Wiki source code of Set up CoAP Server

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16.3	7	= 1. Introduction =
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	11	In this chapter, we set up a CoAP/ MQTT server by using Open Source MQTT Broker : [[EMQX.IO>>url:https://www.emqx.io/]]. And show how to communicate it with CoAP and MQTT.
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	15	Below is the network structure. The end device use CoAP to connect our Emqx server via NB-IoT network. EMQ X broker will further process the data for the actually application.
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2.2	20	[[image:image-20220530084843-1.png]]
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1.2	22	Network structure
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16.3	26	= 2. Install CoAP server =
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1.2	29	Set up example in Ubuntu 18.04
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	33	sudo apt-get update
	34	sudo apt-get upgrade
	35	wget [[https:~~/~~/www.emqx.io/downloads/broker/v3.2.7/emqx-ubuntu18.04-v3.2.7_amd64.deb>>url:https://www.emqx.io/downloads/broker/v3.2.7/emqx-ubuntu18.04-v3.2.7_amd64.deb]] #download the installation package.
	36	sudo dpkg –i emqx-ubuntu18.04-v3.2.4_amd64.deb #install EMQX
	37	emqx start # Start EMQX service
	38	emqx_ctl status #check if EMQX is running
	39	./bin/emqx_ctl plugins load emqx_coap # Run COAP service
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1.2	43	(% style="color:red" %)Notice: CoAP default port use 5683, if you install EMQX in a cloud server, make sure you open the UDP port 5683. So can receive the packets from NB-IoT.
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16.4	49	= 3. Test CoAP Server =
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16.4	51	== 3.1 Install Copper in Chrome ==
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16.4	55	(% style="color:blue" %)1. Download Copper4Cr from [[https:~~/~~/github.com/mkovatsc/Copper4Cr>>url:https://github.com/mkovatsc/Copper4Cr]] and unpack it.
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16.4	59	(% style="color:blue" %)2. Run install.bat in the directory.
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6.2	62	[[image:image-20220530085327-2.png]]
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1.2	65	Run install.bat
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16.4	69	(% style="color:blue" %)3. Load the unpacked CoAP APP in Google Chrome:
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16.1	71	[[image:image-20220530085423-3.png\|\|height="241" width="1250"]]
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	73	Install Copper APP
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6.2	77	[[image:image-20220530085531-4.png]]
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1.2	79	Install APP Successful
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16.4	83	(% style="color:blue" %)4. Load the unpacked CoAP extension in Google Chrome:
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7.3	85	[[image:image-20220530085638-5.png\|\|height="338" width="1320"]]
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	87	Install Copper Extension
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16.1	90	[[image:image-20220530090104-7.png\|\|height="389" width="1282"]]
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	92	Install Extension Successful
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16.4	96	(% style="color:blue" %)5. Replace the appID in file extension\endpoint\ClientPortChrome.js to Copper (Cu4Cr) Application ID
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9.2	98	[[image:image-20220530090444-10.png]]
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	100	Replace ID
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16.6	104	(% style="color:blue" %)6. Open the Copper extension. If you see below message, means install successfully.
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8.4	106	[[image:image-20220530090404-9.png\|\|height="658" width="1238"]]
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	108	Install Finished
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16.3	112	== 3.2 Test CoAP connection ==
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	116	Use Chrome Copper externsion to connect to the CoAP server. Input coap:~/~/COAP_SERVER_IP/mqtt/topic0?c=t1 to connect to the MQTT topic0 in CoAP server. Replace COAP_SERVER_IP with your COAP Server IP address, and refer [[here>>url:https://github.com/emqx/emqx-coap]] for the CoAP detail in EMQX. When connection ok, you can see below window.
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10.2	119	[[image:image-20220530090848-13.png\|\|height="616" width="1154"]]
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	122	Connect to CoAP server
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16.3	126	== 3.3 Test CoAP Uplink ==
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	130	Try to use MQTT.fx to subscribe a the topic (topic0) in the server. And use CoAP to send a message to this topic, we can see the message arrive the topic0 and shown in MQTT.fx.
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11.2	133	[[image:image-20220530090939-14.png]]
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	136	Use MQTT.fx to subscribe the topic
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13.4	140	[[image:image-20220530091358-18.png\|\|height="549" width="1035"]]
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	142	Use CoAP Exension to send a update to CoAP server
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13.2	146	[[image:image-20220530091237-17.png]]
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	148	MQTT.fx get the update of this topic on CoAP server
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16.3	152	== 3.4 Test CoAP Downlink ==
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1.2	156	Try to use MQTT.fx to publish a message to the topic (topic0) in the server. CoAP extension will see this incomming message.
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