MQTT add-on

steven1977 · March 10, 2019, 2:23pm

I was wondering why I need to create a new user when setting up the MQTT add-on?

home-assistant/hassio-addons/blob/master/mosquitto/README.md

# Home Assistant Add-on: Mosquitto broker

MQTT broker for Home Assistant.

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## About

You can use this add-on to install Eclipse Mosquitto, which is an open-source (EPL/EDL licensed) message broker that implements the MQTT protocol. Mosquitto is lightweight and is suitable for use on all devices from low power single board computers to full servers. For more information, please see [mosquitto].

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flamingm0e · March 10, 2019, 2:39pm

You don’t have to create a new user. It will use the accounts you already have in home assistant

steven1977 · March 10, 2019, 2:51pm

thought so…