Mosquitto Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Mosquitto hosting on xCloud gives your devices and apps a self-hosted MQTT broker with anonymous access disabled and a generated login. Deploy Mosquitto from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 2.1.2 image, generates the MQTT password, mounts a volume for retained messages and publishes an HTTPS status dashboard. The MQTT port is plain TCP with no TLS, so restrict it with your firewall or keep clients on a private network.

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What is Mosquitto?

Mosquitto is, in its README's words, an open source implementation of a server for versions 5.0, 3.1.1 and 3.1 of the MQTT protocol. It also includes a C and C++ client library, the mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub utilities and administration tools such as mosquitto_passwd. MQTT is publish and subscribe messaging commonly used to connect IoT devices, sensors and applications. Self-hosted Mosquitto is a broker you run yourself instead of a hosted one such as HiveMQ Cloud or AWS IoT Core. It is dual-licensed under EPL-2.0 and BSD-3-Clause.

On xCloud this template deploys Mosquitto 2.1.2, pinned by digest, with retained messages, queued session data and the password file on the mosquitto_data volume. Anonymous access is off, and one broker user, mqtt, has a generated password that also unlocks the dashboard. The dashboard shows broker statistics and listeners, not message contents. MQTT is unencrypted and every authenticated client can use every topic.

From Sign-Up to a Live MQTT Broker In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting an MQTT broker normally means generating credentials, disabling anonymous access and standing up a status dashboard before a single device can connect. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Mosquitto from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. No extra fields — xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Mosquitto 2.1.2 image with anonymous access disabled, publish the dashboard over HTTPS, and open a dedicated MQTT host port.
Step 03
Connect Your Devices
Save the MQTT username and password from the protected installation credentials, open your own firewall for the MQTT port, and connect a client, for example mosquitto_pub -h <host> -p <port> -u mqtt -P '<password>' -t demo/hello -m 'hi'.

Everything Mosquitto Does, On Your Own Server

Mosquitto runs in full here — an MQTT publish/subscribe broker with a status dashboard, on infrastructure you control.

Connect Devices Over MQTT
IoT devices, sensors, gateways and applications publish and subscribe through one broker.
Anonymous Access Disabled
A generated password protects both the broker and the dashboard; anonymous connections are refused.
A Built-In Status Dashboard
See broker statistics and configured listeners over HTTPS — not message contents.
A Very Small Footprint
The verified install used under 3 MiB of RAM at idle, so it runs comfortably alongside anything else on the server.
Retained Messages Survive A Restart
QA verified a retained message was still delivered to a subscriber after a container restart.
Pinned, Repeatable Installs
The image is pinned by immutable digest, so every install starts from the exact same build.

Everything You Need To Run Your Devices Always Connected

Managed hosting for Mosquitto, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Mosquitto 2.1.2 deployed instantly
Anonymous access disabled, generated login
HTTPS status dashboard included
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Mosquitto

Connect sensors and devices
Your devices publish readings to topics on the broker, and your applications subscribe to receive them.
Feed a home automation hub
A system such as Home Assistant or Node-RED subscribes to your broker to react to device messages.
Keep retained messages
The broker stores retained messages and queued sessions on a volume, so late subscribers get the last value after a restart.
Run IoT messaging on your own server
A team that does not want device data passing through a hosted broker keeps the broker on a server it rents.

Mosquitto vs Alternatives

HiveMQ Cloud: HiveMQ Cloud is a hosted MQTT broker service. Mosquitto here is one self-hosted broker with a single user, and this page makes no feature-parity claim.
AWS IoT Core: AWS IoT Core is a hosted IoT messaging service. Mosquitto here is one broker on a server you rent, with no per-message or per-device fee from xCloud, and this page makes no feature comparison.
RabbitMQ: RabbitMQ is a separate message broker with its own OneClick page. Compare its features with Mosquitto's before choosing. EMQX is another MQTT broker; Mosquitto here is a single container with one broker user.
Kafka: Kafka is a separate event streaming platform with its own OneClick page. Mosquitto is a lightweight MQTT broker for publish/subscribe messaging between devices and apps.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Mosquitto hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Mosquitto alongside the apps that consume its messages.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Mosquitto alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Mosquitto itself is free and dual-licensed under EPL-2.0 and BSD-3-Clause.

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Ready To Own Your MQTT Broker?

Mosquitto on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Mosquitto free?

Yes. Mosquitto is open source and dual-licensed under EPL-2.0 and BSD-3-Clause, with the licence file linked from this page at the pinned v2.1.2 tag. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Mosquitto, and there is no per-message or per-device fee.

Can you self-host Mosquitto with Docker?

Yes, and this Mosquitto Docker hosting template does it for you: the eclipse-mosquitto image, pinned by digest, runs as one container on your own server with an MQTT port published and an HTTPS dashboard. It is not a Mosquitto cloud account, so messages stay on your server.

How much RAM does Mosquitto need?

The template manifest asks for 128 MB of RAM as a floor, because Mosquitto is a small broker. Many connections, large retained messages and queued sessions use more. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves enormous headroom above that floor for other apps.

How do I sign in to the Mosquitto dashboard?

Use the username mqtt and the generated password from the credentials. The browser shows a basic-auth prompt. The same username and password also let MQTT clients connect, because anonymous access is disabled, so keep the password private.

How do I connect an MQTT client to Mosquitto?

Use the MQTT host and port from the credentials with the username mqtt and the generated password, for example with mosquitto_sub and mosquitto_pub. There is no TLS on this port, so credentials and payloads travel unencrypted. Test with a subscribe, then a publish.

Is the Mosquitto MQTT connection encrypted?

No. The MQTT port is plain TCP without TLS, so the username, password and message payloads travel unencrypted, and the port is reachable from the internet. Open it in your own firewall only to addresses that need it, or keep clients on a trusted network.

Can every client access every Mosquitto topic?

Yes. There is one broker user and no per-topic access control, so every authenticated client can publish and subscribe to every topic. If you need separate permissions, this template is not enough on its own, so plan another broker setup.

What does the Mosquitto dashboard show?

Broker statistics and the configured listeners, taken from the broker's system topics, not message contents. Its page files are static and all broker data comes from the broker API, which needs the same username and password. It is a status view, not a message browser.

What runs alongside Mosquitto?

Nothing else. It is one container, with the MQTT listener published on a host port and the dashboard proxied to your domain over HTTPS. The password file is rebuilt from the environment at every start, so edits made elsewhere will not persist.

How do I back up Mosquitto?

Back up the mosquitto_data volume if you need to keep retained messages, since it holds the persistence database, queued session data and the generated password file. Keep the MQTT password in your notes. Test a restore, and note that live messages are not stored.

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How do I upgrade Mosquitto?

A running install stays on pinned 2.1.2 until you adopt a newer template version, so catalog updates leave it alone. Back up the volume first and read the upstream release notes, since configuration can change. Then reconnect a client and publish a test message.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.