Mqtt bindings not showing up

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How do I set it up?

MQTT Binding (v1.11) Getting Started 101

After countless threads regarding initial configuration issues, here is a short guide on how to get started with MQTT, the MQTT binding and openHAB. This thread is a wiki article and can be improved by everyone. Please do! MQTT is a machine-to-machine (M2M)/“Internet of Things” connectivity protocol. It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport. A few resources first: Read all you ever need to know about MQTT in the MQTT Essentials The openHAB MQT…

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However I do not see the binding showup on the InBox.

MQTT Binding not running in OH2 PaperUI after install in openHABian

This is normal, since the MQTT Binding is version 1.x. Only 2.x Bindings are using the full feature set of OH2 (like Discovery in Paper UI, etc) For example, the Network Binding is version 2.x and you can use the Inbox to add Things that have been discovered. To use the MQTT Binding, you need to configure the /etc/openhab2/services/mqtt.cfg (not .conf) file and then define items that use it. This will not have any effect in the case of MQTT since there is no 2.x version of the MQTT Binding…

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how to I attach the GUI devices to those events

You will need to create a sitemap that you can browse with BasicUI (or openHAB mobile App)

See more here: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/sitemaps.html

Check out also: Getting Started - Introduction | openHAB