Proper mqtt server name on hassio

Okay sound good
Reboot check your add-on log that it started up and gets a connection from HA
Check HA can publish
Then you just need the rpi3 client to connect to Hassio and subscribe to the topic

Not working yet. I get this in the mqtt add-on log:

[21:21:44] INFO: Setup mosquitto configuration
[21:21:44] WARNING: SSL not enabled - No valid certs found!
[21:21:45] INFO: No local user available
[21:21:46] INFO: Initialize Hass.io Add-on services
[21:21:46] INFO: Initialize Home Assistant discovery
[21:21:46] INFO: Start Mosquitto daemon
1578021706: Loading config file /share/mosquitto/acl.conf
1578021706: mosquitto version 1.6.3 starting
1578021706: Config loaded from /etc/mosquitto.conf.
1578021706: Loading plugin: /usr/share/mosquitto/auth-plug.so
1578021706: |-- *** auth-plug: startup
1578021706:  ├── Username/password checking enabled.
1578021706:  ├── TLS-PSK checking enabled.
1578021706:  └── Extended authentication not enabled.
1578021706: Opening ipv4 listen socket on port 1883.
1578021706: Opening ipv6 listen socket on port 1883.
1578021706: Opening websockets listen socket on port 1884.
1578021706: Warning: Mosquitto should not be run as root/administrator.
1578021713: New connection from 192.168.1.117 on port 1883.
1578021714: Socket error on client <unknown>, disconnecting.
1578021714: New connection from 192.168.1.117 on port 1883.
1578021714: New client connected from 192.168.1.117 as auto-56F75646-008E-489B-5DC2-ABFB9DD69726 (p2, c1, k60).
1578022121: Client auto-56F75646-008E-489B-5DC2-ABFB9DD69726 disconnected.
1578022162: New connection from 192.168.1.117 on port 1883.
1578022162: New client connected from 192.168.1.117 as auto-B6D82A41-867F-29DA-197E-B45C1160F771 (p2, c1, k60)

So did the last client stay connected.
Why can’t you just use user/password doesn’t the python program your running on the pi3 support authentication ?

What do you mean by “did the last client stay connected”?.

This all used to work fine. My guess is that at some point mqtt got updated and from what I can tell in the add-on info it started requiring authentication that my setup did not have at all. It was all anonymous.

So I’ve added the acl files and setup up mqtt config as customize = true and anonymous = true. But it still doesn’t work.

My latest setup is that Im trying to use anonymous, not interested in creating a user for this.

Devices:

Rpi2-hassio w/mqtt add-on. (IP:.117)

This rpi2 controls a sonoff t3 light switch via this interface and it has for years and still does works fine (Den Light Switch #3):

Rpi3-raspbian connected via BLE to relay board. (IP:.113)

This rpi3 used to work by receiving mqtt messages (komp-on, komp-off, sole-on, sole-off) from the rpi2. The rpi3 would parse the message and according to a switch case, run a python script to send the appropriate command via BLE to the relay board. These is what doesnt work anymore.

The mqtt service on rpi3 is running fine:

Back to the rpi2-hassio with mqtt addon, this is my current config:

{
  "logins": [],
  "anonymous": true,
  "customize": {
    "active": true,
    "folder": "mosquitto"
  },
  "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
  "keyfile": "privkey.pem",
  "require_certificate": false
}

anonymous is set to true because i not interested in user/pwd authentication. customize is set to true because i created an acl:

user user4mqtt
topic readwrite test_channel

and

acl_file /share/mosquitto/accesscontrollist

with user:

When I go to Developer Tools and MQTT for testing to the test_channel, I get nothing back. Im also checking via terminal on the rpi3 and it gets nothing in that channel. I started listening on the rpi3 using:

and my configuration.yaml is:

homeassistant:
  # Name of the location where Home Assistant is running
  name: Home
  # Location required to calculate the time the sun rises and sets
  latitude: 25.5263
  longitude: -48.0307
  # Impacts weather/sunrise data (altitude above sea level in meters)
  elevation: 90
  # metric for Metric, imperial for Imperial
  unit_system: metric
  # Pick yours from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
  time_zone: America/Tegucigalpa
  # Customization file
  customize: !include customize.yaml

