Ubuntu

This section will guide you on installing and starting EMQX on the Ubuntu system.

Supported versions:

• Ubuntu18.04
• Ubuntu20.04

Install EMQX with deb

1. To download emqx-5.0.14-ubuntu20.04-amd64.deb (opens new window), run:

wget https://www.emqx.com/downloads/broker/v5.0.14/emqx-5.0.14-ubuntu20.04-amd64.deb

2. To install EMQX, run:

sudo apt install ./emqx-5.0.14-ubuntu20.04-amd64.deb

3. We offered different options to start EMQX:

• To start EMQX directly, run:

  $ emqx start
  EMQX 5.0.14 is started successfully!
  
  $ emqx_ctl status
  Node 'emqx@127.0.0.1' 5.0.14 is started
  

• To start EMQX with systemctl, run:

  sudo systemctl start emqx
  

• To start EMQX as a service, run:

  sudo service emqx start
  

4. To uninstall EMQX, run:

sudo apt remove --purge emqx

Install EMQX with tag.gz

1. To download emqx-5.0.14-ubuntu20.04-amd64.tar.gz (opens new window), run:

wget https://www.emqx.com/downloads/broker/v5.0.14/emqx-5.0.14-ubuntu20.04-amd64.tar.gz

2. To unzip the package, run:

mkdir -p emqx && tar -zxvf emqx-5.0.14-ubuntu20.04-amd64.tar.gz -C emqx

3. To start EMQX, run:

cd emqx && ./bin/emqx start