Mosquitto broker - unable to create user

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I’m attempting to set up MQTT using the instructions here. I’m stalled at the point where I create a user; there is just no option to add a user, nor anything related to “user” on the add-on Configuration tab. I have Advanced Mode enabled in my profile. I have stopped and restarted both HA and the broker add-on. Any ideas?

I’m running HA core 2021.4 & Mosquitto broker 5.1.

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So, you are using the Mosquitto add-on, not a dedicate Mosquitto installation, right? If the GUI part to add/edit users, how about taking the text variant?

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That’s correct, I’m using the add-on.

You know… I think this is related to the fact that my certfile and keyfile aren’t where they are supposed to be. I’m reading up on that now, here…

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OK… that’s fixed. Can you tell me more about the text approach?

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It‘s in the link …

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I thought you might say that. Sorry… I’m new. So I’m guessing your suggestion is that I need to create the files listed under the heading Access Control Lists (ACLs)?

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No, the link points to the following passage:

Option: logins (optional)

A list of local users that will be created with username and password. You don’t need to do this because you can use Home Assistant users too, without any configuration. If a local user is specifically desired:

logins:
  - username: user
    password: passwd
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OK, thanks.

My HA just quit entirely, completely inaccessible. So I must have done something wrong while messing with it this morning. I’ll come back to this when I can get back into it…

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OK–got this working. Thank you for your responses.