How to install MQTT Broker | Steps to install MQTT broker by abhishek

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Install Mosquitto Broker

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mosquitto

Install the Clients and Test

sudo apt-get install mosquitto-clients

Secure with a Password

sudo mosquitto_passwd -c /etc/mosquitto/passwd mqtt_user_name

Password: mqtt_password

Create a configuration file for Mosquitto pointing to the password file we have just created.

sudo nano /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/default.conf

allow_anonymous false

password_file /etc/mosquitto/passwd

Final

sudo stop mosquitto

sudo systemctl restart mosquitto

 Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mosquitto-dev/mosquitto-ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mosquitto