# \[App\]\[Pro\] MQTT Broker for Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, tools\ **Created:** [December 8, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129 "2018-12-08T19:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![KeviinCosmos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/keviincosmos/32/87820_2.png) [@KeviinCosmos](https://community.homey.app/u/KeviinCosmos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/85 "2023-10-13T15:03:58Z")
I got it up and running, but what i want is not possible im told šŸ˜• In HA i have my broker and Zigbee2MQTT, but itā€™s not possible with HOMEYā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/86 "2023-10-13T16:32:29Z")
Itā€™s unclear what you want. ---
**Author:** ![OH2TH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oh2th/32/111414_2.png) [@OH2TH](https://community.homey.app/u/OH2TH)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/87 "2023-10-14T04:13:09Z")
> [@KeviinCosmos](#): > > In HA i have my broker and Zigbee2MQTT, but itā€™s not possible with HOMEYā€¦ You would need [Zigbee2MQTT](https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/) running somewhere outside Homey, maybe as a container on a Raspberry Pi. I have it running as container on my Synology NAS. You can then use the [Zigbee2MQTT Homey App](https://homey.app/a/com.gruijter.zigbee2mqtt/) to map the devices from that to your Homey Pro. Wouldnā€™t it be cool to run any container on your Homey Pro šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/88 "2023-10-23T16:24:33Z")
Hello! I want to setup dashboard for my homey, via Home assistant. Iā€™ve already done this in one place, where it works great. But if Iā€™m going to do this again on another homey and another system, I canā€™t do it! Struggling to add MQTT to home assistant. What I can see the difference is that it says ā€œbroker not runningā€ on this one which doesnā€™t work. What could I have done wrong? ![mqtt4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/7/c7e418a351d1f6ff22259ee3dfa1364f3a50750e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/89 "2023-10-23T16:29:56Z")
This might be an obvious question, but what happens when you press ā€œStart Brokerā€? ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/90 "2023-10-23T16:31:05Z")
Thatā€™s a good question, haha. but nothing happens ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/91 "2023-10-23T16:32:36Z")
And when you enable debug logging, does anything appear in the log? ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/92 "2023-10-23T16:38:16Z")
Yes. Here: ![mqtt6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/4/54b5baff36c85a8b61e188f13280d6a367034351.jpeg) ![mqtt5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/a/7ac30643bd419bb6880d4e8d14853198a095d322.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/93 "2023-10-23T16:42:25Z")
Sadly, it looks like the source code of the broker isnā€™t public (anymore), so difficult to say why this is happening. All I can suggest is remove the app then try to install it again. ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/94 "2023-10-23T16:44:41Z")
Strange! I have reinnstalled it 4 times now šŸ˜› In MQTT client this is the log: Donā€™t know if this is related or not ![mqtt7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/c/2c33e26b8b686483a2c014d60a3c47451a9a37db.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/95 "2023-10-23T16:50:07Z")
Itā€™s not related to the broker not starting. I ā€œfoundā€ the source, I think the only reason why this may happen is if thereā€™s something already active on port 1883. Have you tried changing the port to something else, like 1886? ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/96 "2023-10-23T17:02:27Z")
I now tried to change port to 1889 and 2001 but still get ā€œbroker is not runningā€ ![mqtt8](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/8/d82dad7f560834626d3bbcd7d29ab8803bec534c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/97 "2023-10-23T17:09:23Z")
I now tried to uninstall again. Should it change to ā€œbroker is runningā€ right away? Anyway, I get the same error in the log ![mqtt9](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/0/10e2e2e97a0fe033922e4100f59d1547e0356b80.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/98 "2023-10-23T17:14:18Z")
It looks like the persistence database (where the broker stores some of its data) is broken. Try removing the app, then installing it again (not just reinstalling: remove it first, then install it again). ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/99 "2023-10-23T17:21:32Z")
Thatā€™s what I did now. Removed it. Restarted homey. Reinstalled, exactly the same! Strange, because itā€™s up and running on my other homey. Canā€™t figure out whatā€™s wrong ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/100 "2023-10-23T17:22:36Z")
Very strange, Iā€™m out of ideas for now ā˜¹ (it also doesnā€™t help that the broker isnā€™t handling certain errors, so if there are any errors that are causing the broker to not be able to start they arenā€™t being logged) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/101 "2023-10-23T17:27:27Z")
Instead of running MQTT Broker @ Homey, I run the Mosquitto Broker add-on @ Home Assistant and it works great. Hereā€™s a how to I wrote, in Dutch for now: > [@\[TUTORIAL\]\[PRO\] Home Assistant integreren met Homey Pro en v.v](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-homey-koppelen-met-home-assistant/77587): > > ā†’ English version ā†’ [click me](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-how-to-integrate-home-assistant-with-homey/92641) ā†’ Handleiding met voorbeelden om vanaf nul met HA te starten, met een voorbeeld zwave add-on ā†’ [klik hier](https://community.homey.app/t/honeywell-t6-pro-zwave-help/114693/5) Het is niet heel simpel om Home Assistant (oftewel HA) te koppelen met Homey Pro, als je er nieuw mee bent, vandaar deze uitgebreide Nederlandstalige handleiding. Hiermee gaat het lukken! (Dat hoop ik tenminste grin ) Ik ben vast nog iets vergeten, of er klopt iets niet: geef het gerust even aan. Geselecteerde apparaten van Homey zijn bij succesvol kopā€¦ I translate easy with [deepl.com](http://deepl.com) or [translate.google.com](http://translate.google.com) Iā€™ll try to add an English version of the tutorial in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bjornar_gulhaugen/32/19794_2.png) [@Bjornar\_Gulhaugen](https://community.homey.app/u/Bjornar_Gulhaugen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/102 "2023-10-23T17:35:59Z")
Shit! Ducth is so hard. Even with translate šŸ˜› But Iā€™ll try to see what I can do. An English version is greatly appreciated šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/104 "2023-10-23T21:01:50Z")
In English šŸ¤Ŗ : [[TUTORIAL][PRO] How to integrate Home Assistant with Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-how-to-integrate-home-assistant-with-homey/92641) ---
**Author:** ![Ludvig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ludvig/32/129091_2.png) [@Ludvig](https://community.homey.app/u/Ludvig)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129/105 "2024-01-16T07:37:03Z")
There is nobody around that has access to the source code of this project? I really would like to add the web socket possibility or play around with that at least. But his other projects are live on github but this is not. would be great if we could work on this as well. Dont wanna start from scratch but If its not working I guess I have to ā˜¹ [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-mqtt-broker-for-homey/5129.md?page=6)