diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ typings/
 .yarn-integrity
 
 # dotenv environment variables file
-.env
+*.env
 
 # next.js build output
 .next
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,13 +2,52 @@
 ## system architecture
 ![architecture](./client/public/architecture.png)
 
-## Necessary steps before running
+## Steps to run mosquitto influx and telegraf
+
+1. Install docker desktop
+
+[Docker desktop download instructions found here](https://www.docker.com/get-started/)
+
+2. in the root directory create a file named influxdb.env
+
+```
+touch influxdb.env
+```
+3. In influxdb.env set the following environment variables
+
+```
+DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup
+DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME=avionics
+DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD=987654321
+DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG=nakuja
+DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET=telemetry
+DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN=mysupersecrettoken
+```
+4. In the root directory run:
+
+```
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+5. influxb dashboard is now availabe at localhost:8086
+
+```
+http://localhost:8086
+```
+6. Sign in with username and password set in influxdb.env
+
+```
+username=avionics
+password=987654321
+```
+7. Everything is ready for use
+
+## Steps to run web app
 
 1. In the client directory, run:
 
 ```
 npm install
-npm install
 ```
 
 installs the necessary dependencies for the client app
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  mosquitto:
+    image: eclipse-mosquitto:2.0.14
+    ports:
+      - "1883:1883"   
+    volumes:
+      - ./mosquitto.conf:/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf 
+      - mosquitto-data:/mosquitto/data
+      - mosquitto-log:/mosquitto/log  
+  influxdb:
+    image: influxdb:2.3-alpine
+    volumes:
+      # Mount for influxdb data directory and configuration
+      - influxdb2:/var/lib/influxdb2
+    ports:
+      - "8086:8086"
+    env_file:
+      # Use these same configurations parameters in your telegraf configuration, telegraf.conf.
+      - ./influxdb.env
+    #entrypoint: ["./entrypoint.sh"]
+    #restart: on-failure:10
+    #depends_on:
+    #  - influxdb
+  telegraf:
+    image: telegraf:1.20-alpine
+    links:
+      - influxdb
+    volumes:
+      # Mount for telegraf config
+      - ./telegraf.conf:/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
+    env_file: 
+      - ./influxdb.env
+    depends_on:
+      - mosquitto
+      - influxdb_cli
+volumes:
+  influxdb2:
+  mosquitto-data:
+  mosquitto-log:
diff --git a/mosquitto.conf b/mosquitto.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd82ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mosquitto.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+persistence true
+persistence_location /mosquitto/data/
+log_dest file /mosquitto/log/mosquitto.log
+
+# include_dir /etc/mosquitto/conf.d
+
+listener 1883
+
+allow_anonymous true
diff --git a/telegraf.conf b/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f63d13e
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+++ b/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+# Configuration for telegraf agent
+[agent]
+  ## Default data collection interval for all inputs
+  interval = "10s"
+  ## Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
+  ## ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
+  round_interval = true
+
+  ## Telegraf will send metrics to outputs in batches of at most
+  ## metric_batch_size metrics.
+  ## This controls the size of writes that Telegraf sends to output plugins.
+  metric_batch_size = 1000
+
+  ## Maximum number of unwritten metrics per output.  Increasing this value
+  ## allows for longer periods of output downtime without dropping metrics at the
+  ## cost of higher maximum memory usage.
+  metric_buffer_limit = 10000
+
+  ## Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
+  ## Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
+  ## This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
+  ## same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
+  collection_jitter = "0s"
+
+  ## Default flushing interval for all outputs. Maximum flush_interval will be
+  ## flush_interval + flush_jitter
+  flush_interval = "10s"
+  ## Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
+  ## large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
+  ## ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
+  flush_jitter = "0s"
+
+  ## By default or when set to "0s", precision will be set to the same
+  ## timestamp order as the collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
+  ##   ie, when interval = "10s", precision will be "1s"
+  ##       when interval = "250ms", precision will be "1ms"
+  ## Precision will NOT be used for service inputs. It is up to each individual
+  ## service input to set the timestamp at the appropriate precision.
+  ## Valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s".
+  precision = ""
+
+  ## Log at debug level.
+  # debug = false
+  ## Log only error level messages.
+  # quiet = false
+
+  ## Log target controls the destination for logs and can be one of "file",
+  ## "stderr" or, on Windows, "eventlog".  When set to "file", the output file
+  ## is determined by the "logfile" setting.
+  # logtarget = "file"
