The EMQX MQTT addon in Home Assistant allows you to replace the stock MQTT broker with one that can help view and troubleshoot MQTT traffic. I do a quick overview of the addon, including installation and initial setup.

Links:
EMQX AddOn Page: https://github.com/hassioaddons/addo...
EMQX Broker Page: https://www.emqx.io/

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00:00 Intro
00:20 What is EMQX MQTT Broker
02:28 Install EMQX AddOn
07:36 Add Authentication and User(s)
09:13 Install MQTT Integration in Home Assistant
12:16 EMQX Broker Interface Walkthrough
18:10 Why use EMQX
19:45 Final Thoughts and Wrap