NSQ is a real-time distributed messaging platform that is designed to scale horizontally, providing reliable and high-performance message delivery across distributed systems. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install NSQ on macOS.
Before you get started with the installation process, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that provides a simple way to install and manage software packages. You can use it to install NSQ on your macOS system.
To install Homebrew, open the terminal and run the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
After installing Homebrew, you can use it to install NSQ. To install NSQ, run the following command in the terminal:
brew install nsq
This command will download and install NSQ on your macOS system.
To verify that NSQ is installed on your macOS system, run the following command in the terminal:
nsqlookupd --version
This command will display the version number of NSQ that is installed on your system.
To start NSQ, you need to start the nsqd and nsqlookupd processes. You can do this by running the following commands in separate terminal windows:
nsqlookupd
nsqd
These commands will start the nsqlookupd and nsqd processes respectively.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed NSQ on macOS. You can now use it to build distributed systems and scalable messaging applications. In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install NSQ, verify its installation, and start the required processes.
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