MQTT Broker (Mosquitto) installation on Pi - NubeIO/rubix-point-server GitHub Wiki

Install

• sudo apt-get install mosquitto -y
• mosquitto -v
• Ref. https://mosquitto.org/blog/2013/01/mosquitto-debian-repository/

Issue

• On version: v1.5.7
• Description: must have topic with less than 200 bytes characters, otherwise it disconnects (constantly disconnecting...)

Fix

• https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/c471dfb201d77f96ab678564af2840249c0df184

Fixes are available in

• v2.0.9, v2.0.8, v2.0.7, v2.0.6, v2.0.5, v2.0.4, v2.0.3, v2.0.2, v2.0.1, v2.0.0, v1.6.14, v1.6.13, v1.6.12, v1.6.11, v1.6.10, v1.6.9, v1.6.8

Uninstall

• sudo apt-get remove mosquitto -y
• sudo apt autoremove

Install lastest

• https://mosquitto.org/blog/2013/01/mosquitto-debian-repository/ (install buster)

• Add config file: /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf

  listener 1883
  allow_anonymous true
  

• sudo systemctl restart mosquitto

Ref. more for Debian uninstallation issue: https://serverfault.com/questions/937888/problematic-apt-get-update-due-to-missing-gpg-keys