Looks like I have two mosquittos running on 1883 but they have the same
PID.
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown $ sudo ss -tupl
Netid State Recv-Q Send-Q Local
Address:Port Peer Address:Port Process
udp UNCONN 0 0
0.0.0.0:51030 0.0.0.0:*
users:(("avahi-daemon",pid=234,fd=14))
udp UNCONN 0 0
0.0.0.0:mdns 0.0.0.0:*
users:(("avahi-daemon",pid=234,fd=12))
udp UNCONN 0 0
0.0.0.0:bootpc 0.0.0.0:*
users:(("dhcpcd",pid=571,fd=13))
udp UNCONN 0 0
*:mdns *:*
users:(("avahi-daemon",pid=234,fd=13))
udp UNCONN 0 0
*:54532 *:*
users:(("avahi-daemon",pid=234,fd=15))
tcp LISTEN 0 100
0.0.0.0:1883 0.0.0.0:*
users:(("mosquitto",pid=18024,fd=8))
tcp LISTEN 0 128
0.0.0.0:ssh 0.0.0.0:*
users:(("sshd",pid=354,fd=3))
tcp LISTEN 0 100
[::]:1883 [::]:*
users:(("mosquitto",pid=18024,fd=9))
tcp LISTEN 0 4096
*:9001 *:*
users:(("mosquitto",pid=18024,fd=7))
tcp LISTEN 0 511
*:http *:*
users:(("apache2",pid=23498,fd=4),("apache2",pid=23497,fd=4),("apache2",pid=356,fd=4))
tcp LISTEN 0 128
[::]:ssh [::]:*
users:(("sshd",pid=354,fd=4))
On Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 12:14:00 PM UTC-4 vince wrote:
> try "sudo ss -tupl" which should show which process is using port 1883....
>
> On Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 7:49:16 PM UTC-7 M&M wrote:
>
>> Thanks for looking into this for me. I feel like I've read a bunch of
>> pages and that I'm really close to this. I've attached my weewx.conf,
>> mosquitto.conf, and local.conf (located at /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/).
>>
>> Looking at the mosquitto log file, I'm seeing this error a ton of times:
>>
>> 1722824003: mosquitto version 2.0.11 starting
>> 1722824003: Config loaded from /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf.
>> 1722824003: Opening websockets listen socket on port 9001.
>> 1722824003: Opening ipv4 listen socket on port 1883.
>> 1722824003: Opening ipv6 listen socket on port 1883.
>> 1722824003: Opening ipv4 listen socket on port 1883.
>> 1722824003: Error: Address already in use
>>
>> Although ps -ef is only showing one mosquitto running which I see the
>> service running with systemctl.
>>
>> On Monday, August 5, 2024 at 9:04:15 PM UTC-4 vince wrote:
>>
>>> Can't help without seeing your current mosquitto config file and your
>>> weewx.conf file at a minimum. Remember you need to restart weewx after
>>> making weewx.conf changes and that your mosquitto broker is running and
>>> accepting incoming traffic into the ip address you are trying to talk to.
>>>
>>> You might check your mosquitto broker's logfile too to see if anything
>>> there is being logged that might help.
>>>
>>> On Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 8:12:53 PM UTC-7 M&M wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vince, I followed that link and I'm making some progress. Thank you.
