not sure if this is a noob question or an advanced question!
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:20 pm
Basically at the moment I use Particle.io devices to be able to securely send 'messages' pub/sub MQTT style between my various nodes. It means if a Particle Photon at home wants to tell a Particle Photon at work that the temperature is 11C, it can easily do that. I don't need to fret about security, it's all handled by the Particle cloud.
Is there any way I can replicate this with ESP8266 without getting into the realm of exposing a secure MQTT broker to the internet?
Ideally I'd like to use ZeroTier to effectively have my ESPs talking to a LAN MQTT broker, and have ZeroTier manage the secure aspect of the connection, but I don't think this will work on the ESPs.
I also don't really want to have to use an RaPi Zero W as an 'edge device', but I think that's probably what I'll have to end up doing?!
Any guidance most welcome.
Thanks
Is there any way I can replicate this with ESP8266 without getting into the realm of exposing a secure MQTT broker to the internet?
Ideally I'd like to use ZeroTier to effectively have my ESPs talking to a LAN MQTT broker, and have ZeroTier manage the secure aspect of the connection, but I don't think this will work on the ESPs.
I also don't really want to have to use an RaPi Zero W as an 'edge device', but I think that's probably what I'll have to end up doing?!
Any guidance most welcome.
Thanks