# Gladys and external MQTT broker **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration\ **Created:** [February 27, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741 "2024-02-27T16:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/1 "2024-02-27T16:54:41Z")
Hello I’m reinstalling Gladys once again.. I have an external MQTT broker and when I try to connect Gladys to it, it doesn’t work… the only solution is to use a container in Gladys, which works, but if I want to return to my original setup, it’s impossible. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![ProtZ](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/protz/32/1641_2.png) [@ProtZ](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/ProtZ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/2 "2024-02-27T17:28:02Z")
Hello, Could you maybe give a bit of detail: - Which external broker? - How is it installed? - Is it on the same network as Gladys? - Can you connect to it via an app like MQTTBox or another? As an example: I use a Mosquitto installed via Docker and accessible via IP on my internal network or via an authenticated mqtts URL for external access. ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/3 "2024-02-27T18:07:42Z")
yes, I’m on the same network, and I can connect to the broker with a client (user aldi, with MQTT Explorer or from the command line, auchan ) it’s a perfectly normal Mosquitto broker, I’d say. I’m using a Raspberry Pi and the distribution is DietPi, so it was installed using the menus in the broker’s logs you can see that it doesn’t even try ```auto Feb 27 14:32:56 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709044376: New client connected from 10.8.0.2:37682 as mqtt-explorer-a8b51e9f (p2, c1, k60, u'aldi'). Feb 27 15:02:56 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709046176: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. Feb 27 15:04:52 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709046292: New connection from ::1:39908 on port 1883. Feb 27 15:04:52 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709046292: New client connected from ::1:39908 as auto-E16CFA39-A5B7-7115-BE34-3929FAC7C5F9 (p2, c1, k60, u'auchan'). Feb 27 15:04:52 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709046292: Client auto-E16CFA39-A5B7-7115-BE34-3929FAC7C5F9 disconnected. Feb 27 15:32:57 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709047977: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. Feb 27 16:02:58 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709049778: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. Feb 27 16:32:59 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709051579: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. Feb 27 17:03:00 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709053380: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. Bonjour Protz Feb 27 17:33:01 jakku mosquitto[11748]: 1709055181: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. ``` I’ve done numerous tests between 2:30 PM and now Olivier ---
**Author:** ![Terdious](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/terdious/32/6316_2.png) [@Terdious](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Terdious)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/4 "2024-02-28T20:24:11Z")
Hi @bong101, That’s strange, I’ve been using this configuration (mosquitto installed on another Pi) for years and have never had any issues. How did you configure it in Gladys? ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/5 "2024-03-01T08:48:14Z")
Like this: ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/5/550d9dc311ceef314ab6e485663cce249e8327e0.png) Name resolution works correctly from the Gladys server ```auto root@raspberrypi:~# ping jakku.openwarp.lan PING jakku.openwarp.lan (10.16.5.20) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from jakku.openwarp.lan (10.16.5.20): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.542 ms ``` Port 1883 is open ```auto root@raspberrypi:~# openssl s_client -connect jakku.openwarp.lan:1883 CONNECTED(00000003) write:errno=104 --- no peer certificate available --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 324 bytes Verification: OK --- New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE) Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE No ALPN negotiated Early data was not sent Verify return code: 0 (ok) ``` In the Gladys logs, well, nothing… > 2024-03-01T09:30:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:30:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:30:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:30:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:31:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:31:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:31:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:31:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:31:18+0100 lan-manager.scan.js:19 (LANManager.scan) LANManager starts scanning devices… > 