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Debugging VerneMQ connection / authentication problems for dual authentication with webhooks and vmq_diversity

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-06-04

TL;DR https://github.com/vernemq/vernemq/blob/master/apps/vmq_diversity/src/vmq_diversity_plugin.erl includes a statement which will block authentication / authorization through any other channels if your Lua script returns “false”: will lead to: instead of trying other plugins, as you might have assumed! In order to avoid this problem, simply do not return anything from your Lua script, if you do not want to…

Understanding Erlang & Lua / Luerl for VerneMQ MongoDB auth_on_register hook

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-05-12

My goal / TLDR My goal with this blog post is to explain how to set custom mountpoints for VerneMQ by modifying the shipped MongoDB auth Lua script (lua/auth/mongodb.lua). Setting a custom mountpoint is possible with VerneMQ not only by setting mountpoints manually for specific listeners (e.g. ports), but also programmatically during authorization in your…