, LLC.
+#  Initial Author: Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov>
+#
+'''
+    Connect to the MQTT server and convert messages into irc messages.
+'''
+
+## Uncomment these for python2 support
+#from __future__ import unicode_literals
+#from __future__ import absolute_import
+#from __future__ import print_function
+
+import datetime
+import logging
+import os.path
+import sys
+import random
+import textwrap
+
+try:
+    import paho.mqtt.client
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install paho.mqtt.client - rpm: python-paho-mqtt", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    import irc.client
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install irc - pip install --user irc", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from gi.repository.GLib import MainLoop
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install pygobject - rpm: python-gobject", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    print("Please install argparse - rpm: python-argparse", file=sys.stderr)
+    raise
+
+##########################################
+def setup_args():
+    '''
+        Setup the argparse object.
+
+        Make sure all fields have defaults so we could use this as an object
+    '''
+    ca_cert = str(os.path.expanduser('~/')) + '.centos-server-ca.cert'
+    user_pubkey = str(os.path.expanduser('~/')) + '.centos.cert'
+    user_privkey = str(os.path.expanduser('~/')) + '.centos.cert'
+
+    # use a psudo random number for keepalive to help spread out the load
+    #  some time between 1m 30s and 2m 10s
+    keep_alive = random.randint(90, 130)
+
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=textwrap.dedent(__doc__))
+
+    parser.add_argument('--debug',action='store_true',
+                        help='Print out all debugging actions',
+                        default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--client-connection-name', metavar='<UNIQUESTRING>',
+                        help='Use this specific name when connecting. Default is a psudo-random string.',
+                        default='', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-server', metavar='<HOSTNAME>',
+                        help='Connect to this MQTT server',
+                        default='mqtt.git.centos.org', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-port', metavar='<PORTNUMBER>',
+                        help='Connect to MQTT server on this port',
+                        default='8883', type=int)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-source-ip', metavar='<SOURCE_IP>',
+                        help='Connect to MQTT server from this address. Default is any.',
+                        default='', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-topic', metavar='<TOPIC_ID>',
+                        action='append', nargs='+', type=str,
+                        help='Which MQTT topic should we watch. You may set multiple times.')
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-keepalive', metavar='<SECONDS>',
+                        help='Seconds between MQTT keepalive packets.',
+                        default=keep_alive, type=int)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-no-ssl', action='store_false', dest='mqtt_ssl',
+                        help='Should MQTT use SSL? Default is to use SSL (and the SSL port).')
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-server-ca', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='Use this CA cert to validate the MQTT Server.',
+                        default=ca_cert, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-client-cert', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='Use this public key to identify yourself.',
+                        default=user_pubkey, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--mqtt-client-key', metavar='<ABSOLUTE_PATH>',
+                        help='The private key that matches with --mqtt-client-cert .',
+                        default=user_privkey, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--irc-server', metavar='<HOSTNAME>',
+                        help='The hostname of your irc server.',
+                        default='chat.freenode.net', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--irc-port', default=6667, type=int,
+                        help='IRC port number.',
+    parser.add_argument('--irc-bot-name', metavar='<BOT_NIC>',
+                        help='The name of your IRC bot.',
+                        default='testbot__', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--irc-bot-password', metavar='<PASSWORD>',
+                        help='The password for your IRC bot.',
+                        type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--irc-bot-admin', metavar='<YOUR_NIC>',
+                        help="The name of your IRC bot's owner.",
+                        default='', type=str)
+    parser.add_argument('--irc-channel', metavar='<WHERE_TO_POST>',
+                        help="The name of an IRC channel where your bot will psot.",
+                        default='#bot-testing', type=str)
+
+    return parser
+
+##########################################
