Gladys MQTT

This module connect Gladys to a MQTT broker, in order to support Owntrack, an open-source (and awesome) location tracker.

Need Gladys version >= 3.0.0.

Documentation

To make this module work in Gladys, you need to :

• First, install the module
• Without rebooting, just set three global parameters in "Param" view in the dashboard :
  • MQTT_URL => The URL of the MQTT broker, for example : "mqtt://xxxx.cloudmqtt.com:19692"
  • MQTT_USERNAME => The username to connect to the MQTT broker
  • MQTT_PASSWORD => The password of the MQTT user
• Reboot Gladys. In the logs you should see "Successfully connected to MQTT : YOUR_SERVER_URL"

This should looks like this :

Set up a MQTT broker

To set up your MQTT broker, you have two options :

• Install your own MQTT on your server or your Raspberry Pi
• Use a third-party MQTT Cloud

To test this module in Gladys, I used CloudMQTT, the service is free up to 10 connections, so that's fine to test.

CloudMQTT

If you want to use CloudMQTT, just create an account, confirm your email, then create an instance.

This should looks like this :

You could now fill this infos in Gladys.

• MQTT_URL = mqtt://xxxx.cloudmqtt.com:PORT
• MQTT_USERNAME = User in info panel
• MQTT_USERNAME = Password in info panel

Owntrack

To play with owntrack to save your location in Gladys, you need to install the iOS or Android app.

In Preferences, go to Connection:

• Mode => "Private MQTT",
• Host =>
  • Host = xxxx.cloudmqtt.com
  • Port = SSL PORT (be careful, that's not the same port as before)
• Identification =>
  • Username => MQTTT username
  • Password => MQTT Password
  • Device ID => "whatever you want, name of your phone for example"
  • Tracker ID => Your UserID in Gladys (very important !), or the UserID you want to track

Then save, and you should see the message "Connected".