mqtt client on beaglebone

Question

Someone has ported o runned some mqtt-client for longterm running on BeagleBone black? I'm in the start phases, and I'm searching for the right,(easiest) way to have some mqtt client on this device.

I'm looking trought 3 way:

1. Starting with Debian on Beaglebone and using std pkg on this distro
2. Porting a cool and stable library like eclipse-paho on angstrom distro
3. Using node.js mqtt client on the default enviroment

Some suggestions?

Thanks!

Answer 1

It's more - far more - than just an MQTT client, but have you seen nodeRed? A visual programming environment for Node.js, designed for 'wiring the Internet of Things'. It runs fine on my BBB, and talks happily to mosquitto running on the same platform.

Answer 2

Eclipse Paho, mosquitto, HiveMQ would all be great ways to run MQTT on a beaglebone. You want something with the smallest footprint, since it's a small device with decent RAM/processing power.

If you're running your Beaglebone on Debian, I really recommend using mosquitto - they have their own Debian repositories, and mosquitto is a really great open source, simple way to implement MQTT. You can find links here or with a simple google search.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-secure-the-mosquitto-mqtt-messaging-broker-on-debian-8

https://mosquitto.org/download/
https://mosquitto.org/2013/01/mosquitto-debian-repository/

Examples: http://docs.gadgetkeeper.com/display/docs/Realtime+temperature+monitoring+with+BeagleBone+Black+and+MQTT+protocol

http://www.microdev.it/wp/en/2017/03/12/mqtt-with-beaglebone-and-esp8266-mosquitto-installation-on-beaglebone/