Hi and welcome back to the MQTT series, where we’ll go from the protocol basics, to real-world implementations of different use cases, using different brokers and clients. In this article we’ll see how to setup secure a Mosquitto MQTT Broker with TLS and Access Control.
In the previous article we’ve covered the protocol basics, saw how it compares to HTTP and why it is so relevant for IoT.
Today we’ll explore one of most used brokers: Eclispe Mosquitto. We’ll discuss the role of a broker in a MQTT-based architecture and while covering some advantages and disadvantages of Mosquitto, which should help you understand if this is the suitable broker for your use case.