iotserver

Script acts as a central IoT [1] server or hub and manages microcontrollers and processes data coming from sensors.

• At the same time the script acts as an MQTT [2] client communicating with a MQTT broker, usually a local one mosquitto for data exchange within IoT.
• The script is aimed for Pi microcomputers running as headless servers, e.g., Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Nano Pi, etc.
• The script can run under Python2 as well as Python3. However, it is defaulted to Python3 by the shebang.
• It is recommended to run the script as a service of the operating system.
• All relevant parameters for the script are located in the configuration INI file. It contains sensitive data as well, like passwords. So that the repository contains just the sample INI file with placeholders instead of real such as sensitive data. The production INI file should be present only and only in some trusted locality with root access, e.g., in the folder /usr/local/etc in order not to be exposed to regular users.

[1]	Internet of Things

[2]	MQ Telemetry Transport