EMQ X Broker is a cloud native, distributed, MQTT message broker that powers HiveMQ cloud. It provides scalable, reliable, and secure messaging for Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M), and cloud applications.
Here are the steps to install EMQ X Broker on NixOS Latest:
First, make sure your system is up to date:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Next, import the EMQ X Broker NixOS repository using the following command:
sudo nix-channel --add https://nix.emqx.io/nixos-20.09/emqx.nix channel
sudo nix-channel --update channel
Now, install EMQ X Broker using the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA emqx
This will install the latest version of EMQ X Broker on your system.
Finally, start the EMQ X Broker service:
sudo systemctl start emqx
Verify the service status using the following command:
sudo systemctl status emqx
If everything goes smoothly, you should see something like this:
● emqx.service - EMQ X Broker
Loaded: loaded (/run/current-system/sw/lib/systemd/system/emqx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-11-03 14:09:26 UTC; 21s ago
Docs: https://docs.emqx.io/
https://github.com/emqx/emqx
Main PID: 34418 (beam.smp)
Tasks: 68 (limit: 235, black
If you want EMQ X Broker to start automatically at system startup, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable emqx
That's it! EMQ X Broker is now installed on your NixOS Latest system.
EMQ X Broker is a powerful and reliable message broker for IoT, M2M, and cloud applications. With NixOS, you can easily install it on your system and start using it right away.
I hope this tutorial was helpful to you. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment below.
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