Initial commit: Elixir MQTT system stats daemon

- MQTT client with configurable broker connection
- Periodic system stats publishing (30s interval)
- Command listening on MQTT topic with logging
- Systemd service configuration
- NixOS module for declarative deployment

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

lib/system_stats_daemon/application.ex

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+defmodule SystemStatsDaemon.Application do
+  # See https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Application.html
+  # for more information on OTP Applications
+  @moduledoc false
+
+  use Application
+
+  @impl true
+  def start(_type, _args) do
+    children = [
+      {SystemStatsDaemon.MqttClient, []}
+    ]
+
+    # See https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Supervisor.html
+    # for other strategies and supported options
+    opts = [strategy: :one_for_one, name: SystemStatsDaemon.Supervisor]
+    Supervisor.start_link(children, opts)
+  end
+end

lib/system_stats_daemon/mqtt_client.ex

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+defmodule SystemStatsDaemon.MqttClient do
+  use GenServer
+  require Logger
+
+  @moduledoc """
+  MQTT client for publishing system stats and handling commands
+  """
+
+  def start_link(opts) do
+    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, opts, name: __MODULE__)
+  end
+
+  def init(_opts) do
+    config = Application.get_env(:system_stats_daemon, __MODULE__)
+    Logger.info("Starting MQTT client with config: #{inspect(config)}")
+    
+    # Use a unique client ID to avoid conflicts
+    client_id = "#{config[:client_id]}_#{:rand.uniform(1000)}"
+    
+    connection_opts = [
+      client_id: client_id,
+      server: {Tortoise.Transport.Tcp, host: to_charlist(config[:host]), port: config[:port]},
+      handler: {Tortoise.Handler.Logger, []},
+      user_name: config[:username],
+      password: config[:password],
+      subscriptions: [{config[:command_topic], 0}]
+    ]
+
+    case Tortoise.Connection.start_link(connection_opts) do
+      {:ok, _pid} ->
+        Logger.info("MQTT client connected successfully")
+        
+        # Send immediate hello message
+        hello_msg = %{
+          message: "Hello - system_stats_daemon started",
+          timestamp: DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.to_iso8601(),
+          hostname: get_hostname()
+        }
+        Tortoise.publish(client_id, config[:stats_topic], Jason.encode!(hello_msg), qos: 0)
+        
+        schedule_stats_publish(config[:publish_interval])
+        {:ok, %{config: config, client_id: client_id}}
+        
+      {:error, reason} ->
+        Logger.error("Failed to connect to MQTT broker: #{inspect(reason)}")
+        {:stop, reason}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def handle_info(:publish_stats, state) do
+    publish_stats(state.config, state.client_id)
+    schedule_stats_publish(state.config[:publish_interval])
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
+  def handle_info(_msg, state) do
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
+  def terminate(reason, state) do
+    Logger.info("MQTT client terminating: #{inspect(reason)}")
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  defp publish_stats(config, client_id) do
+    stats = %{
+      message: "Hello from system_stats_daemon",
+      timestamp: DateTime.utc_now() |> DateTime.to_iso8601(),
+      hostname: get_hostname()
+    }
+    
+    payload = Jason.encode!(stats)
+    
+    case Tortoise.publish(client_id, config[:stats_topic], payload, qos: 0) do
+      :ok ->
+        Logger.info("Published stats: #{payload}")
+      {:error, reason} ->
+        Logger.error("Failed to publish stats: #{inspect(reason)}")
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp schedule_stats_publish(interval) do
+    Process.send_after(self(), :publish_stats, interval)
+  end
+
+  defp get_hostname do
+    case :inet.gethostname() do
+      {:ok, hostname} -> List.to_string(hostname)
+      _ -> "unknown"
+    end
+  end
+end