Setting up MQTT for Home Assistant integration

[tttvadim]

Hello, the mqtt setting in the frigate configuration does not affect the connection. I don't see any errors, and there is no information in the frigate or mosquitto logs. Three containers are running on a QNAP NAS.



Mosquitto logs only show Home Assistant

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

Based on your configuration, I can see that MQTT is enabled in your Frigate config with enabled: true, but Frigate doesn't appear to be connecting to your Mosquitto broker(1).

The issue is likely related to network connectivity between your Frigate container and the Mosquitto broker. Since you're running containers on a QNAP NAS, you need to ensure Frigate can reach the MQTT broker at 192.168.1.150:1883(1).

Here are the key configuration requirements for MQTT in Frigate(1):

mqtt:
  enabled: True
  host: mqtt.server.com
  port: 1883
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate
  user: mqtt_user
  password: password

(1)

For the Home Assistant integration to function properly, MQTT must be enabled in your Frigate configuration file and Frigate must be connected to the same MQTT server as Home Assistant(2). The Frigate integration requires the mqtt integration to be installed and manually configured first(2).

Troubleshooting steps:

1. Verify network connectivity from the Frigate container to 192.168.1.150:1883
2. Check that your Mosquitto broker allows connections from the Frigate container's IP address
3. Verify the MQTT credentials (homeassistant user with password mqtt) are correct and have appropriate permissions
4. Ensure your topic_prefix and client_id are set correctly - these must be unique if you're running multiple Frigate instances(1)(3)
5. Review Frigate startup logs for any MQTT connection errors

If you're running Frigate as a standard Docker container (not as a Home Assistant Add-on), the integration URL should be http://192.168.68.106:5000 or similar, pointing to your Frigate instance(2)(4).

📚 Sources:

1. Full Reference Config
2. Home Assistant Integration
3. Media browser seems confused when using more than one Frigate source
4. [Config Support] Home Assistant integration cannot connect to Frigate API (Failed to connect)

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[tttvadim]

Frigate has been added to the integration, server information and camera feeds are working, but other sensors are unavailable. Home Assistant is connected to Mosquitto using the same username and password. How can I check the network connection between the frgate and mosquitto containers? There are no errors or connection attempts in the logs, only that Home Assistant is connected.

[inkeep-ai-assistant[bot]]

The issue you're experiencing is that Frigate cannot connect to your Mosquitto broker, even though Home Assistant can connect successfully. The unavailable sensors indicate that MQTT communication between Frigate and Mosquitto is not established.

Проверка сетевого соединения между контейнерами:

Чтобы проверить сетевое соединение между контейнерами Frigate и Mosquitto, выполните следующие действия:

1. Войдите в контейнер Frigate и попробуйте подключиться к Mosquitto:

docker exec -it frigate /bin/bash
mosquitto_pub -h 192.168.1.150 -p 1883 -u homeassistant -P mqtt -t test -m "hello"

(1)

2. Проверьте, что Mosquitto слушает на правильном порту и интерфейсе. В логах Mosquitto должны появиться записи о попытках подключения.

Типичные причины проблемы:

Судя по предоставленным скриншотам и похожим случаям, проблема может быть связана с:

1. Сетевой конфигурацией Docker - Frigate может не иметь доступа к IP-адресу 192.168.1.150 из-за настроек сети контейнера(1)(2)(3)

2. Настройками хоста - Попробуйте использовать имя хоста вместо IP-адреса или наоборот. Некоторые пользователи решили проблему, заменив hostname на IP-адрес(1)

3. Конфигурацией Mosquitto - Убедитесь, что Mosquitto разрешает подключения с IP-адреса контейнера Frigate

4. Настройками Docker Compose - Если используется обратный прокси (например, Traefik) на порту 1883, это может вызывать проблемы. Рекомендуется настроить Mosquitto на прямое использование порта хоста(1)

Рекомендации по устранению:

Попробуйте изменить конфигурацию MQTT в Frigate:

mqtt:
  enabled: true
  host: mosquitto  # Используйте имя контейнера вместо IP
  port: 1883
  user: homeassistant
  password: mqtt
  topic_prefix: frigate
  client_id: frigate

Если контейнеры находятся в одной сети Docker, использование имени контейнера (mosquitto) вместо IP-адреса часто решает проблему(2)(3).

Также включите отладочное логирование для MQTT в конфигурации Frigate:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    frigate.mqtt: debug
    frigate.comms: debug

(2)

Это поможет увидеть более подробную информацию о попытках подключения в логах Frigate.

📚 Sources:

1. [Support]: frigate.comms.mqtt: Unable to publish to stats: client is not connected
2. [Config Support]: Unable to connect to MQTT server
3. [Config Support]: MQTT is not connecting to mosquitto

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[tttvadim]

I won, I launched mosquitto in a container along with frigate, with a simple configuration without a password and user