EMQX is an open-source MQTT broker that is designed for high-performance, reliability, and scalability. In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of installing EMQX on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing EMQX on FreeBSD Latest, you must have the following prerequisites:
EMQX requires the Erlang/OTP runtime environment to be installed on the machine. To install Erlang, run the following command in the terminal:
pkg install erlang
This command will install the latest version of Erlang available in the FreeBSD repository. You can check the installed version by running the following command:
erl -version
This command will output the Erlang version installed on the machine.
To download EMQX, visit the official EMQX website at https://www.emqx.io/ and navigate to the download section. From the download section, select the FreeBSD Latest version and click on the download button to download the EMQX package.
Alternatively, you can download the EMQX package using the following command in the terminal:
fetch https://www.emqx.io/downloads/broker/v4.3.7/emqx-freebsd13-amd64-4.3.7.zip
This command will download the EMQX package in the ZIP format.
After downloading the EMQX package, extract it using the following command in the terminal:
unzip emqx-freebsd13-amd64-4.3.7.zip
This command will extract the EMQX package in the current directory.
To configure EMQX, navigate to the EMQX directory using the following command:
cd emqx
Next, create a configuration file by copying the sample configuration file:
cp etc/emqx.conf.example etc/emqx.conf
Once the configuration file is created, you can edit it using a text editor such as vi or nano to customize the settings according to your preferences. Some of the important settings to configure include the listener ports, authentication settings, and logging settings.
To start EMQX, run the following command:
./bin/emqx start
This command will start the EMQX broker. You can confirm that the broker is running by checking the status:
./bin/emqx_ctl status
This command will output the EMQX status, including the running processes.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the step-by-step process of installing EMQX on FreeBSD Latest. After following these steps, you should have a functional installation of EMQX on your machine, ready to use as an MQTT broker.
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