2024-03-01T09:31:32+0100 lan-manager.scan.js:66 (NmapScan.onSuccess) LANManager discovers 8 devices > 2024-03-01T09:31:32+0100 lan-manager.stop.js:12 (LANManager.stop) LANManager stops scanning devices > 2024-03-01T09:32:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:32:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:32:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:32:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:33:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:33:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:33:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:33:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:33:18+0100 lan-manager.scan.js:19 (LANManager.scan) LANManager starts scanning devices… > 2024-03-01T09:33:32+0100 lan-manager.scan.js:66 (NmapScan.onSuccess) LANManager discovers 8 devices > 2024-03-01T09:33:32+0100 lan-manager.stop.js:12 (LANManager.stop) LANManager stops scanning devices > 2024-03-01T09:34:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:34:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:34:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:34:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:35:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:35:00 GMT > 2024-03-01T09:35:00+0100 scene.checkCalendarTriggers.js:25 (SceneManager.checkCalendarTriggers) Checking calendar triggers at Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:35:00 GMT I made at least 5 attempts between 9:30 and 9:35 and in the Mosquitto logs, no connection attempts ```auto Mar 01 08:58:30 jakku mosquitto[465]: 1709279910: New connection from 10.8.0.2:55308 on port 1883. Mar 01 08:58:30 jakku mosquitto[465]: 1709279910: New client connected from 10.8.0.2:55308 as mqtt-explorer-a8b51e9f (p2, c1, k60, u'aldi'). Mar 01 09:10:58 jakku mosquitto[465]: 1709280658: Client mqtt-explorer-a8b51e9f disconnected. Mar 01 09:11:20 jakku mosquitto[465]: 1709280680: New connection from 10.8.0.2:34648 on port 1883. Mar 01 09:11:20 jakku mosquitto[465]: 1709280680: New client connected from 10.8.0.2:34648 as mqtt-explorer-a8b51e9f (p2, c1, k60, u'aldi'). Mar 01 09:18:41 jakku mosquitto[465]: 1709281121: Saving in-memory database to /var/lib/mosquitto//mosquitto.db. root@jakku:~# ``` no trace of a connection from 10.16… but I am connected via my VPN ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6b42822bd720f8601aa680794816bf0e6fd98fe8.png) I think it’s more a bug, because in the configuration screen, when I go back to Integrations/MQTT/Configuration, the toggle gets stuck on ON for « Broker in a Docker container/Use a broker in a Docker container. » Am I the only one experiencing this? Thanks Olivier ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/6 "2024-03-01T13:20:57Z")
I should mention that this malfunction occurs on - a Raspberry Pi 3, Raspberry Pi OS - a Raspberry Pi 4, DietPi - a Nano R4S, DietPi ---
**Author:** ![ProtZ](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/protz/32/1641_2.png) [@ProtZ](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/ProtZ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/7 "2024-03-01T15:28:20Z")
How strange … you can try with : - mqtt://jakku.openwarp.lan (without the port) - mqtt://j10.16.5.20 - mqtt://j10.16.5.20:1883 ? ---
**Author:** ![GBoulvin](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/gboulvin/32/10006_2.png) [@GBoulvin](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/GBoulvin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/8 "2024-03-01T20:47:13Z")
> [@ProtZ](#): > > mqtt://j10.16.5.20 Without the ‹ j ›, I suppose 😇 By any chance, any autocomplete issue on your Gladys configuration page? ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/9 "2024-03-05T10:56:08Z")
I’ve tried everything!! No disrespect to the people who want to help, I’m an IT specialist, and I install and configure applications, etc., but I’m not immune to making a mistake What would be great would be for someone to kindly test a Raspberry Pi, an installation of an MQTT broker, and off we go!!! Thanks again!! Olivier ---
**Author:** ![Terdious](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/terdious/32/6316_2.png) [@Terdious](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/Terdious)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/10 "2024-03-05T12:06:07Z")
Hi @bong101, As mentioned above, I have exactly this setup, my mosquitto broker is 12.5.0.100, my Gladys and most of my devices are on 12.5.0.xxx and some devices on 12.1.0.xxx and I have no issues by specifying the broker address in Gladys `mqtt://12.5.0.100:1883`. As suggested above, are you sure your browser is not auto-filling the fields? (Really to rule out that possibility) Because usually fields that appear in yellow like in your photo are autocompleted: > [@bong101](#): > > ![image](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/5/550d9dc311ceef314ab6e485663cce249e8327e0.png) And from other conversations on the forum, some browsers would replace the password when clicking Save, from what I understood. ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/11 "2024-03-05T12:57:53Z")
