Mosquitto Auth Plugin - Rust

We can easily configure the MySQL Mosquitto-auth plugin. It is open source dynamic security plugin. Developed with rust programming language.

1. Install the Mosquitto (MQTT) to Server Install the mosquitto from Ubuntu’s software repository.

Update the package information

sudo apt update

1. Install the mosquitto package.

sudo apt install -y mosquitto

1. Stop the mosquitto service

sudo systemctl stop mosquitto

1. Download mosquitto-auth.so file (Download)

2. Edit mosquitto.conf file
   

sudo vi /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf

1. And add the following entries to the mosquitto.conf file.

plugin /path/to/mosquitto_auth.so
#listener 1883

Configure MySQL Database and Tables

Download the mosquitto.sql file and import it to your MySQL by PHPMyAdmin. Then create a .env file and add database credentials.

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=mosquitto
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD="Pass"

Move .env file to /

mv /path/to/.env /.env

Start the mosquitto server

sudo systemctl start mosquitto

Now it is ready to check username with password and permission.