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<a name="mosquitto_pub"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
<div class="refnamediv">
<h2>Name</h2>
<p>mosquitto_pub — an MQTT version 3.1/3.1.1 client for publishing simple messages</p>
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<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">mosquitto_pub</code>  [<code class="option">-A</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>bind_address</code></em>] [<code class="option">-d</code>] [<code class="option">-h</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em>] [<code class="option">-i</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>client_id</code></em>] [<code class="option">-I</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>client id prefix</code></em>] [<code class="option">-k</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>keepalive time</code></em>] [<code class="option">-p</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>port number</code></em>] [<code class="option">-q</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>message QoS</code></em>] [<code class="option">--quiet</code>] [<code class="option">-r</code>] [<code class="option">-S</code>] { <code class="option">-f</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>  |   <code class="option">-l</code>  |   <code class="option">-m</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>message</code></em>  |   <code class="option">-n</code>  |   <code class="option">-s</code> } [
				[<code class="option">-u</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em>]
				 [<code class="option">-P</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>password</code></em>]
			] [
				<code class="option">--will-topic</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>topic</code></em>
				 [<code class="option">--will-payload</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>payload</code></em>]
				 [<code class="option">--will-qos</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>qos</code></em>]
				 [<code class="option">--will-retain</code>]
			] [[
					{ <code class="option">--cafile</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>  |   <code class="option">--capath</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>dir</code></em> }
					 [<code class="option">--cert</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>]
					 [<code class="option">--key</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>]
					 [<code class="option">--ciphers</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>ciphers</code></em>]
					 [<code class="option">--tls-version</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>version</code></em>]
					 [<code class="option">--insecure</code>]
				] |  [
					 <code class="option">--psk</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>hex-key</code></em> 
					  <code class="option">--psk-identity</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>identity</code></em> 
					 [<code class="option">--ciphers</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>ciphers</code></em>]
					 [<code class="option">--tls-version</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>version</code></em>]
				]] [<code class="option">--proxy</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>socks-url</code></em>] [<code class="option">-V</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>protocol-version</code></em>]  <code class="option">-t</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>message-topic</code></em> </p></div>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">mosquitto_pub</code>   [<code class="option">--help</code>] </p></div>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49139696"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p><span class="command"><strong>mosquitto_pub</strong></span> is a simple MQTT version 3.1 client that will publish a single message on a topic and exit.</p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49141104"></a><h2>Options</h2>
<p>The options below may be given on the command line, but may also
			be placed in a config file located at
			<code class="option">$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mosquitto_pub</code> or
			<code class="option">$HOME/.config/mosquitto_sub</code> with one pair of
			<code class="option">-option <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></code>
			per line. The values in the config file will be used as defaults
			and can be overridden by using the command line. The exceptions to
			this are the message type options, of which only one can be
			specified. Note also that currently some options cannot be negated,
			e.g. <code class="option">-S</code>. Config file lines that have a
			<code class="option">#</code> as the first character are treated as comments
			and not processed any further.</p>
<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-A</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>Bind the outgoing connection to a local ip
						address/hostname. Use this argument if you need to
						restrict network communication to a particular
						interface.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--cafile</code></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Define the path to a file containing PEM encoded CA
						certificates that are trusted. Used to enable SSL
						communication.</p>
<p>See also <code class="option">--capath</code></p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--capath</code></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Define the path to a directory containing PEM encoded CA
						certificates that are trusted. Used to enable SSL
						communication.</p>
<p>For <code class="option">--capath</code> to work correctly, the
						certificate files must have ".crt" as the file ending
						and you must run "c_rehash &lt;path to capath&gt;" each
						time you add/remove a certificate.</p>
<p>See also <code class="option">--cafile</code></p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--cert</code></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Define the path to a file containing a PEM encoded
						certificate for this client, if required by the
						server.</p>
<p>See also <code class="option">--key</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--ciphers</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>An openssl compatible list of TLS ciphers to support
						in the client. See
						<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">ciphers</span>(1)</span>
						for more information.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-d</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--debug</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Enable debug messages.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-f</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--file</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Send the contents of a file as the message.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>Display usage information.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Specify the host to connect to. Defaults to localhost.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--id</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>The id to use for this client. If not given, defaults
					to mosquitto_pub_ appended with the process id of the
					client. Cannot be used at the same time as the
