Debugging MQTT over websockets on Envoy 1.28.0

By Maximilian Batz | 2023-11-12

I have migrated our Envoy installation from Envoy 1.11.1 to 1.28.0, and am now also using SNI for selecting the correct certificate. A big part of that migration is upgrading the syntax of the configuration for Envoy from the v2 API to the v3 API. The upgrade went well, except for our websocket-based MQTT service…

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TermiShell: a web-based shell for the Raspberry Pi (development notes)

By Maximilian Batz | 2020-05-05

Introduction In the course of development of PiCockpit, I am going to add a web-based Terminal called TermiShell. TermiShell icon, by: Stephanie Harvey via unsplash.com TermiShell is going to allow you to log into your Raspberry Pi using PiCockpit.com (and the picockpit-client) – no additional application required on either side. This should be very comfortable,…

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Python Paho MQTT client self-signed certificates websockets, howto

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-05-19

Using Paho in Python with websockets and self-signed certificates for a https:// websocket connection has a couple of pitfalls, so I’m addressing this with some sample code here: import ssl import time import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt class PCPMQTTClient:     def on_connect(self, client, userdata, flags, rc):         self.connection_status = rc         if rc == 0:             self.connected_flag = True             self.connection_error_flag…

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envoy not connecting to VerneMQ for MQTT over websockets, error code 503

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-05-19

Some quick background information for anyone running into the same issues, and how to debug them. Error code 503 This is the error code I am getting: Error during WebSocket handshake: Unexpected response code: 503. Set envoy logging to debug Here’s my docker-compose.yaml for envoy: version: ‘3.7’ services:   envoy:     build:       context: ./       dockerfile: Dockerfile     container_name:…

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envoy websockets per route configuration, JavaScript test setup

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-05-19

In my article yesterday I discussed the configuration & test of envoy for proxying websockets at length. Today I would like to add some additional information. correct syntax for websocket upgrade per route You can enable websocket upgrade per route. No need to add it globally: – name: envoy.http_connection_manager    config:      #upgrade_configs:      #  – upgrade_type: websocket     …

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envoy, docker and websockets – debugging and configuration

By Maximilian Batz | 2019-05-18

Websockets are an exciting technology, allowing you to upgrade a HTTP connection to a long-running persistent binary connection, which you can use to send bi-directional messages. As an aside, the MQTT protocol can be transported using websockets – which is the only (?) way for a JavaScript client delivered by the website, for instance. In…

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