Prerequisitesīefore starting this tutorial, you will need: In this tutorial, we’ll install Mosquitto, retrieve SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt, and set up our broker to use SSL to secure our password-protected MQTT communications.
Mosquitto is a popular MQTT server (or broker, in MQTT parlance) that has great community support and is easy to install and configure. It is commonly used for geo-tracking fleets of vehicles, home automation, environmental sensor networks, and utility-scale data collection.
In the details tab give your service a name and ensure that the startup type is set to automatic.MQTT is a machine-to-machine messaging protocol, designed to provide lightweight publish/subscribe communication to “Internet of Things” devices. Startup Dir: C:\Program Files (x86)\mosquittoĪrguments: -c "C:\Program Files (x86)\mosquitto\nf" Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\mosquitto\mosquitto.exe Enter in the following making sure to modify the paths for your installation. Run nssm install to bring up the service installation GUI. Open an elevated command window and navigate to the directory containing nssm.exe. This is the exact command that we need to use for our mosquitto service. In my last post I covered how to run mosquitto via a command line using: mosquitto.exe -v -c nf For my case I just dropped it into my mosquitto installation directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\mosquitto I highly recommend placing the nssm.exe in a directory that is easy to get access to. NSSM is command line driven ( ), but has a built in GUI should you prefer it (I sure do). Make sure that you download the nssm 2.24-101-g897c7ad version, and take either the 32-bit or 64-bit version depending on your system. It is available here and was created by Iain Patterson and as far as I can tell is free to use non commercially. I stumbled upon a nifty application called NSSM (or the Non-Sucking Service Manager) while attempting to fix my mosquitto installation, and I am glad I did! This post will cover re-creating this service, and showcase a really amazing application I found to make almost anything into a Windows service. 
Now somewhere during my initial install I managed to break the Mosquitto Broker service that was installed by default, and ended up removing it using an elevated command window and the SC delete NAME command. In my last post I ran over the required steps to get mosquitto up and running on a Windows environment. Menu Running Mosquitto as a Windows Service 08 June 2017 on Mosquitto, MQTT, Tutorial, Windows, Service
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