Mosquitto logs

1. How do you check Mosquitto logs?
2. How do you check a Mosquitto broker?
3. Does Mosquitto store data?

How do you check Mosquitto logs?

If you look in the /var/log/mosquitto folder you will see the mosquitto. log file and zipped archives.

How do you check a Mosquitto broker?

Testing The Install

You should see the Mosquitto broker running on port 1883 as shown in the screen shot above. Another quick test is to try to start it twice in two different command prompts. You should get an error message complaining about the port being in use.

Does Mosquitto store data?

Many IOT platforms, including AWS, Google, and IBM, support MQTT, but most online broker, such as Mosquitto, cannot store incoming messages in databases. Most solutions are that we subscribe to the topic and receive all incoming messages that are coming to the topic and then store the incoming messages in the database.