Does it matter whether the browser replaces the yellow fields or not? In the sense that on the broker I don’t see the connection attempt arriving, and it doesn’t seem to occur in Gladys either. @Terdious, which version of Gladys have you been running like this since? @all has anyone tested on a recent version of Gladys? Olivier ---
**Author:** ![cicoub13](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/cicoub13/32/4482_2.png) [@cicoub13](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/cicoub13)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/12 "2024-03-05T13:05:47Z")
Can you try to contact your MQTT server from the Gladys docker (and not from the host Raspberry Pi)? Maybe the domain name `jakku.openwarp.lan` is not known to Gladys 🤔 `docker exec -it gladys /bin/sh` `ping jakku.openwarp.lan` `openssl s_client -connect jakku.openwarp.lan:1883` ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/13 "2024-03-05T13:10:21Z")
ah, interesting, I’ll test it as soon as I get home !! ---
**Author:** ![cce66](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@cce66](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/cce66)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/14 "2024-03-05T13:50:07Z")
Hello @bong101, There is already a discussion about Docker Node-RED where when you put « localhost » in the « mqtt in » node it doesn’t work; you had to put the IP (DNS resolution doesn’t happen outside the container). So in your case put « mqtt:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1883 » — all the x’s = the IP of your MQTT broker, that should work ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/15 "2024-03-09T18:53:56Z")
re, > [@cicoub13](#): > > openssl s\_client -connect jakku.openwarp.lan:1883 ```auto root@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo su - root@raspberrypi:~# docker exec -it gladys /bin/sh /src/server # ping jakku.openwarp.lan PING jakku.openwarp.lan (10.16.5.20): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.16.5.20: seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.287 ms ^C --- jakku.openwarp.lan ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.610/0.760/1.287 ms /src/server # openssl s_client -connect jakku.openwarp.lan:1883 CONNECTED(00000003) write:errno=104 --- no peer certificate available --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 320 bytes Verification: OK --- New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE) This TLS version forbids renegotiation. No ALPN negotiated Early data was not sent Verify return code: 0 (ok) --- /src/server # ``` This is a bug, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![cicoub13](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/cicoub13/32/4482_2.png) [@cicoub13](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/cicoub13)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/16 "2024-03-09T19:48:37Z")
Thanks for checking. Actually, it works for several people (myself included) and it doesn’t work for you. So it could be a bug, but we need to find a lead or a way to reproduce it; otherwise we won’t be able to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![McFlyPartages](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/mcflypartages/32/15670_2.png) [@McFlyPartages](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/McFlyPartages)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/17 "2024-03-14T15:05:20Z")
Hello everyone, I have the same problem with Gladys installed in Docker on a Proxmox VM. I’m testing Gladys. I’m trying to connect to the Mosquitto Broker of my Home Assistant. The connection works fine via MQTT Explorer. I’m attaching a GIF; the toggle automatically switches to a Docker container. ![gladys mqttbroquer](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c8fef475da5c08f2462e4a923b6c2d8e13792580.gif) Thank you in advance Gladys version 4.38 PS: If you prefer that I open another thread, I can do so. ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/18 "2024-03-14T15:18:47Z")
Ah,welcome @McFlyPartages !!! and thank you, I feel less alone ---
**Author:** ![McFlyPartages](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/mcflypartages/32/15670_2.png) [@McFlyPartages](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/McFlyPartages)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/19 "2024-03-14T15:23:35Z")
Does the toggle switch back by itself when saving the settings, like it does for me? ---
**Author:** ![bong101](https://gladys-assistant-community.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.gladysassistant.com/bong101/32/9808_2.png) [@bong101](https://community.gladysassistant.com/u/bong101)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741/20 "2024-03-14T15:23:57Z")
yes!!! as if we didn’t have a choice [Next page](https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/gladys-et-broker-mqtt-externe/8741.md?page=2)