# Show links to resources in log and frontend
#introduction:

# Enables the frontend
frontend:

# Enables configuration UI
config:

# Uncomment this if you are using SSL/TLS, running in Docker container, etc.
# http:
#   base_url: example.duckdns.org:8123

# Checks for available updates
# Note: This component will send some information about your system to
# the developers to assist with development of Home Assistant.
# For more information, please see:
# https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/10/25/explaining-the-updater/
updater:
  # Optional, allows Home Assistant developers to focus on popular components.
  # include_used_components: true

# Discover some devices automatically
discovery:

# Allows you to issue voice commands from the frontend in enabled browsers
conversation:

# Enables support for tracking state changes over time
history:

# View all events in a logbook
logbook:

# Enables a map showing the location of tracked devices
map:

# Track the sun
sun:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
input_boolean:
  notify_home:
    name: Publish MQTT msg
    icon: mdi:car

  power_kompressor:
    name: Kompressor
    icon: mdi:car

  power_solenoid:
    name: Solenoid
    icon: mdi:car

# MQTT Switches RPi2 - RPi3
switch:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: kompressor
    command_topic: "test_channel"
    payload_on: "komp-on"
    payload_off: "komp-off"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: solenoid
    command_topic: "test_channel"
    payload_on: "sole-on"
    payload_off: "sole-off"
    
# Sensors
sensor:
  # Weather prediction
  - platform: yr
  
  # Emoncms
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key: myapikey
    url: http://myserver.com/emoncms/
    id: 1

# Example configuration.yaml entry configuring HomeKit
homekit:

mqtt:
  broker: 192.168.1.117
  
sonoff:
  username: [email protected]
  password: mypass
  scan_interval: 60
  grace_period: 600
  api_region: 'us'
  
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
  - platform: bluetooth_le_tracker
  
# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google_translate
    service_name: google_say

# Cloud
cloud:

group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml

panel_iframe:
  configurator:
    title: Configurator
    icon: mdi:wrench
    url: http://hassio.local:3218
    
system_health:

You don’t need an mqtt server running on that device. You only need ONE broker on your network.

Based on this command, you’re listening to the local running instance on this raspi3, not the broker on hassio.

Oh OK. But I the hassio gui interface in Developer Tools does listen to its own ser ice and it’s not working.

How do you know it’s not working?

You were publishing/subscribing topic on ANOTHER broker…how would your hassio broker see the data coming across that broker?

So you’re saying that if I go here in rpi2-hassio:

and enter test_channel below and Start Listening, I should NOT get anything in that same screen like I did before as in post 25 or in post 3 back when I was on MQTT 2.0?

Is your broker running and working? Why not use a better third party client to connect and test?

well can you suggest one? I dont see why the gui that did work back in v2 shouldnt work in v5. but ill do anything to test this and figure it out.

MQTT Explorer? MQTTLens? There are a bunch of options out there.

I’m just suggesting that rather than relying on a web page, where you aren’t seeing ANYTHING, then perhaps a better tool is in order to TROUBLESHOOT the issue.

ok i downloaded mqtt explorer and entered 192.168.1.117 as the host, im a bit lost though. How do i test it:

Quite different to when I connect to the rpi3-raspbian. Im confused now. Who is the broker supposed to be?

So you have a fully functional broker on 113
Use that.
Change HA mqtt to 113 in the configuration
mqtt: broker: 192.168.1.113

Whoever you want to be.

It looks like your hassio add-on is not working properly. Again, this tool was just to verify that. I don’t use the pub/sub in HA because there’s no context and I can’t see everything.

If the hassio add-on was working, you would see $SYS there too.

Personally I would just use one that works. It doesn’t matter which one that is.

ok i got it working again. Something happened to my mqtt broker service on rpi2-hassio because it was working before using .117 as the broker. I know that because its ip used to be 127.0.0.1, which meant localhost on the rpi2-hassio, which has ip .117. Now I have to use rpi3-.117.

Anyway, thanks so much for all the help. Now I have to figure out whats up with my Configurator not loading from the sidebar, only from the Hass.io menu.