MQTT Client with Flask and Dash

Flask IIOT software that is used to collect the data from sensors using MQTT.

Installation

Automaticially (Linux Only)

Install automatically by runing the setup.sh script

# Linux Only
source setup.sh

Manually

Create virtual env:

# On Linux
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa 
sudo apt-get install python3.11
python3.11 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# On Windows
python -m venv venv

Activate virtual env:

# On Windows
venv\Scripts\activate

# On Linux
source venv/bin/Activate

Install required libraries by using python pip:

# On Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt

# On Linux
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Install Mosquitto or other MQTT broker

# On Windows
# Download and install Mosquitto from official Mosquitto website
https://mosquitto.org/download/

# Run mosquitto with the mosquitto.conf configuration
C:\Program Files\mosquitto\mosquitto.exe -c mosquitto.conf


# On Linux
sudo apt install -y mosquitto

# Confirm the status of the Mosquitto service
sudo systemctl start mosquitto
sudo systemctl status mosquitto

# Copy the mosuqitto.conf to /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf
sudo cp mosquitto.conf /etc/mosquitto/conf.d

# Restart the service
sudo systemctl restart mosquitto

How to run

# On Linux
python3.11 run.py
Running on http://localhost:5050/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

# On Windows
python run.py
Running on http://localhost:80/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

How to run as a service on Linux.

# Create a file named iiot_server.service
$ nano iiot_server.service 
# Paste the following:
[Unit]
Description=IIOT server
After=network.target

[Service]
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/iot
ExecStart=/home/user/iot/venv/bin/python3.11 /home/user/iot/run_ubuntu.py
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

# Move iiot_server.service file to /etc/systemd/system 
$ mv iiot_server.service /etc/systemd/system

# Reload deamon: 
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# Enable service to start on boot
$ sudo systemctl enable iiot_server
# Start the service now
$ sudo systemctl start iiot_server