>>>> I now get the message on my local page:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Connected. Waiting for data. Last Updated 4 August 2024, 23:00:00
>>>>
>>>> I've been reading over some threads of people having the same issue but
>>>> those fixes are not working for me. Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, August 2, 2024 at 4:01:58 PM UTC-4 Stefanos Kalaitzis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Try this in weewx.conf :** but be careful with the unit_system
>>>>> [[MQTT]]
>>>>> topic = your_topic
>>>>> unit_system = METRICWX
>>>>> binding = loop
>>>>> aggregation = aggregate
>>>>> log_success = false
>>>>> log_failure = true
>>>>> server_url = mqtt://broker.hivemq.com:1883
>>>>>
>>>>> [[[inputs]]]
>>>>> [[[[windSpeed]]]]
>>>>> units = km_per_hour
>>>>> [[[[windGust]]]]
>>>>> units = km_per_hour
>>>>>
>>>>> In belchertown stanza :
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> #--- MQTT Websockets (for Real Time Streaming) Options ---
>>>>> mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1
>>>>>
>>>>> mqtt_websockets_host = broker.hivemq.com
>>>>> mqtt_websockets_port = 8884
>>>>> mqtt_websockets_ssl = 1
>>>>> mqtt_websockets_topic = yourtopic/loop
>>>>> # disconnect_live_website_visitor = 1800000
>>>>>
>>>>> **Change only the topic and the unit system you are using. Because i
>>>>> am writing from mobile please forgive me if something is strange to your
>>>>> eyes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Στις Παρ 2 Αυγ 2024, 21:42 ο χρήστης vince <vince...@gmail.com>
>>>>> έγραψε:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You're probably overthinking. It's really very simple. You don't
>>>>>> need SSL if you're just going to run on your LAN. You likely don't even
>>>>>> need to password protect it either if you are LAN only.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See the example starting at line 72 of
>>>>>> https://github.com/vinceskahan/weewx-odds-and-ends/blob/master/install-belchertown-websockets
>>>>>>
>>>>>> for the minimal mosquitto MQTT server setup that works for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, August 2, 2024 at 10:56:59 AM UTC-7 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've read a bunch about MQTT, Belchertown, and Weewx so I thought I
>>>>>>> would able to get this working. From the pages I read on github and
>>>>>>> such,
>>>>>>> it didn't seem like it took a lot of configuration to mosquitto to get
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> working. From the links I posted above that I followed, it didn't seem
>>>>>>> that I needed to have SSL certs working yet to get it working locally.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> figured I would do that first before venturing out to get this working
>>>>>>> on a
>>>>>>> website. So I'll go back and see what I can configure to get the certs
>>>>>>> added to my conf files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you have any websites that you suggest to use to get this
>>>>>>> working? I feel like I'm close.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday, August 2, 2024 at 8:41:28 AM UTC-4 gary....@gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I see you haven't done much research.
>>>>>>>> If you want to understand this and get the Belchertown skin to
>>>>>>>> work, you need to do some.
>>>>>>>> A default mosquitto.conf isn't going to work as you want.
>>>>>>>> You will likely need SSL certs in order to have websockets work via
>>>>>>>> the internet vs local LAN.
>>>>>>>> You should have writing to mosquitto password protected, but
>>>>>>>> allow anonymous reading.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When MQTT/Websockets works, it is great. Getting there requires a
>>>>>>>> passing familiarity with the care and feeding of mosquitto.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 11:38:28 PM UTC-4 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Where can I find out if I have acl?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My mosquitto.conf file looks a bit different. I didn't change any
>>>>>>>>> of it after it was installed besides the two listener lines. It
>>>>>>>>> looks like
>>>>>>>>> this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ more /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
>>>>>>>>> # Place your local configuration in /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/
>>>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>>>> # A full description of the configuration file is at
>>>>>>>>> # /usr/share/doc/mosquitto/examples/mosquitto.conf.example
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> pid_file /run/mosquitto/mosquitto.pid
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> persistence true
>>>>>>>>> persistence_location /var/lib/mosquitto/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> log_dest file /var/log/mosquitto/mosquitto.log
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> include_dir /etc/mosquitto/conf.d
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> listener 1883
>>>>>>>>> listener 9001
>>>>>>>>> protocol websockets
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 9:38:48 AM UTC-4 gary....@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you have an acl and does it resemble this?
>>>>>>>>>> # Allow anonymous access to the sys
>>>>>>>>>> topic read $SYS/#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> # Allow anonymous to read weather
>>>>>>>>>> topic read weather/#
>>>>>>>>>> topic read tester/#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> # weewx readwrite to the loop
>>>>>>>>>> user weewx
>>>>>>>>>> topic weather/#
>>>>>>>>>> topic tester/#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did you create a password for the weewx user (not the linux user,
>>>>>>>>>> the mqtt user)?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Does your mosquitto conf file resemble this?
