This documentation describes how to install mosquitto (Open Source MQTT Broker) by compiling source code on Ubuntu.
Typically, you can install mosquitto by using package management apt-get install mosquitto command.
Preparation
Install gcc, make, g++, libssl-dev.
$ sudo apt-get install gcc make g++ libssl-dev
Create mosquitto user and group.
$ sudo groupadd mosquitto
$ sudo useradd -g mosuqitto mosquiotto
Compile mosquitto
Download souce code from here. http://mosquitto.org/download/
Extract tar ball and change directory.
$ tar xvzf mosquitto-1.2.3.tar.gz
$ cd mosquitto-1.2.3
Complile mosquitto.
$ make
$ sudo make install
Here are default intall path.
| path | files |
|---|---|
| /usr/local/sbin | mosquiotto server |
| /etc/mosquitto | configuration |
| /usr/local/bin | utility command |
Sample configuration file will be installed in /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf.example. Change file name to be official.
$ mv /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf.example /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
Start mosquitto
Boot mosquitto by following command.
$ sudo -c mosquitto /usr/local/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
If you want to start mosquitto in background, please add -d option in order to start it as daemon.
Upstart
Upstart is available on Ubuntu by default. Add mosquitto.conf to /etc/init/.
description “Mosquitto MQTT broker”
author “Roger Light <roger@atchoo.org>”
start on net-device-up
respawn
exec /usr/local/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
Register the script.
$ sudo initctl reload-configuration
$ sudo initctl list | grep mosquitto
Please make sure mosquitto is registered.
You can start/stop mosquitto as follows:
$ sudo initctl (start|stop) mosquitto
If the configuration is registerd correctly, mosquitto will be started automecally as of next boot.