MQTT Broker addon on Hassio - Unable to connect to the broker

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Hi all new to home assistant. i’m having a problem trying to get MQTT working on home assistant using the addon. i keep getting the below error
mqtt

i have reinstalled home assistant and tried configuring on a fresh install but same error

i can see on the broker logs on HA that my sensor is connected fine

Hoping you guys can advise me what i am doing wrong

Mosquitto Broker version: 4.2
Home Assistant version0.93.2

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I have the same issue. I had this working previously, but I reinstalled my HA recently and had to configure the mqtt broker again.

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I eventually got it working

  • Mosquitto Broker version: 4.3
  • Home Assistant version: 0.93.2

This was a newish setup (i.e. I never had MQTT setup before, apparently if you have the mqtt section in your configuration.yaml you should remove it before installing the new version)

Steps I took (rough):

  1. Created a new user in Home Assistant (NOTE: Username cannot be “homeassistant” or “addon”)
  2. Go to Hass.io --> “Add-On Store”
  3. Under official add-ons, clicked on “Mosquitto broker”
  4. Ensure “Start on boot” is enabled
  5. In the Config card:
{
  "logins": [],
  "anonymous": false,
  "quiet_logs": true,
  "customize": {
    "active": true,
    "folder": "mosquitto"
  },
  "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
  "keyfile": "privkey.pem"
}

5.1. Click “Save”
6. In the Network card, left all as default
NOTE: As per the documentation, I tried setting 1883 to blank to disable the insecure ports, however during setup I kept getting the “Unable to connect to the broker.” error
7. Follow steps 2 and 3 from this part of the doc
8. Click “Start”
9. Check “Logs” for any errors (should not get any)
10. Reboot Hassio
11. Go to “Configuration” --> “Integrations”
NOTE: You might see MQTT under the “Discovered” section, do not use this one
12. Click the “plus” button (bottom right) - this will allow you to setup the details manually
13. Find “MQTT” and click it
14. Configure the settings as per below:

Broker: core_mosquitto
Port: 1883
Username: [MQTT_USERNAME]
Password: [MQTT_PASSWORD]
Enable discovery: [Up to You]

NOTE: The 1883 port above is where I tried to use other ports (step 6 above) but failed

Hope this helps someone

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Thanks for getting back i have followed your guide but still getting unable to connect to broker

the thing i am unsure with is the acl part
i have my access controll set up as below is this correct?

user MQTTUser
topic #

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That looks correct, can you share the logs?

Other things to try:

  • Use the local IP address instead of core_mosquito as the broker (heard some people mention this worked for them)
  • Create a new user (make username all lowercase) and use this use - not sure if this will make any difference, but mine is all lowercase
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Same problem here.

New install (a few hours ago)

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Having the same issue…but I don’t have a new installation. Mine just stopped working. Trying to reintegrate the broker but no luck.

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having the same problem. Tried the same recommendations. Whats weird is earlier today it integrated no problem but I couldn’t get my Tasmota device to connect it kept seeing the server but couldnt log on. So i tried removing the integration removing the add on. Now the integration is having the broker not found issue.

system log shows
19-06-25 11:38:09 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Success login from mqtt
19-06-25 11:38:34 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Auth request from core_mosquitto for mqtt
19-06-25 11:38:34 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Success login from mqtt
19-06-25 11:39:00 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Auth request from core_mosquitto for mqtt
19-06-25 11:39:00 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Success login from mqtt
19-06-25 11:39:26 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Auth request from core_mosquitto for mqtt
19-06-25 11:39:26 INFO (MainThread) [hassio.auth] Success login from mqtt

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Tried the mosquitto with webinterface add on and created a log in credentials in the add on and now the tasmota devices connect. Still cant get discovery to work though.

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This is identical to the fault I’ve been banging my head against a wall with for weeks… for me I narrowed it down to being something to do with my network but I’ve yet to find the solution…

See my post for details

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I was struggling with this as well. I used most of rob196’s instructions. Everything finally worked when I decided to use the MQTT under the “Discovered” section.

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everything rob196 says above works, except for the broker name.

With the MQTT docker addon, the name is core-mosquitto. Not core_mosquitto.

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It’s been a while since anyone has posted but there doesnt seen to be an answer anywhere, so for anyone else browsing who has the same code/error, try:

customize:
  active: false