If your mosquitto server won't start, run it in the foreground and it'll tell you what line is wrong...
mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf This is a minimalist /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/myconfig.conf file that works on ubuntu #----------------------------------------------------------- ### this is an anonymous listener on the usual port # # listener 1883 # allow_anonymous true # #----------------------------------------------------------- ### this is a simple username/password pair # # remember to make a password file entry for the user # mosquitto_passwd -c /etc/mosquitto/pwfile myuser # (and enter the mosquitto password for that user twice) # # to subscribe - remember to provide the user and pass you created # ala: # mosquitto_sub -t mytopic -h myaddress -u myuser -P mypass # listener 1883 allow_anonymous false password_file /etc/mosquitto/pwfile # #----------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1417bdbe-4e1b-4452-916c-2aaa8668bcf0n%40googlegroups.com.