>>>>>>>>>> persistence false
>>>>>>>>>> allow_anonymous true
>>>>>>>>>> password_file /etc/mosquitto/pwfile
>>>>>>>>>> acl_file /etc/mosquitto/acl
>>>>>>>>>> # Insecure mqtt to localhost only, and secure mqtt
>>>>>>>>>> listener 1883
>>>>>>>>>> listener 8883
>>>>>>>>>> certfile /etc/mosquitto/certs/cert.pem
>>>>>>>>>> cafile /etc/mosquitto/certs/chain.pem
>>>>>>>>>> keyfile /etc/mosquitto/certs/privkey.pem
>>>>>>>>>> protocol mqtt
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> # websockets
>>>>>>>>>> listener 8080
>>>>>>>>>> certfile /etc/mosquitto/certs/cert.pem
>>>>>>>>>> cafile /etc/mosquitto/certs/chain.pem
>>>>>>>>>> keyfile /etc/mosquitto/certs/privkey.pem
>>>>>>>>>> protocol websockets
>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 11:47:46 PM UTC-4 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I checked mosquitto.conf and it has "listener 1883" in it. I
>>>>>>>>>>> also disabled my pihole and checked that my raspberry pi is
>>>>>>>>>>> listening on
>>>>>>>>>>> port 1883.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 11:23:25 PM UTC-4 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I checked journalctl and now I'm seeing this error:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd[1141]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>> user.ambientweatherapi: AmbientAPI get_devices() returned empty
>>>>>>>>>>>> dict
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd.py[1141]: ambientweatherapi
>>>>>>>>>>>> driver encountered an error.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd[1141]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>> user.ambientweatherapi: ambientweatherapi driver encountered an
>>>>>>>>>>>> error.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd.py[1141]: Error caught was:
>>>>>>>>>>>> AmbientAPI get_devices() returned empty dict
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd[1141]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>> user.ambientweatherapi: Error caught was: AmbientAPI get_devices()
>>>>>>>>>>>> returned
>>>>>>>>>>>> empty dict
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd.py[1141]: ambientweatherapi
>>>>>>>>>>>> driver had an error sending data to weewx.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd[1141]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>> user.ambientweatherapi: ambientweatherapi driver had an error
>>>>>>>>>>>> sending data
>>>>>>>>>>>> to weewx.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd.py[1141]: Error caught was:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Previous error occured, skipping packet build.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 26 23:16:30 raspberrypi weewxd[1141]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>> user.ambientweatherapi: Error caught was: Previous error occured,
>>>>>>>>>>>> skipping
>>>>>>>>>>>> packet build.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 11:20:51 PM UTC-4 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Making some progress. I am back to having weewx running and I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> now have mosquito running as well. I was able to test that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> service by
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mosquitto_sub and mosquitto_pub which worked by sending "hello
>>>>>>>>>>>>> world".
>>>>>>>>>>>>> However when I check my local Belchertown page, it now says this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> at the top:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Failed connecting to the weather station. Please try again
>>>>>>>>>>>>> later! Last Updated 26 July 2024, 23:10:00
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 2:02:17 PM UTC-4 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh thats right! I edited the /etc/default/locales file. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> changed it from en_GB.UTF-8 to en_US.UTF-8 since I was trying to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fix the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time in Belchertown skin to show a 12h time format. I believe I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fixed it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and for some reason, i decided to edit the locales file. I'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> change that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back when I get to that system.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks. I believe that is what will fix it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 12:17:42 PM UTC-4 vince wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14547631/python-locale-error-unsupported-locale-settling
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have you messed with system locale at the os level or edited
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it in some weewx or mqtt config file ? There have been some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> skeletal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reports about this over the years but I've never really
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> understood the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> explanations.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 3:41:42 AM UTC-7 Mark Jenks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Make sure MQTT is running correctly. You can test it via
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CLI. This page goes into configuring a cert, you can stop
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://medium.com/gravio-edge-iot-platform/how-to-set-up-a-mosquitto-mqtt-broker-securely-using-client-certificates-82b2aaaef9c8
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 10:27:54 PM UTC-5 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also I tried commenting out all of the MQTT lines in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weewx.conf so that I could get the service running again but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it isn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> running at all. Giving me the same error as I posted above.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 11:11:15 PM UTC-4 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm getting closer. Mosquito service is running but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weewx gives me the follow error in journalctl:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 22:59:55 raspberrypi weewxd[25852]: INFO __main__:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Terminating weewx version 5.0.2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 22:59:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Succeeded.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 22:59:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped WeeWX.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 22:59:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Consumed 3h 44min 13.462s CPU time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:51 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started WeeWX.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: INFO __main__:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Initializing weewxd version 5.0.2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: INFO __main__:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Command line: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: Traceback
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py", line 265, in <module>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: main()
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py", line 107, in main
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weewx_root, user_module =
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weeutil.startup.initialize(config_dict)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/startup.py", line 67, in initialize
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> importlib.import_module('user.extensions')
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> import_module
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: return
