# mqtt - send to MQTT server

Warning

Do not commit your credentials to a public repo!

Sends monitor status to an MQTT server. Supports Home Assistant specifics (see https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/discovery/ for more information).

host
  Type:

    string

  Required:

    true

  the hostname/IP to connect to

port
  Type:

    integer

  Required:

    false

  Default:

    `1883`

  the port to connect on

hass
  Type:

    boolean

  Required:

    false

  Default:

    false

  enable Home Assistant specific features for MQTT discovery

topic
  Type:

    string

  Required:

    false

  Default:

    see below

  the MQTT topic to post to. By default, if `hass` is not enabled, uses `simplemonitor`, else `homeassistant/binary_sensor`

username
  Type:

    string

  Required:

    false

  the username to use

password
  Type:

    string

  Required:

    false

  the password to use