zenith hearth
Hey all, I'm trying to get the MMM-HomeAssistant module for MagicMirror2 working, but I'm having considerable trouble wrapping my head around the basics of MQTT in HA.
Does HA provide an MQTT broker, or am I expected to supply my own? I installed the MQTT integration as best as I could, but the port 1883 remains closed on my HA instance.
Some leg up figuring out the basicw would be greatly appreciated.
It would appear my client can't connect to the mqtt broker, becasue it needs an user and a password. How do I get those?
mortal mason
You added just the standard 'MQTT' integration right? Have you added an entry yet? (this connects to your broker)
Something like this??
zenith hearth
I have installed the mosquitto addon, and I have an entry under the MQTT integration, yes.
normal rune
the addon provides the broker. the integration connects to it
zenith hearth
So there should be a broker running now. So far, so good. Now I need to get my client to be able to connect to it. That apparently requires credentials. Where would I find those?
mortal mason
inside the configuration for your addon is where you can add 'logins' for an option with username and password
the 'network' further down is where you can modify ports
normal rune
by default the broker uses HA users to authenticate
i have a dedicated user on HA that i use to log into it
mortal mason
i have a dedicated user on HA that i use to log into it
I did this too
zenith hearth
So if I create a ha user (not person) and use those credentials, It should work? Let me test that real quick...
Ok, device logs say it's talking to the broker. Now, about that auto-discovery, how is that supposed to work? Device pushes to homeassistant/...stuff and I should get a popup in my integrations tab that a new device has been discovered?
normal rune
if the data being pushed to the broker includes the home assistant autodiscovery payload and you have the integration connected to the broker then stuff just magically appears
mortal mason
Are you sure the mmm module uses auto-discovery?
normal rune
in the mqtt integration under the broker select devices and see if they have appeared
zenith hearth
Wait, now it popped up.
mortal mason
In your mqtt integration click on configure -> configure mqtt options
is discovery enabled?
zenith hearth
Seems to have taken a few minutes to realize it had a baby...
mortal mason
It be like that sometimes
zenith hearth
So long as it eventually works, I'm fine with that.
normal rune
yeah its usually pretty quick with new devices once its settled, but sometimes when its just getting going it might be a bit confused at points
its been very "set and forget" for me tbh
zenith hearth
It WAS the first ever device, so I'm prepared to cut it some slack.
Anyways, thanks for your kind help getting me off the ground, I think I should be able to take it from here.
normal rune
awesome, good luck with it!
zenith hearth
MQTT isn't rocket science after all, just figuring out how THAT dev integrated it in his or her very own way can often be a little challenging.