+
+  ## Name of the file to be logged to when using the "file" logtarget.  If set to
+  ## the empty string then logs are written to stderr.
+  # logfile = ""
+
+  ## The logfile will be rotated after the time interval specified.  When set
+  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.  Logs are rotated only when
+  ## written to, if there is no log activity rotation may be delayed.
+  # logfile_rotation_interval = "0d"
+
+  ## The logfile will be rotated when it becomes larger than the specified
+  ## size.  When set to 0 no size based rotation is performed.
+  # logfile_rotation_max_size = "0MB"
+
+  ## Maximum number of rotated archives to keep, any older logs are deleted.
+  ## If set to -1, no archives are removed.
+  # logfile_rotation_max_archives = 5
+
+  ## Pick a timezone to use when logging or type 'local' for local time.
+  ## Example: America/Chicago
+  # log_with_timezone = ""
+
+  ## Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
+  hostname = ""
+  ## If set to true, do no set the "host" tag in the telegraf agent.
+  omit_hostname = false
+
+[[outputs.influxdb_v2]]
+  ## The URLs of the InfluxDB cluster nodes.
+  ##
+  ## Multiple URLs can be specified for a single cluster, only ONE of the
+  ## urls will be written to each interval.
+  ##   ex: urls = ["https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com"]
+  urls = ["http://influxdb:8086"]
+
+  ## Token for authentication.
+  token = "$DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN"
+
+  ## Organization is the name of the organization you wish to write to; must exist.
+  organization = "$DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG"
+
+  ## Destination bucket to write into.
+  bucket = "$DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET"
+
+  ## The value of this tag will be used to determine the bucket.  If this
+  ## tag is not set the 'bucket' option is used as the default.
+  # bucket_tag = ""
+
+  ## If true, the bucket tag will not be added to the metric.
+  # exclude_bucket_tag = false
+
+  ## Timeout for HTTP messages.
+  # timeout = "5s"
+
+  ## Additional HTTP headers
+  # http_headers = {"X-Special-Header" = "Special-Value"}
+
+  ## HTTP Proxy override, if unset values the standard proxy environment
+  ## variables are consulted to determine which proxy, if any, should be used.
+  # http_proxy = "http://corporate.proxy:3128"
+
+  ## HTTP User-Agent
+  # user_agent = "telegraf"
+
+  ## Content-Encoding for write request body, can be set to "gzip" to
+  ## compress body or "identity" to apply no encoding.
+  # content_encoding = "gzip"
+
+  ## Enable or disable uint support for writing uints influxdb 2.0.
+  # influx_uint_support = false
+
+  ## Optional TLS Config for use on HTTP connections.
+  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+  ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
+  # insecure_skip_verify = false
+
+[[inputs.mqtt_consumer]]
+  ## Broker URLs for the MQTT server or cluster.  To connect to multiple
+  ## clusters or standalone servers, use a seperate plugin instance.
+  ##   example: servers = ["tcp://localhost:1883"]
+  ##            servers = ["ssl://localhost:1883"]
+  ##            servers = ["ws://localhost:1883"]
+  servers = ["tcp://mosquitto:1883"]
+
+  ## Topics that will be subscribed to.
+  topics = [
+    "esp32/#",
+  ]
+
+  ## The message topic will be stored in a tag specified by this value.  If set
+  ## to the empty string no topic tag will be created.
+  # topic_tag = "topic"
+
+  ## QoS policy for messages
+  ##   0 = at most once
+  ##   1 = at least once
+  ##   2 = exactly once
+  ##
+  ## When using a QoS of 1 or 2, you should enable persistent_session to allow
+  ## resuming unacknowledged messages.
+  qos = 0
+
+  ## Connection timeout for initial connection in seconds
+  # connection_timeout = "30s"
+
+  ## Maximum messages to read from the broker that have not been written by an
+  ## output.  For best throughput set based on the number of metrics within
+  ## each message and the size of the output's metric_batch_size.
+  ##
+  ## For example, if each message from the queue contains 10 metrics and the
+  ## output metric_batch_size is 1000, setting this to 100 will ensure that a
+  ## full batch is collected and the write is triggered immediately without
+  ## waiting until the next flush_interval.
+  # max_undelivered_messages = 1000
+
+  ## Persistent session disables clearing of the client session on connection.
+  ## In order for this option to work you must also set client_id to identify
+  ## the client.  To receive messages that arrived while the client is offline,
+  ## also set the qos option to 1 or 2 and don't forget to also set the QoS when
+  ## publishing.
+  # persistent_session = false
+
+  ## If unset, a random client ID will be generated.
+  # client_id = ""
+
+  ## Username and password to connect MQTT server.
+  # username = "telegraf"
+  # password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics"
+
+  ## Optional TLS Config
+  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+  ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
+  # insecure_skip_verify = false
+
+  ## Data format to consume.
+  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## more about them here:
+  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+data_format = "json"
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