WOL-proxy

WOL-proxy is a dockerized Wake-On-LAN tool that received commands to send Wake-On-LAN magic packets over MQTT. This allows a computer to be woken on a network where a WOL packet would not normally reach (remote site, etc.)

The script can be run using docker (takes care of all dependencies) or standalone. It is design to run on Raspberry Pi or equivalent.

Usage

1. Have a MQTT broker you can connect to. I use Mosquitto.

2. Run the container or script using instructions below.

3. Publish to the mqtt topic, WOL-proxy/command, with the MAC address of the computer you wish to wake. The following formats are acceptable: ab-cd-ef-01-23-45, ab:cd:ef:01:23:45, ab.cd.ef.01.23.45, abcdef012345. An example Home Assistant config is provided.

   By default, WOL-proxy accepts messages on the WOL-proxy/command mqtt topic. The WOL-proxy prefix can be changed by setting the MQTT_TOPIC_PREFIX environment variable. WOL-proxy will then listen for messages on [MQTT_TOPIC_PREFIX]/command. Note that adding a trailing / to MQTT_TOPIC_PREFIX will create an empty level.

   Value of MQTT_TOPIC_PREFIX	mqtt command topic
   WOL-proxy	WOL-proxy/command
   switches/remoteLAN	switches/remoteLAN/command
   switches/remoteLAN/	switches/remoteLAN//command

Status Messages

WOL-proxy will report its status on the [MQTT_TOPIC_PREFIX]/status topic via retained messages. WOL-Proxy reports Online once it connects to the broker. Upon disconnect, the broker will report Offline.

Running via Docker

Pull the image. If using raspberry pi or similar use arm in place of [tag]. The latest tag will pull the amd64 image:

docker pull seanauff/wol-proxy:[tag]

Start the container with all default environment variables:

docker run -d --net=host --name=WOL-proxy seanauff/wol-proxy:[tag]

Start the container with modified environment variables:

docker run -d --net=host --name=WOL-proxy -e MQTT_BROKER_HOST=[host] -e WOL_BROADCAST_ADDR=[broadcast] seanauff/wol-proxy:[tag]

Note: Container needs to run with host networking in order to send the broadcast packets correctly!

Environment Variables

Variable	Default Value	Notes
MQTT_BROKER_HOST	127.0.0.1	IP or hostname of MQTT broker
MQTT_BROKER_PORT	1883	Port of MQTT broker
MQTT_CLIENT_ID	WOL-proxy	Change this if the default is already in use by another client
MQTT_USERNAME		Username for connecting to MQTT broker when using auth. TLS not currently supported
MQTT_PASSWORD		Password for connecting to MQTT broker when using auth. TLS not currently supported
MQTT_TOPIC_PREFIX	WOL-proxy	The first level(s) of the topic for the proxy to subscribe ([prefix]/command) and provide status ([prefix]/status)
MQTT_QOS	1	QOS level to use to subscribe to command topic
WOL_BROADCAST_ADDR	255.255.255.255	Change to the local broadcast IP for best results

Build the image yourself

Clone the repository and build the image:

git clone https://github.com/seanauff/WOL-proxy.git
docker build -t seanauff/wol-proxy WOL-proxy

Other Install Methods

Dependencies

This project uses the following libraries:

• paho-mqtt
• wakeonlan

Install them with:

pip install paho-mqtt wakeonlan