Running HiveMQ on Docker

Download and run HiveMQ

Running the HiveMQ trial with Docker is the simplest way to experiment with HiveMQ and MQTT. The following command downloads and starts a single HiveMQ trial node.

docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 1883:1883 hivemq/hivemq4

Try it out

Navigate with your browser to http://localhost:8080 and open the HiveMQ Control Center. If the HiveMQ Control Center is available, HiveMQ is up and running.

You can login with the default credentials:
User: admin
Password: hivemq

Any MQTT client can now be connected to HiveMQ on port 1883.

Recommended Next Steps

Wasn't that easy? You have HiveMQ up and running on your Docker installation.

Build a MQTT Cluster

For production use cases, we recommend a cluster of HiveMQ nodes to realize the full benefits of reliability and scalability.. Learn more about how to configure HiveMQ Clustering.

Try the Kubernetes Operator

HiveMQ can be deployed on-premise or a managed cloud environment. Our Kubernetes Operator for HiveMQ makes it easy to deploy HiveMQ to any Kubernetes environment.

Read the Documentation

Explore more details on how to configure Docker and HiveMQ. Note: HiveMQ provides a continuously-updated Docker repository on Docker Hub.

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