					<code class="option">--id-prefix</code> argument.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-I</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--id-prefix</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Provide a prefix that the client id will be built
					from by appending the process id of the client. This is
					useful where the broker is using the clientid_prefixes
					option. Cannot be used at the same time as the
					<code class="option">--id</code> argument.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--insecure</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>When using certificate based encryption, this option
						disables verification of the server hostname in the
						server certificate. This can be useful when testing
						initial server configurations but makes it possible for
						a malicious third party to impersonate your server
						through DNS spoofing, for example. Use this option in
						testing <span class="emphasis"><em>only</em></span>. If you need to
						resort to using this option in a production
						environment, your setup is at fault and there is no
						point using encryption.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-k</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--keepalive</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>The number of seconds between sending PING commands
					to the broker for the purposes of informing it we are still
					connected and functioning. Defaults to 60 seconds.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--key</code></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Define the path to a file containing a PEM encoded
						private key for this client, if required by the
						server.</p>
<p>See also <code class="option">--cert</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-l</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--stdin-line</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Send messages read from stdin, splitting separate lines into separate messages. Note that blank lines won't be sent.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-m</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--message</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Send a single message from the command line.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--null-message</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Send a null (zero length) message.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-p</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Connect to the port specified instead of the default 1883.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pw</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Provide a password to be used for authenticating with
					the broker. Using this argument without also specifying a
					username is invalid. This requires a broker that supports
					MQTT v3.1.  See also the <code class="option">--username</code> option.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--proxy</code></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>Specify a SOCKS5 proxy to connect through. "None" and
						"username" authentication types are supported. The
						<code class="option">socks-url</code> must be of the form
						<code class="option">socks5h://[username[:password]@]host[:port]</code>.
						The protocol prefix <code class="option">socks5h</code> means that
						hostnames are resolved by the proxy. The symbols %25,
						%3A and %40 are URL decoded into %, : and @
						respectively, if present in the username or
						password.</p>
<p>If username is not given, then no authentication is
						attempted. If the port is not given, then the default
						of 1080 is used.</p>
<p>More SOCKS versions may be available in the future,
						depending on demand, and will use different protocol
						prefixes as described in <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">curl</span>(1)</span>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--psk</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>Provide the hexadecimal (no leading 0x)
						pre-shared-key matching the one used on the broker to
						use TLS-PSK encryption support.
						<code class="option">--psk-identity</code> must also be provided
						to enable TLS-PSK.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--psk-identity</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>The client identity to use with TLS-PSK support. This
						may be used instead of a username if the broker is
						configured to do so.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--qos</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Specify the quality of service to use for the message, from 0, 1 and 2. Defaults to 0.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>If this argument is given, no runtime errors will be
					printed. This excludes any error messages given in case of
					invalid user input (e.g. using <code class="option">--port</code> without a
					port).</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-r</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--retain</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>If retain is given, the message will be retained as a "last known good" value on the broker. See <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mqtt</span>(7)</span> for more information.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--stdin-file</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Send a message read from stdin, sending the entire content as a single message.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>Use SRV lookups to determine which host to connect
						to. Performs lookups to
						<code class="option">_mqtt._tcp.&lt;host&gt;</code> when used in
						conjunction with <code class="option">-h</code>, otherwise uses
						<code class="option">_mqtt._tcp.&lt;local dns
							domain&gt;</code>.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-t</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--topic</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>The MQTT topic on which to publish the message. See <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mqtt</span>(7)</span> for more information on MQTT topics.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--tls-version</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>Choose which TLS protocol version to use when
						communicating with the broker. Valid options are
						<code class="option">tlsv1.2</code>, <code class="option">tlsv1.1</code> and
						<code class="option">tlsv1</code>. The default value is
						<code class="option">tlsv1.2</code>. If the installed version of
						openssl is too old, only <code class="option">tlsv1</code> will be
						available. Must match the protocol version used by the
						broker.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-u</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Provide a username to be used for authenticating with
					the broker. This requires a broker that supports MQTT v3.1.
					See also the <code class="option">--pw</code> argument.</p></dd>
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--protocol-version</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Specify which version of the MQTT protocol should be
						used when connecting to the rmeote broker. Can be
						<code class="option">mqttv31</code> or <code class="option">mqttv311</code>.
