Re: log_mqtt I now see that it is set, but see no extra logging in your snippet. I'll have to look into why not. Thanks for letting me know.
Re: certs They give me a headache! This is all I have in my config.... ``` [[[tls]]] tls_version = tls ``` I'm a bit swamped right now, but I'll try to find some time to dig through my notes and the code. And someday hopefully add some more info to the docs. rich On Monday, 16 February 2026 at 13:18:16 UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Ah yes, thank you, this is getting me closer! > > I missed the part for mosquitto_pub where it says:"if the -p 8883 option > is used then the OS provided certificates will be loaded and neither > --cafile or --capath are needed." > > log_mqtt is already set to true (and it's the default) it doesn't seem to > give more information that is in the log, but thank you for the tip none > the less. > > Now I need to figure out how to get Certificate Authority certificate > files onto my RPi or point mqttpublish to the OS provided ertifiace to see > if that will work too. > If i've understood correctly certbot needs the RPi to be exposed to the > internet which is what i don't want to do. > > Any tips on how to accomplish this? > > Thank you!! > > Roy > > > Op maandag 16 februari 2026 om 19:02:04 UTC+1 schreef [email protected]: > > A couple of things to look into. > > > You are using port 8883. This is usually an encrypted connection, but I > don’t see any tls configuration, > https://weewx-mqtt.github.io/publish/common-options/tls.html, for > weewx-mqtt/publish. (Note, I believe that mosquittio_pub can use the system > cert, so no additional configuration would be needed for it. But I am not > certain.) > > > You could try setting log_mqtt = true, > https://weewx-mqtt.github.io/publish/common-options/#log_mqtt. This will > enable logging at the “mqtt level”. It might provide some additional > information. > > > On Monday, 16 February 2026 at 12:18:45 UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > I'm having troubles getting weewx mqtt to publish to my remote HiveMQ > cloud broker from the RPi weewx is running on, when I test with > mosquitto_pub it does work correctly. > I'm using mqttpublish from https://github.com/weewx-mqtt/publish > > The goal is to publish the data from weewx to the remote HiveMQ broker and > then subscribe to the HiveMQ broker from my website running externally > which is why I decided to publish to a remote broker so the website doesn't > have to subscribe to a broker inside my local home network. > > does anybody have an insight to what I'm doing wrong? > > These are the related sofware versions: > weewxd version 5.2.0 > Python 3.13.5 > paho-mqtt 2.1.0 > > *I've replaced the username and password with something generic in the > information below. > > part of the debug log: > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: native id > in 'main' init 189873 > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: sanitized > configuration removed ['password'] > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: > sanitized_service_dict is {'keepalive': '60', 'enable': 'true', 'log_mqtt': > 'true', 'host': '72faee6f34dd47e8b26860352d1801f6.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud', > 'topics': {'weer': {'type': 'individual', 'retain': 'true', 'unit_system': > 'METRIC'}}, 'username': 'username', 'binding': 'loop', 'port': '8883'} > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: Loop topics: > {'weer': {'qos': 0, 'retain': True, 'type': 'individual', 'unit_system': > 16, 'guarantee_delivery': False, 'ignore': False, 'append_unit_label': > True, 'conversion_type': 'string', 'format': '%s', 'fields': {}, > 'aggregates': {}}} > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: Archive > topics: {} > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: native id > in init 189873 > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: INFO user.mqttpublish: starting > thread > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: Thread-2 > 547775377760 > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: INFO user.mqttpublish: joining thread > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: native id > in run 189878 > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: INFO user.mqttpublish: joined thread > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: INFO user.mqttpublish: started thread > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading > service user.mqttpublish.PublishWeeWX > feb 16 17:07:16 weewx weewxd[189873]: ERROR user.mqttpublish: Disconnected > with result code 128 > feb 16 17:07:17 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: waiting > feb 16 17:07:22 weewx weewxd[189873]: DEBUG user.mqttpublish: waiting > > > When I test from the commandline with this mosquitto command the message > doe correctly arrive at the broker: > mosquitto_pub -h 72faee6f34dd47e8b26860352d1801f6.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud -p > 8883 -t "weer" -m "Hello from RPI" -u "username" -P "password" > > > This is the related part from weewx.conf: > [MQTTPublish] > enable = true > log_mqtt = true > # The MQTT server. > # Default is localhost. > host = 72faee6f34dd47e8b26860352d1801f6.s1.eu.hivemq.cloud > # The port to connect to. > # Default is 1883. > port = 8883 > # Maximum period in seconds allowed between communications with the broker. > # Default is 60. > keepalive = 60 > # username for broker authentication. > # Default is None. > username = username > # password for broker authentication. > # Default is None. > password = password > # The binding, loop or archive. > # Default is: loop > binding = loop > [[topics]] > [[[weer]]] > type = individual > retain = true > unit_system = METRIC > > Thank you very much, > > Roy > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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