======MQTT Configuration======

[[hardware:wattmons|Wattmon]] can connect to any standard MQTT server - you can install the open source [[https://mosquitto.org/|mosquitto]] for example.
In order for [[hardware:wattmons|Wattmon]] to work with MQTT, it needs to be enabled.  To do this, create a config file called mqtt.ini in the /config/ folder.
<code>
[config]
enabled=1
mqtt_server=10.0.0.1
</code>
See the below table for an explanation of the possible parameters
^KEY^VALUE^^DESCRIPTION^
|enabled|1 or 0|Set this to 1 to enable MQTT support|
|mqtt_server|string|ip address or host name of MQTT server you are using|
|mqtt_user|string|Optional username when connecting to MQTT|
|mqtt_password|string|Optional password when connecting to MQTT|
|mqtt_id|string|Optional id of [[hardware:wattmons|Wattmon]] device. If not specified, the device's MAC address will be used.|