Mosquitto: 1. Authenticate

This documentation is part of the Automate with the CLI guide. View the full guide here: Start Mosquitto, retrieve its credentials, and change its configuration programmatically with the Stackhero CLI.

👋 Welcome to the Stackhero documentation!

Stackhero gives you a fully managed Mosquitto MQTT cloud environment designed for reliability and flexibility:

• Unlimited message throughput and data transfers, so your workflows never hit artificial limits.
• Unlimited device authentication through your own external API, making onboarding and access management seamless.
• Advanced ACLs for fine-grained control over topics, users, and actions.
• A custom domain name with built-in HTTPS for secure, branded endpoints (for example: https://mqtt.your-company.com).
• Zero-hassle updates: apply improvements or security patches with a single click.
• Consistent performance and strong security, with every instance running on a private, dedicated infrastructure.

Accelerate your IoT projects and reduce operational overhead. You can have a secure, production-ready Mosquitto MQTT cloud hosting instance up and running in just a few minutes.

The easiest way to get started is by logging in through your browser. When you run the login command, the CLI opens a web page where you can approve access. No passwords or 2FA codes are entered into the CLI itself.

stackhero login

After logging in, your credentials are stored locally and will be used automatically by future CLI commands.

For fully automated environments like scripts or CI pipelines, you might prefer a non-interactive access token. You can create one from your dashboard (Account > Access tokens), then export it as an environment variable. The CLI, and any script you run, will pick it up automatically.

export STACKHERO_TOKEN="usr-xxxxxx:your-token"