MQTT Client needed for Cerbo

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Please,

I spent a day to get a secure and local connection from Home Assistant to my Cerbo via MQTT. This is according to many entries here almost impossible or unstable or not future proof.

I do not know why Cerbos want to be the broker only, they are not the center of the universe. Have an option to be the client and done!
These days local AND secure connections are needed more than ever. Especially for devices which potentially smoke my house.

Jan

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A while ago I set up a MQTT bridge between Cerbo and Home Assistant by using this guide:

HomeAssistant + Victron.md · GitHub

The bridge has been running stable since then.

MAybe this helps :wink:

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Yeah,

this is definitely a way to go. If you accept plaintext on your network. Which is probably fine for many usecases.

I just don’t like that. I published a way to achieve encrypted local connections. But anyway: using a power device as broker feels awkward.

If no one here agrees, so may it be.