						Defaults to <code class="option">mqttv31</code>.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--will-payload</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>Specify a message that will be stored by the broker
					and sent out if this client disconnects unexpectedly. This
					must be used in conjunction with <code class="option">--will-topic</code>.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--will-qos</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>The QoS to use for the Will. Defaults to 0. This must
					be used in conjunction with <code class="option">--will-topic</code>.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--will-retain</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>If given, if the client disconnects unexpectedly the
					message sent out will be treated as a retained message.
					This must be used in conjunction with <code class="option">--will-topic</code>.</p></dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--will-topic</code></span></dt>
<dd><p>The topic on which to send a Will, in the event that
					the client disconnects unexpectedly.</p></dd>
</dl></div>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49233648"></a><h2>Wills</h2>
<p>mosquitto_sub can register a message with the broker that will be
		sent out if it disconnects unexpectedly. See
		<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mqtt</span>(7)</span>
		for more information.</p>
<p>The minimum requirement for this is to use <code class="option">--will-topic</code> to
		specify which topic the will should be sent out on. This will result in
		a non-retained, zero length message with QoS 0.</p>
<p>Use the <code class="option">--will-retain</code>,
		<code class="option">--will-payload</code> and <code class="option">--will-qos</code>
		arguments to modify the other will parameters.</p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49238320"></a><h2>Examples</h2>
<p>Publish temperature information to localhost with QoS 1:</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: circle"><p>mosquitto_pub <code class="literal">-t</code> sensors/temperature <code class="literal">-m</code> 32 <code class="literal">-q</code> 1</p></li></ul></div>
<p>Publish timestamp and temperature information to a remote host on a non-standard port and QoS 0:</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: circle"><p>mosquitto_pub <code class="literal">-h</code> 192.168.1.1
			<code class="literal">-p</code> 1885 <code class="literal">-t</code>
			sensors/temperature <code class="literal">-m</code> "1266193804
			32"</p></li></ul></div>
<p>Publish light switch status. Message is set to retained because there may be a long period of time between light switch events:</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: circle"><p>mosquitto_pub <code class="literal">-r</code> <code class="literal">-t</code> switches/kitchen_lights/status <code class="literal">-m</code> "on"</p></li></ul></div>
<p>Send the contents of a file in two ways:</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: circle"><p>mosquitto_pub <code class="literal">-t</code> my/topic <code class="literal">-f</code> ./data</p></li>
<li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: circle"><p>mosquitto_pub <code class="literal">-t</code> my/topic <code class="literal">-s</code> &lt; ./data</p></li>
</ul></div>
<p>Send parsed electricity usage data from a Current Cost meter, reading from stdin with one line/reading as one message:</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "><li class="listitem" style="list-style-type: circle"><p>read_cc128.pl | mosquitto_pub <code class="literal">-t</code> sensors/cc128 <code class="literal">-l</code></p></li></ul></div>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49253984"></a><h2>Files</h2>
<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt>
<span class="term"><code class="filename">$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mosquitto_pub</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="filename">$HOME/.config/mosquitto_pub</code></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Configuration file for default options.</p></dd>
</dl></div>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49257456"></a><h2>Bugs</h2>
<p><span class="command"><strong>mosquitto_pub</strong></span> bug information can be found at <code class="uri">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mosquitto</code></p>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49259488"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<span class="simplelist">
				<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle"><a class="link" href="mqtt-7.php" target="_top">mqtt</a></span>(7)</span>
			, 
				<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle"><a class="link" href="mosquitto_sub-1.php" target="_top">mosquitto_sub</a></span>(1)</span>
			, 
				<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle"><a class="link" href="mosquitto-8.php" target="_top">mosquitto</a></span>(8)</span>
			, 
				<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle"><a class="link" href="libmosquitto-3.php" target="_top">libmosquitto</a></span>(3)</span>
			, 
				<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle"><a class="link" href="mosquitto-tls-7.php" target="_top">mosquitto-tls</a></span>(7)</span>
			</span>
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<div class="refsect1">
<a name="idp49270544"></a><h2>Author</h2>
<p>Roger Light <code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:roger@atchoo.org">roger@atchoo.org</a>&gt;</code></p>
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