mqtt broker bridge (in windows machine) - mqtt

I'm working in mqtt broker bridge, I have to connect local mosquitto to remote mosquitto.
connection remote-mosquitto-bridge
address 10.1.0.9:1883
topic test both 1
Above code is added in mosquitto.conf file for connect remote machine(10.1.0.9 is my remote)
its enough for message sharing to local to remote

You need config the listener port
ex:
if your diagram is like that
broker 1 => broker 2
Broker 1 mosquitto.config:
connection remote-mosquitto-bridge
address 10.1.0.9:1883
topic # both 0
Broker 2 mosquitto.config:
port 1883
listener 8883
This work for me.
source:
https://medium.com/jungletronics/mosquitto-bridge-5b44e9687fb3

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I can't get any data from my broker with mosquitto_sub over the internet

in localhost, my broker works great, but when I use broker IP on another device to connect over the internet that's not work,
Websocket is fine
I use this command to subscribe on topic and get the retained messages
mosquitto_sub -h *.*.*.* -p 1883 -t mrt_connections/#
in localhost and when I used VPN I get current information, but when I use broker IP to use with another device over the internet I can't get any data
this log when I used Ip over the internet
1673794013: New connection from ****.****.***.**** on port 1883.
1673794013: New client connected from ****.****.***.**** as auto-48259EF8-9CF7-9CF5-3C2C-20FA8265C33A (p2, c1, k60).
1673794013: No will message specified.
1673794013: Sending CONNACK to auto-48259EF8-9CF7-9CF5-3C2C-20FA8265C33A (0, 0)
1673794017: New connection from *.*.*.* on port 1883.
I guessed that maybe port 1883 is blocked by ISP but another broker with the same port working, I test many IP but the problem is still alive,
can anybody explain to me what is a problem
thanks
I used version 2.0.15
config file
allow_anonymous true
listener 1883 *.*.*.*
log_type all
log_dest topic
log_dest stdout
Finally, I found the problem, the port was blocked by ISP and now MQTT works fine on port 443

How to make the connection between the broker and an external network?

I’m new in this field and I’m trying to create a device using arduino WiFi Rev 2 and the broker mqtt Mosquitto on an external network.
I’ve already installed Mosquitto on my PC and started it by the prompt. I changed the configuration file of Mosquitto in order to allow the listener on port 1883 and then run on prompt the command mosquitto -c mosquitto.conf -v and it worked.
But when I run netstat-a on the prompt, the port 1883 doesn’t appear on the address of the external network. What can I do to fix it ?
There’s the conf file I added
per_listener_settings true
listener 1883
protocol mqtt
allow_anonymous true
listener 8083
protocol websockets
allow_anonymous true
Thanks for the your attention, hope to find a solution!
With the configuration you have provided, mosquitto will bind to ALL addresses, this will be signified by it binding to 0.0.0.0:1883 (and 0.0.0.0:8083)
So there is nothing to fix. Assuming no firewall/NAT between the Arduino and the machine running the broker it should just connect.

Mosquitto MQTT broker not acknowledging external connections (even locally)

I am having some problems with my Mosquitto MQTT broker which I do not understand. I had setup another Mosquitto broker in a Google Cloud Ubuntu 20.04 VM and it was working properly. I have moved to a self-managed Ubuntu 20.04 VM in my university and have not been able to connect to the broker ever since. A little background on the current setup:
netfilter-persistent firewall (am unsure of the exact name of the firewall, this is the name of th service) has port 1883 open
ufw is inactive
the university has 2 levels in the firewall, one in the VM and one external. I have asked for the opening of ports 1883 (I am aware that only port 8883 should be open but this is temporary until I solve my issue)
the VM is accessible from outside the LAN of the university, as checked in https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/
I have an Apache webpage running and it is also accessible externally
I have NodeRED using port 1880 and it is also accessible externally
My Mosquitto conf file looks like the following. For the time being, I am not using TLS authentication, as I first need to solve the issue with the connection.
allow_anonymous false
password_file /etc/mosquitto/passwd
listener 1883 0.0.0.0
However, I have not been able to enable the communication when using either the server IP or the domain name. If I attempt to connect using localhost, everything works:
~$ mosquitto_sub -h localhost -t test -p 1883 -u "XX" -P "XX" -d
Client (null) sending CONNECT
Client (null) received CONNACK (0)
Client (null) sending SUBSCRIBE (Mid: 1, Topic: test, QoS: 0, Options: 0x00)
Client (null) received SUBACK
Subscribed (mid: 1): 0
If I attempt to connect with the domain name, I never receive an acknowledgment and the connection is never established:
~$ mosquitto_sub -h domain.com -t test -p 1883 -u "XX" -P "XX" -d
Client (null) sending CONNECT
Client (null) sending CONNECT
Client (null) sending CONNECT
Client (null) sending CONNECT
Client (null) sending CONNECT
Mosquitto seems to be properly bound when running the lsof -i command in the console:
mosquitto 2177304 mosquitto 5u IPv4 10127120 0t0 TCP *:1883 (LISTEN)
mosquitto 2177304 mosquitto 7u IPv4 10127251 0t0 TCP localhost:1883->localhost:47236 (ESTABLISHED)
I would appreciate it if anyone could guide me into what could be the root of my issue. If more information is needed regarding my setup, I will gladly provide it.
Thanks in advance to all!

