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      MQTT Broker on Orange Pi Zero (Armbian)

      pubsub.slavino.sk / onetransistor · Saturday, 20 March, 2021 - 17:17 edit

    Some time ago I was attempting to install the Mosquitto MQTT broker software on an old router with OpenWrt firmware. I no longer think that is the best option for a self-hosted MQTT broker with the advent of single board computers (SBC) like Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi. To my surprise, the Orange Pi Zero board (with quad core 1 GHz CPU and 256 MB RAM) requires less power to run than an old router (300 MHz single core CPU and 64 MB RAM).

    With sufficient processing capabilities, the SBC can run more than the MQTT broker. I’m thinking of turning this Orange Pi board into a Home Automation Gateway which manages local devices and makes data available in a web interface. There is plenty of software support for what I want (I’m thinking of Node-RED with a web-based dashboard). Another good candidate is Raspberry Pi, but because it does not have wired network port (Zero version), I chose Orange Pi.

    MQTT Broker on Orange Pi Zero (Armbian)

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    Značky: #MQTT, #IoT, #Elektro, #Armbian