Mosca     

About

Mosca is a node.js mqtt broker, which can be used:

• Standalone
• Embedded in another Node.js application

Features

• MQTT 3.1 and 3.1.1 compliant.
• QoS 0 and QoS 1.
• Various storage options for QoS 1 offline packets, and subscriptions.
• Usable inside ANY other Node.js app.
• version 2.0.0+ targets node v6, v4 and v0.12
• version 1.0.0+ targets node v6, v5, v4 and v0.12, with partial support for node v0.10.

Quickstart

Standalone

npm install mosca pino -g
mosca -v | pino

Embedded

npm install mosca --save

Show me some code:

var mosca = require('mosca');
 
var ascoltatore = {
  //using ascoltatore
  type: 'mongo',
  url: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/mqtt',
  pubsubCollection: 'ascoltatori',
  mongo: {}
};
 
var settings = {
  port: 1883,
  backend: ascoltatore
};
 
var server = new mosca.Server(settings);
 
server.on('clientConnected', function(client) {
    console.log('client connected', client.id);
});
 
// fired when a message is received
server.on('published', function(packet, client) {
  console.log('Published', packet.payload);
});
 
server.on('ready', setup);
 
// fired when the mqtt server is ready
function setup() {
  console.log('Mosca server is up and running');
}

All the info to get you started is gathered in this wiki page

Also there is an example using Redis

How to's/Tutorials

All to be found on our repository wiki section.

OR

read the dox generated documentation.

Learn more

See the slides of my talk "MQTT and Node.js - Messaging in the Internet of Things".

You can find a test version of mosca at test.mosca.io. You can use ws://test.mosca.io/ to connect to the WebSocket tunnel. This is powered by the docker image.

If you find Mosca useful, consider supporting the project by buying a support package from me by writing an email to hello@matteocollina.com.

Check out our showcase wiki page! Feel free to add yourself! :)

Security Issues

Mosca sits between your system and the devices: this is a tough role, and we did our best to secure your systems. However, you might find a security issue: in that case, email @mcollina at hello@matteocollina.com.

Feedback

Use the issue tracker for bugs. Tweet us for any idea that can improve the project. Chat with us on Mosca's room on Gitter.

Links

• GIT Repository
• Mosca Documentation
• Ascoltatori
• MQTT protocol
• MQTT.js

Authors

Matteo Collina

Logo

Sam Beck

LICENSE - "MIT License"

Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Matteo Collina, http://matteocollina.com

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