Installing on Debian and Ubuntu

Install VerneMQ
Once you have downloaded the binary package, execute the following command to install VerneMQ:
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sudo dpkg -i vernemq-<VERSION>.bionic.x86_64.deb
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Note: Replace bionic with appropriate OS version such as focal/trusty/xenial.
Verify your installation
You can verify that VerneMQ is successfully installed by running:
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dpkg -s vernemq | grep Status
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If VerneMQ has been installed successfully Status: install ok installed is returned.
Activate VerneMQ node
To use the provided binary packages the VerneMQ EULA must be accepted. See Accepting the VerneMQ EULA for more information.
Once you've installed VerneMQ, start it on your node:
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service vernemq start
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Default Directories and Paths
The whereis vernemq command will give you a couple of directories:
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whereis vernemq
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vernemq: /usr/sbin/vernemq /usr/lib/vernemq /etc/vernemq /usr/share/vernemq
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Path
Description
/usr/sbin/vernemq:
the vernemq and vmq-admin commands
/usr/lib/vernemq
the vernemq package
/etc/vernemq
the vernemq.conf file
/usr/share/vernemq
the internal vernemq schema files
/var/lib/vernemq
the vernemq data dirs for LevelDB (Metadata Store and Message Store)
Next Steps
Now that you've installed VerneMQ, check out How to configure VerneMQ.

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Contents

Install VerneMQ

Verify your installation

Activate VerneMQ node

Default Directories and Paths

Next Steps