Mosquitto: Testing with mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub

This documentation is part of the Getting started guide. View the full guide here: How to get started with Mosquitto.

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The mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub CLI tools are excellent for testing MQTT setups. Before using them, ensure that the "Allow clear connections" option is disabled in your Mosquitto configuration on the Stackhero dashboard.

Here is how you can test:

1. Subscribe to all topics using the # wildcard:

   mosquitto_sub -L -d "mqtts://admin:<PASSWORD>@<XXXXXX>.stackhero-network.com:<PORT_TLS>/#"
   

2. Open another terminal to publish a message to a topic:

   mosquitto_pub -L -d "mqtts://admin:<PASSWORD>@<XXXXXX>.stackhero-network.com:<PORT_TLS>/sensor/a" -m "It works"
   

In the first console, you should see the published message along with debug logs enabled by the -d flag.