MTIG-Stack/Pool/mqtt/README.md
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# How to setup Mosquitto MQTT Broker using docker
These instructions will work on any Debian based OS including Ubuntu, RaspberryPi, WSL2 etc...
(For non-Debian distros, commands for installation need to be tweaked)
_By default the config allows only to use local connections for security reasons but since authentication is enabled below, that's not the case._
## 1. Install docker
Latest instructions are [here](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/) on docker website.
You can also use this script - [install-docker.sh](/install-docker.sh)
## 2. Create base folder for mqtt configuration
```bash
mkdir mqtt5
cd mqtt5
# for storing mosquitto.conf and pwfile (for password)
mkdir config
```
## 3. Create Mosquitto config file - mosquitto.conf
```bash
nano config/mosquitto.conf
```
Basic configuration file content below including websocket config
```
allow_anonymous false
listener 1883
listener 9001
protocol websockets
persistence true
password_file /mosquitto/config/pwfile
persistence_file mosquitto.db
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/
```
## 4. Create Mosquitto password file - pwfile
```bash
touch config/pwfile
```
## 5. Create docker-compose file called 'docker-compose.yml'
```yml
version: "3.7"
services:
# mqtt5 eclipse-mosquitto
mqtt5:
image: eclipse-mosquitto
container_name: mqtt5
ports:
- "1883:1883" #default mqtt port
- "9001:9001" #default mqtt port for websockets
volumes:
- ./config:/mosquitto/config:rw
- ./data:/mosquitto/data:rw
- ./log:/mosquitto/log:rw
restart: unless-stopped
# volumes for mapping data,config and log
volumes:
config:
data:
log:
networks:
default:
name: mqtt5-network
```
## 6. Create and run docker container for MQTT
```bash
# In case you don't have docker-compose you can install it
sudo apt install docker-compose
# Run the docker container for mqtt
sudo docker-compose -p mqtt5 up -d
```
### Check if the container is up and working (note down container-id)
```bash
sudo docker ps
```
## 7. Create a user/password in the pwfile
```bash
# login interactively into the mqtt container
sudo docker exec -it <container-id> sh
# Create new password file and add user and it will prompt for password
mosquitto_passwd -c /mosquitto/config/pwfile user1
# Add additional users (remove the -c option) and it will prompt for password
mosquitto_passwd /mosquitto/config/pwfile user2
# delete user command format
mosquitto_passwd -D /mosquitto/config/pwfile <user-name-to-delete>
# type 'exit' to exit out of docker container prompt
```
Command line help for `mosquitto_passwd` command above
```
mosquitto_passwd is a tool for managing password files for mosquitto.
Usage: mosquitto_passwd [-H sha512 | -H sha512-pbkdf2] [-c | -D] passwordfile username
mosquitto_passwd [-H sha512 | -H sha512-pbkdf2] [-c] -b passwordfile username password
mosquitto_passwd -U passwordfile
-b : run in batch mode to allow passing passwords on the command line.
-c : create a new password file. This will overwrite existing files.
-D : delete the username rather than adding/updating its password.
-H : specify the hashing algorithm. Defaults to sha512-pbkdf2, which is recommended.
Mosquitto 1.6 and earlier defaulted to sha512.
-U : update a plain text password file to use hashed passwords
```
Then restart the container
```bash
sudo docker restart <container-id>
```