Mosquitto: Mosquitto is not starting on boot

[FernandoGarcia]

Hi!

I'm using Ubuntu and Mosquitto 1.4.10 and can't make the Mosquitto start on boot.

I can see it working when type "mosquitto" on terminal.

But it doesn't work after the reboot.

I did some attempts, the first was:

root@MQTT-Server:~# sudo service mosquitto start
Failed to start mosquitto.service: Unit mosquitto.service not found.

root@MQTT-Server:~# sudo /etc/init.d/mosquitto start
sudo: /etc/init.d/mosquitto: command not found

So I have created a cron tab according to this tutorial like this:

/etc/systemd/system/mosquitto.service

[Unit]
Description=Mosquitto MQTT Broker daemon
ConditionPathExists=/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service]

Type=forking
RemainAfterExit=no
StartLimitInterval=0
PIDFile=/var/run/mosquitto.pid
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf -d
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=2

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then:

root@MQTT-Server:~# systemctl daemon-reload

The results are:

root@MQTT-Server:~# sudo service mosquitto start
Job for mosquitto.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status mosquitto.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

root@MQTT-Server:~# systemctl status mosquitto.service
mosquitto.service - Mosquitto MQTT Broker daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/mosquitto.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2016-11-08 19:35:21 UTC; 1s ago
Process: 2429 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf -d (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

Nov 08 19:35:21 MQTT-Server systemd[1]: mosquitto.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=203
Nov 08 19:35:21 MQTT-Server systemd[1]: Failed to start Mosquitto MQTT Broker daemon.
Nov 08 19:35:21 MQTT-Server systemd[1]: mosquitto.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 08 19:35:21 MQTT-Server systemd[1]: mosquitto.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

So no luck, any suggestion to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance!

[FernandoGarcia]

The solution is:

sudo update-rc.d mosquitto remove

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mosquitto.service

Paste and save this script

[Unit]
Description=Mosquitto MQTT Broker
Documentation=man:mosquitto(8)
Documentation=man:mosquitto.conf(5)
ConditionPathExists=/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
After=xdk-daemon.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
User=mosquitto
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable mosquitto.service
sudo reboot

check if mosquitto is running

sudo mosquitto -v

[Lennyz1988]

I used the above config you wrote FernandoGarcia. I also applied all the commands but I am getting this error message. Anyone can help me?

mosquitto.service - Mosquitto MQTT Broker Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/mosquitto.service; enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2016-12-02 12:05:28 UTC; 9s ago Docs: man:mosquitto(8) man:mosquitto.conf(5) Process: 512 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) Main PID: 512 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

[FernandoGarcia]

This commands worked to me with Ubuntu 16.10.

What's the version of your OS @Lennyz1988?

[electrocoder]

FernandoGarcia thanks. mosquitto reboot problem is solved. now problem "protocol websockets" not working.

[Lennyz1988]

I am running a version based on Debian 8. It's an ARM device from C.H.I.P.. I tried various scripts for autostarting Mosquitto, but I cannot get it to work.

[FernandoGarcia]

@electrocoder Are you following Shane's tutorial on Youtube?

[FernandoGarcia]

@Lennyz1988 I don't know this OS but for Ubuntu 14.04 it worked to me:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/DaveThw/4396124291bb4f92b427

[Lennyz1988]

@FernandoGarcia

Still thanks for the help. After many hours I finally got it to work. The paths were different for me and I tried to run it as a daemon.

[Unit]
Description=Mosquitto MQTT Broker daemon
ConditionPathExists=/etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
Requires=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target 

[electrocoder]

@FernandoGarcia now working websockets.
My os ;
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

now https not running. "load unssafe script" error.
it's link iot mqtt

[FernandoGarcia]

Look for this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3F7auYZqPY

I have it working with websockets

[mesebilisim]

@FernandoGarcia
I watched. The problem has not been solved

[FernandoGarcia]

Which problem @mesebilisim ?

[electrocoder]

Websocket SSL problem. Load ca.crt and more certifika and keys but ssl problem on google chrome