mqtts and certificate file for auth

[miderose]

Hi!
Is there a way to establish a connection with a broker who requires the mqtts protocol and a certificate for the authentication?

Thanks,
Michele.

[jledun]

Hey !

In the angular-mqtt module, we have to switch from ws:// to wss:// and provide the certificates in the config object as indicated here : https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js#mqttclientstreambuilder-options

it should be something like :

let mqttclient = {
  config: {
    ip: '192.168.1.211',
    port: 10001,
    qos: 1,
    retain: true
  },
  options: {
    wsOptions: {
      cert: "certificate content",
      key: "private key content",
      ca: "ca certificate content"
    }
  }
};

and add this options object to the mqtt.connect( url, options ) function.

We should analyse where is the security risk in this method, it depends if your web app is public or not.

I don't really have the time to develop and test this option but I'd be really glad to receive a pull request !

thanks for your interest :-)