+class IRCBot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
+    ''' An IRC bot as an object '''
+    def __init__(self, channel, admin_nic):
+        irc.bot.SingleServerIRCBot.__init__(self, [(server, port)], nickname, nickname)
+        self.target_channel = channel
+        self.admin_nic = admin_nic
+
+        if self.admin_nic == '':
+            raise ValueError("You must set an owner for your bot")
+
+    def on_welcome(self, connection, event):
+        if irc.client.is_channel(self.target_channel):
+            connection.join(self.target_channel)
+            self.connection.notice(self.target_channel, "Hello, I am a bot owned by " + self.admin_nic)
+
+    def on_disconnect(self, connection, event):
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    def send_message(self, message):
+        self.connection.notice(self.target, message)
+
+##########################################
+def on_mqtt_message(client, userdata, message):
+    ''' What should I do if I get a message? '''
+    logging.debug('Message received topic:%s payload:%s', message.topic, message.payload.decode("utf-8"))
+
+    # Or you can customize this to fit your needs
+
+    logging.debug('Sending signal: %s', signal)
+
+def on_mqtt_disconnect(client, userdata, rc):
+    ''' If you get a connection error, print it out '''
+    if rc:
+        logging.error('Disconnected with error ErrCode:%s', rc)
+        logging.error('ErrCode:%s might be - %s', rc, paho.mqtt.client.error_string(rc))
+        logging.error('ErrCode:%s might be - %s', rc, paho.mqtt.client.connack_string(rc))
+        raise SystemExit
+
+    logging.error('Disconnected from MQTT Server')
+
+def on_mqtt_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
+    ''' Automatically subscribe to all topics '''
+    logging.debug('Connected with status code : %s', rc)
+
+    for topic in userdata['topics']:
+        client.subscribe(topic)
+        logging.info('Subscribing to topic %s', topic)
+        signal = {'mqtt.setup': 'Subscribing to topic {} at {}'.format(topic, datetime.datetime.now())}
+        userdata['emit'].message(str(signal))
+
+##########################################
+##########################################
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    PARSER = setup_args()
+    ARGS = PARSER.parse_args()
+
+    MYLOGGER = logging.getLogger()
+
+    if ARGS.debug:
+        MYLOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+    handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    MYLOGGER.addHandler(handler)
+
+    PROGRAM_NAME = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+    MYLOGGER.debug('Running:%s args:%s', PROGRAM_NAME, sys.argv[1:])
+
+    MYBOT = IRCBot(ARGS.irc_channel, ARGS.irc_bot_name, ARGS.irc_server, ARGS.irc_port, ARGS.irc_channel, ARGS.irc_bot_admin)
+
+    if ARGS.client_connection_name:
+        MYLOGGER.info('Attempting to connect as %s to %s:%s', ARGS.client_connection_name, ARGS.mqtt_server, ARGS.mqtt_port)
+    else:
+        MYLOGGER.info('Attempting to connect with random name to %s:%s', ARGS.mqtt_server, ARGS.mqtt_port)
+
+    CLIENT = paho.mqtt.client.Client(client_id=ARGS.client_connection_name, clean_session=True)
+
+    if ARGS.mqtt_ssl:
+        ARGS.mqtt_server_ca = os.path.expanduser(ARGS.mqtt_server_ca)
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.mqtt_server_ca):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.mqtt_server_ca)
+
+        ARGS.mqtt_client_cert = os.path.expanduser(ARGS.mqtt_client_cert)
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.mqtt_client_cert):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.mqtt_client_cert)
+
+        ARGS.mqtt_client_key = os.path.expanduser(ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+        if not os.path.exists(ARGS.mqtt_client_key):
+            raise ValueError('No such file %s', ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+
+        MYLOGGER.info('SSL enabled CA=%s PUBKEY=%s PRIVKEY=%s', ARGS.mqtt_server_ca, ARGS.mqtt_client_cert, ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+        CLIENT.tls_set(ca_certs=ARGS.mqtt_server_ca, certfile=ARGS.mqtt_client_cert, keyfile=ARGS.mqtt_client_key)
+
+    try:
+        CLIENT.enable_logger(logger=MYLOGGER)
+    except AttributeError:
+        # Added in 1.2.x of mqtt library
+        pass
+
+    CLIENT.on_connect = on_mqtt_connect
+    CLIENT.on_message = on_mqtt_message
+    CLIENT.on_disconnect = on_mqtt_disconnect
+
+    CLIENT.connect_async(host=ARGS.mqtt_server, port=ARGS.mqtt_port, keepalive=ARGS.mqtt_keepalive, bind_address=ARGS.mqtt_source_ip)
+
+    if not ARGS.mqtt_topic:
+        ARGS.mqtt_topic = ['git.centos.org/#',]
+
+    CLIENT.user_data_set({'topics': ARGS.mqtt_topic, 'emit': DBUS_MESSAGE})
+
+    # loop_start will run in background async
+    CLIENT.loop_start()
+
+    # loop forever, until CTRL+C, or something goes wrong
+    try:
+        MainLoop().run()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        CLIENT.disconnect()
+        logging.debug('Got CTRL+C, exiting cleanly')
+        raise SystemExit
+    except:
+        CLIENT.disconnect()
+        raise
+    finally:
+        CLIENT.disconnect()