Mosquitto - EMQX bridge connection name

1) How to determine the Mosquitto bridge connection name.
The snippet written below is from the EMQx documentation (http://emqtt.io/docs/v2/bridge.html#mosquitto-conf)
connection emqttd
address 127.0.0.1:2883
topic sensor/# out 2
the connection name - emqttd is written on what basis?
2) I have a tcp connection open from EMQX on the host 172.22.25.53 and port 2883.
When i try connecting from the same system. It works absolutely fine. But from a different system, I get this error
C:\Program Files\mosquitto>mosquitto.exe -c mosquitto.conf -v
1542182003: mosquitto version 1.5.3 starting
1542182003: Config loaded from mosquitto.conf.
1542182003: Opening ipv6 listen socket on port 1883.
1542182003: Opening ipv4 listen socket on port 1883.
1542182003: Bridge local.AOI146.emq#172.22.25.53 doing local SUBSCRIBE on topic BA/#
1542182003: Connecting bridge emq#172.22.25.53 (172.22.25.53:2883)
1542182003: Bridge AOI146.emq#172.22.25.53 sending CONNECT
1542182003: Error creating bridge: Unknown error.
1542182003: Warning: Unable to connect to bridge emq#172.22.25.53.
My mosquitto.conf file is:
connection emqx
address 172.22.25.53:2883
cleansession false
topic AB/# both 2
The connection name is the value after connection in the configuration file. As described in the bridge section of the mosquitto.conf man page
e.g.
connection foo
Will result in a connection name of foo.
172.22.25.53 is in the reserved range 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255, I'm going to guess you are running emq in a docker container and you are trying to access the container using it's Docker internal IP address. You will need to expose the port on your host machine to be able to access it from a remote machine.

Setting up Mosquitto on home server

I'm struggling with exposing Mosquitto that I setup on my Centos7 homeserver to the outside internet through my router.
Mosquitto runs fine on my localhost and post 1883 on the homeserver. I am able to pub/sub, and it is listening on the port as 127.0.0.1:1883 (tcp)
My home router has a dynamic IP (for now), say 76.43.150.206. On the router I port forwarded 1883 as both internal/external ports to my home server, say 192.168.1.100.
In the mosquitto.conf file, I have one simply line "listener 1883 76.43.150.206".
When I then attempt to pub/sub using a python client on an external computer as mqttc.connect("76.43.150.206", 1883), it says connection refused.
Any hints on what I'm doing wrong or how to get it working? BTW, my understanding of this setup is very basic and I've pretty much been going off blogs.
Here's how it will work:
1.) Setup mosquitto.conf as
listener 1883 0.0.0.0
#cafile <path to ca file>
#certfile <path to server cert>
#keyfile <path to server key>
#require_certificate false
0.0.0.0 binds the server to all interfaces present.
You can uncomment the code to enable TLS for better security. But you'll have to configure the client to use the same as well..
2.) Port forward router's 1883 port number to port 1883 of IP of machine running the broker.
3.) Start the broker and test your client!
You should not put the external address into the mosquitto config file.
You should probably not even have a listen line at all as mosquitto will bind to all available IP addresses on the machine it's running with the default port (1883).
If you really must use the listen directive (e.g. in order to set up SSL) then it should be configured with the internal IP address of the machine running the broker, in this case 192.168.1.100 and with a different port number so it does not clash with the default
listen 1884 192.168.1.100

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