# Deploy with K8s

EMQX provides the EMQX Kubernetes Operator (opens new window) to automate the creation, configuration, and management of EMQX clusters on Kubernetes (K8s).

EMQX Kubernetes Operator is a new way to create and manage cloud-native EMQX instances based on Kubernetes architectures, which significantly simplifies the deployment and management of EMQX.

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Kubernetes v1.20.0 or higher version is needed.

# Deploy EMQX Kubernetes Operator

We will use cert-manager (opens new window) to provision the certificates for the Webhook server. You can refer to the cert-manager documentation (opens new window) on how to install it.

To install by Helm, run:

helm repo add emqx https://repos.emqx.io/charts
helm repo update
helm install emqx-operator emqx/emqx-operator --namespace emqx-operator-system --create-namespace

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Wait till EMQX Operator Controller starts running：

$ kubectl get pods -l "control-plane=controller-manager" -n emqx-operator-system
NAME                                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
emqx-operator-controller-manager-68b866c8bf-kd4g6   1/1     Running   0          15s

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# Deploy EMQX

To deploy EMQX Custom Resource, run:

cat << "EOF" | kubectl apply -f -
  apiVersion: apps.emqx.io/v2alpha1
  kind: EMQX
  metadata:
    name: emqx
  spec:
    image: emqx/emqx:5.0.14
EOF

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You can see a complete code example on the GitHub page of EMQX operator (opens new window). For detailed explanation of each field, see EMQX Operator - API Reference (opens new window).

To check the status of EMQX Custom Resource, run:

kubectl get pods
kubectl get emqx emqx -o json | jq ".status.emqxNodes"

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mpleted the deployment of EMQX with EMQX Kubernetes Operator. On how to configure, see - Config (opens new window) - Config (opens new window) .

# Deploy on Public Cloud

You can also use EMQX Kubernetes Operator to deploy EMQX cluster on Kubernetes in the Public Cloud, click the link below on how to configure:

# Next steps

Use an MQTT client to connect EMQX for message publish/subscribe. For more information, see Publish and Subscribe.

Or you may click the links below to learn how to use EMQX Kubernetes Operator for standard EMQX cluster configurations:

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