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/usr/bin/mosquitto_signal

open source MQTT broker (FIPS)

From mosquitto-fips 2.1.2-r3 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running mosquitto_signal --help (exit 1). permalink

mosquitto_signal is a tool for sending control signals to mosquitto.
                 it is primarily useful on Windows.
                 on other systems the `kill` tool can be used.

Usage: mosquitto_signal {-a | -p <pid>} <signal>
       mosquitto_signal --help

 -a :  signal all processes that match the name 'mosquitto'.
 -p :  specify a process ID to signal

<signal> may be one of:
 config-reload - reload the configuration file, if in use.
 log-rotate    - if using `file` logging ask the broker to close and reopen the
                 log file.
 shutdown      - quit the broker.
 tree-print    - (debug) print out subscription and retain tree information to
                 stdout.
 xtreport      - (debug) write internal data to xtmosquitto.kcg.<pid>.<iter>

See https://mosquitto.org/ for more information.
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a :signal all processes that match the name 'mosquitto'.help
-p :specify a process ID to signalhelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.