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _find_and_load_unlocked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 790, in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exec_module
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _call_with_frames_removed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/etc/weewx/bin/user/extensions.py", line 18, in <module>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: File
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/lib/python3.9/locale.py", line 610, in setlocale
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: return
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _setlocale(category, locale)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi weewxd[28347]: locale.Error:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unsupported locale setting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Failed with result 'exit-code'.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 25 23:00:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Consumed 2.050s CPU time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 1:47:21 PM UTC-4 vince
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pat's docs are authoritative for Belchertown and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MQTT stuff looks ok to me. Just follow that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/mqtt has Tom's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instructions for installing the MQTT extension. You can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> check it at least
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> minimally by running "weectl extension list" and it should
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> show up in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> list of installed extensions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your config file stuff for weewx that you posted looked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ok to me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 9:54:13 AM UTC-7 M&M wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is correct that I have the MQTT installed as an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extension for weewx which is running on the pi. I checked
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mqtt.service and I'm not seeing one on there. I'm also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not seeing a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mosquitto_sub or pub installed so I think I must have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> missed anothe page to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get this installed and working. From searching around
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> right now, it looks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like I need to follow this page:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://obrienlabs.net/how-to-setup-your-own-mqtt-broker/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm hoping to get this on a website that doesn't cost
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything but one step at a time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am I on the right track?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 10:50:45 PM UTC-4 vince
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Connection refused generally means the remote computer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is not accepting incoming connections on that port. It
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> looks to me like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you are trying to connect to the MQTT server on the same
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pi ? Did you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enable and start the MQTT server ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you test it with mosquitto_sub and mosquitto_pub
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to know that the MQTT server is working ok ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The authoritative belchertown docs are at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown?tab=readme-ov-file#mqtt-and-mqtt-websockets-optional
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if you haven't gone through them already. Note that it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has a prerequisite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to install the MQTT extension which itself has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> prerequisite python modules.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Test with mosquitto_sub/pub first to know your MQTT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> server is working as desired, then do the weewx part.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 7:30:33 PM UTC-7 M&M
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Somewhat of a new user here to Weewx. I am running
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it on a Raspberry Pi Zero W (192.168.0.196) and also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> installed the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Belchertown skin. I followed these steps (
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=43377.0) to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> install and configure MQTT but I'm running into some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> errors. Here is what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> part of my weewx.conf file looks like for the MQTT stuff:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [[MQTT]]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> server_url = mqtt://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> random_username:random_...@192.168.0.196:1883
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <http://random_username:random_password@192.168.0.196:1883>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unit_system = US
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> topic = weather
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> binding = archive, loop
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> aggregation = aggregate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [[Belchertown]]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> skin = Belchertown
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx/belchertown
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enable = true
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [[[Extras]]]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #--- MQTT Websockets (for Real Time
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Streaming) Options ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mqtt_websockets_host = 192.168.0.x
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mqtt_websockets_port = 9001
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mqtt_websockets_ssl = 0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mqtt_websockets_topic = weather/loop
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I also added user.mqtt.MQTT to restful_services at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the end of the file.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The error I'm seeing in journalctl is:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 24 22:16:40 raspberrypi weewxd[25776]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> user.mqtt: Failed to connect to MQTT server (mqtt://
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> random_username:x...@192.168.0.196:1883
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <http://random_username:xxx@192.168.0.196:1883>):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Errno 111] Connection refused
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jul 24 22:16:40 raspberrypi weewxd[25776]: ERROR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> weewx.restx: MQTT: Failed to publish record 2024-07-24
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22:15:00 EDT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (1721873700): MQTT client not available
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas what I'm missing?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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