Mosquitto reload config file

Question

I want to reload the mosquitto password file when it is changed. Is possible to send SIGHUP ("signal hang up") or some equivalent to mosquitto server on windows?

Answer 1

It is possible to do so. First you have to set your mosquitto.conf to save the pid in a file by specifying the pid_file.

pid_file your/pid/file

Then you can call

$kill -SIGHUP $(cat your/pid/file).

Or else if you already know the PID of the mosquitoo, then you can do

$kill -SIGHUP PID

This will send sighup signal and reload the pwfile. More info can be found at mosquitto conf