Unable to Start Mosquitto MQTT Broker Package

[GitHubDelphi]

Package Name: Mosquitto
Package Version: 1.4.9.5

NAS Model: DS1815+
DSM version: DSM 6.0.2-8451 Update 7

Mosquitto package status is "Stopped", even after I try to "Run" the package.
I am looking for MQTT WebSockets protocol support.
I will use the Paho JavaScript Client.

My mosquitto.conf looks like:

listener 1883
listener 9001

protocol websockets

Any help appreciated.

[GitHubDelphi]

I have tried also with the following conf file, without a blank line between listener and protocol.

My mosquitto.conf looks like:

listener 1883
listener 9001
protocol websockets

Do I perhaps need to run under a specific user? If so, how should this user be set up?

[GitHubDelphi]

May I please request a fix for the Mosquitto package; there is a bug that the service does not start.
Without the fix the package does not work.

Thank you.

[Dr-Bean]

See #2216.

[GitHubDelphi]

I do appreciate your trying to help. However, #2216 just does not help me solve problem I am facing.

I would appreciate if you could please describe exactly what needs to be done to make the Mosquitto package start.

Thank you.

[Dr-Bean]

There is no fix as of right now...this is a very open issue, very much in progress. Subscribe to #2216 to keep informed.

[GitHubDelphi]

Ok, thanks for your feedback.

[EddyBin]

Is there already an solution ?

I found a workaround but not sure if this would work. Can someone with a little more experience test this
As root you can start it from console with:
sudo su mosquitto -s /bin/sh -

-c "PATH=/usr/local/mosquitto/bin:${PATH} /usr/local/mosquitto/sbin/mosquitto -d -c /usr/local/mosquitto/var/mosquitto.conf" <- that's one command, no line breaks

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/32220873-dsm-6-0-released-report-success-issues-with-packages-here

[GitHubDelphi]

@EddyBin your link is broken

[EddyBin]

The correct link

The actual item is approximately 25% of the long list by tedstriker

tedstriker commented on this issue 9 months ago.

@ernorv unfortunately this doesn't work with the current DSM 6.0 version.
As root you can start it from console with:
sudo su mosquitto -s /bin/sh -c "PATH=/usr/local/mosquitto/bin:${PATH} /usr/local/mosquitto/sbin/mosquitto -d -c /usr/local/mosquitto/var/mosquitto.conf" <- that's one command, no line breaks.

[EddyBin]

Will the issue be solved with the update to dsm 6.1 ?

[edsenabr]

Hi, I had the same issue. In order to solve it, I had to add, via Web UI, the user "mosquitto", and edit the start-stop script (/var/packages/mosquitto/scripts/start-stop-status) to keep it from execute mosquitto inside of su session.

If you login as mosquitto and try to execute the bin directly (/usr/local/mosquitto/sbin/mosquitto), you'll notice that it starts fine ONLY if you don't add the -d flag. If you try to run it as a daemon, under the mosquitto user, the process will silently exit, w/o any kind of extra information.

If you login as root and execute it with the daemon flag, it runs w/o any issue. So, in addition to that, I changed the config file (/usr/local/mosquitto/var/mosquitto.conf) to add the option "user mosquitto", so it would automatically drop its privileges, to avoid running it as root.

After that, I was able to start/stop it using the web UI:

Best Regards,
Ed.

[robmarkcole]

Also having this issue, DSM 6.1.1-15101 Update 2 on DS216+II

[ymartin59]

In progress #3025 #3028 #3022

[ymartin59]

Update has been published. Please create new specific issue to report any trouble