Add Mosquitto and P1 logger setup steps.

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### Mosquitto MQTT Broker setup
TODO
#### Install Mosquitto
1. In Home Assistant, go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Add-on store
2. Search for "Mosquitto" and install it from the "Official add-ons" repository.
3. Start the add-on.
#### Configure Mosquitto as a HA broker
1. Go to Settings -> Devices & Services -> Integrations.
2. For "MQTT", click "Configure". After this completes, click "Finish".
#### Add users
##### Add the P1 reader user
1. Click on your name in the bottom-left corner.
2. Under "User settings", make sure that "Advanced mode" is enabled.
3. Go to Settings -> People and switch to the "Users" tab.
4. Add a user for the P1 reader:
- Display name: P1 reader
- Username: p1_reader
- Password and Confirm password: Choose a secure password. Make sure to save it for later use.
- Local access only: Switch this to "On" if Home Assistant is installed on a system in the same home as the P1 reader.
- Administrator: Leave this disabled.
##### Add the P1 logger user
1. Click on your name in the bottom-left corner.
2. Under "User settings", make sure that "Advanced mode" is enabled.
3. Go to Settings -> People and switch to the "Users" tab.
4. Add a user for the P1 logger:
- Display name: P1 logger
- Username: p1_logger
- Password and Confirm password: Choose a secure password. Make sure to save it for later use.
- Local access only: Switch this to "On".
- Administrator: Leave this disabled.
### ESPHome setup
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### Setting up P1 Logger
With the database initialised and the P1 reader publishing messages to the Mosquitto MQTT broker, we can now setup P1 Logger. Add the [add-on repository](https://git.hollander.online/energy/home-assistant-addons) using the [instructions](https://git.hollander.online/energy/home-assistant-addons) provided. Then, click "Install" to install this add-on. Go to "Configuration".
Having setup the PostgreSQL / TimescaleDB database and Mosquitto MQTT broker, we can now install and configure P1 Logger. Add the [add-on repository](https://git.hollander.online/energy/home-assistant-addons) using the [instructions](https://git.hollander.online/energy/home-assistant-addons) provided. Then, click "Install" to install this add-on. Go to "Configuration".
- If you're using Expaso's TimescaleDB add-on, the `db` setting will **not** require any changes.
- **In the `opendtu` field, enter the *IP address* or *hostname* of your OpenDTU.** E.g.: `192.168.1.5` or `opendtu.local`.
- MQTT
- `mqtt_broker`:
- Default: `tcp://core-mosquitto:1883`.
- In case of using an external broker, use a syntax like `tls://mqtt.example.org:8883` or `tcp://mqtt.example.org:1883`
- `mqtt_topic`: `p1/metrics`
- `mqtt_user`: `p1_logger`
- **`mqtt_password`: Enter the password you used in the previous step while creating the `p1_logger` user.**
- log_level: `INFO`
- Valid values are "`DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARN` and `ERROR`.
- In `tz`, enter your timezone. The default is "Europe/Amsterdam". If you are in a different location, choose your timezone from [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List).
- Optionally, if you don't want to use TimescaleDB, disable `timescaledb`.
Save the configuration, go to the "Info" tab and start OpenDTU Logger.
Save the configuration, go to the "Info" tab and start P1 Logger.
Check the "Log" page. If the setup is succesfull, it should contain a mesasge stating: `OpenDTU Logger has been successfully initialised. Starting data recording...`.
Check the "Log" page. If the setup is succesfull, it should contain a message stating: `"level":"INFO","msg":"Connected to MQTT broker, subscribing to topic...","topic":"p1/metrics"`.
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