Zigbee2mqtt add-on: path to place ssl certificates

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Anyone knows what is the absolute path to place the certificates for the Zigbee2mqtt add-on on a Home AssistantOS Docker install? The docs says

ca: '/etc/ssl/mqtt-ca.crt'
key: '/etc/ssl/mqtt-client.key'
cert: '/etc/ssl/mqtt-client.crt'

but I think it is for a standalone zigbee2mqtt install

I have tried

/ssl/mqtt-ca.crt
/share/mqtt-ca.crt
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I figured it out. The addon documenation says the config and share can be used.

  1. An additional top-level data-path option is required. Set this to the path where you would like the add-on to persist data. Defaults to /share/zigbee2mqtt. Note that both config and share directories are mapped into the container (read-write) and are available to you.

I opt to use the config folder and create a hidden .ssh folder and place the certs in there. Make sure to ignore this folder if you upload your config files to Github.

My zigbee2mqtt config looks like this.

mqtt:
  base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
  server: mqtt://homeassistant:8883
  ca: /config/.ssh/mqtt-ca.crt
  key: /config/.ssh/mqtt-client.key
  cert: /config/.ssh/mqtt-client.crt
  user: some_user
  password: some_password

Here are some updated news I have discovered.

Zibgbee2mqtt add-on throws a warning about using a local ip address to connect to MQTT Broker. Use the hostname of HA instead. It’s name can be found here.

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To create self signed server and client certificates for the MQTT Broker you can follow this guide.