I think the first configuration, with the local mqtt broker isn’t going to work because mqtt_websockets_host is set to localhost, which will only resolve to the weewx/mqtt server when the web browser is running on that server. You need to set something here that will resolve to the weewx/mqtt server from any client that you want to get realtime updates.
Not sure why the second config, with the cloud mqtt broker, isn’t working. Are you sure the mqtt broker is configured for SSL on port 8883? You might put “log_success = true” in the weewx [[MQTT]] config and see if the log messages tell you anything useful. Or forget about the cloud server and go back to getting the first config working. You need a DNS name that will resolve to your firewall and get port-forwarded (for port 8083) to the weewx/mqtt server, for mqtt_websockets_host. That should enable external access. And, if your firewall will do hairpinning, it should work internally as well. It may take some magic with forwarding/masquerading rules on the firewall to get hairpinning to work. (The alternative for internal access is to have an internal DNS server that resolves that hostname directly to the internal IP of the weewx/mqtt server for clients on the internal network.) -Les > On 23 Jul 2021, at 21:05, Matt Johnson <mattjohnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been trouble shooting getting the Belchertown skin MQTT Websocket real > time updates to work on my site shakerweather.com for a lot of this week. > > I have WeeWx installed on a dedicated thin client on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and > have Mosquitto and NGINX installed on the same machine. Running bare metal, > no docker or VMs here. > > External access to WeeWx website is handled via NGINX reverse proxy manager > with SSL certs on a different server via docker. Requests to > shakerweather.com are sent to the proxy server and then to the WeeWx machine. > > With this setup, the site is served up fine internally and externally with > the updates at archive intervals every 5 minutes. > > I know that the weewx-mqtt extension is installed correctly as I have been > able to test it locally and get the websocket updates to work perfectly with > the following configs: > > weewx.conf > [[MQTT]] > server_url = mqtt://user:pw@localhost:8883/ > topic = weather > unit_system = US > binding = archive, loop > aggregation = aggregate > > skin.conf > # MQTT Websockets defaults > mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1 > mqtt_websockets_host = "localhost" > mqtt_websockets_port = 8083 > mqtt_websockets_ssl = 0 > mqtt_websockets_topic = "weather/loop" > disconnect_live_website_visitor = 1800000 > > I am only able to see the the real time updates on the local machine only > with WeeWx and Mosquitto. If I try to access it by IP address elsewhere on my > LAN on other clients it does not connect and eventually fails. No luck > externally either - despite my NGINX Reverse Proxy Manger handling serving > the page and SSL certs the websocket real time updates don't pass through. > That was my original thought of how it would work. > > After much trial and error, and reading every thread imaginable on this along > with many messages and some correspondence with Pat O'Brien I decided to go > ahead and setup a Digital Ocean Ubuntu VM and install Mosquito there to serve > as a cloud broker. I followed Pat's instructions exactly as he outlines in > setting up the cloud broker: > https://obrienlabs.net/how-to-setup-your-own-mqtt-broker/ > <https://obrienlabs.net/how-to-setup-your-own-mqtt-broker/> > > I have the cloud MQTT broker installed correctly at Digital Ocean with Let's > Encrypt, and ran tests on it. Messages can be sent when authenticated, ports > are open, etc. However, I can get no further with the websockets real time > updates than "Connected. Waiting for data". If I reboot the cloud MQTT broker > I immediately get a disconnected message on the website so it does appear to > be connecting and waiting for data. Somehow the data is simply not > transferring from my WeeWx client to the cloud MQTT broker at Digital Ocean. > The other weird thing is if I try to access shakerweather.com or the website > by local IP address on the machine that hosts WeeWx I always get a failed > message, won't even connect to the server. However, any other client on my > LAN and external on WAN does not have this issue. > > Here are my current configs: > > weewx.conf > [[MQTT]] > server_url = mqtt://user:p...@mqtt.beldenserver.com:8883/ > topic = weather > unit_system = US > binding = archive, loop > aggregation = aggregate > [[[tls]]] > tls_version = tlsv1 > ca_certs = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt > > skin.conf > # MQTT Websockets defaults > mqtt_websockets_enabled = 1 > mqtt_websockets_host = "mqtt.beldenserver.com" > mqtt_websockets_port = 8083 > mqtt_websockets_ssl = 1 > mqtt_websockets_topic = "weather/loop" > disconnect_live_website_visitor = 1800000 > > At this point, I have spent 20+ hours on this and hoping someone here can > point me in the right direction, it seems data is just not feeding the MQTT > topic. I'm fine with using Digital Ocean as a cloud MQTT server just to get > it up and running. 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