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Installing a Mosquitto server on Windows

Follow these steps to install a Mosquitto server on Windows. Take into account that you will require Windows Vista or higher (Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, or greater). The instructions also work on Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, or greater:

Download the executable file listed under Binary Installation and Windows that provides the native build on the Mosquitto downloads web page: http://mosquitto.org/download. For Mosquitto 1.4.15, the filename is mosquitto-1.4.15-install-win32.exe. You must click or tap on the filename and you will be redirected to the Eclipse repository with many mirror options, including a default recommendation, from which you can download the executable file.
Run the previously downloaded ...

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