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VerneMQ / MQTT Introduction
Installing VerneMQ
Installing on Debian and Ubuntu
Installing on CentOS and RHEL
Running VerneMQ using Docker
Configuring VerneMQ
Introduction
The VerneMQ conf file
Auth using files
Auth using a database
MQTT Options
MQTT Listeners
HTTP Listeners
Non-standard MQTT options
Websockets
Logging
Consumer session balancing
Plugins
Shared subscriptions
Advanced Options
Storage
MQTT Bridge
VerneMQ Clustering
Introduction
Inter-node Communication
Dealing with Netsplits
Live Administration
Introduction
Inspecting and managing sessions
Retained messages
Live reconfiguration
Managing Listeners
HTTP API
Tracing
Monitoring
Introduction
$SYSTree
Graphite
Prometheus
Health Checker
Status Page
Plugin Development
Introduction
Session lifecycle
Subscribe Flow
Publish Flow
Enhanced Auth Flow
Erlang Boilerplate
Lua Scripting Support
Webhooks
Misc
Loadtesting VerneMQ
Not a tuning guide
Change Open File Limits
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Installing on Debian and Ubuntu
VerneMQ can be installed on Debian or Ubuntu-based systems using the binary package we provide.

Install VerneMQ

Once you have downloaded the binary package, execute the following command to install VerneMQ:
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sudo dpkg -i vernemq_<%= latest_version() %>-1_amd64.deb
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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

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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Install VerneMQ
Verify your installation
Activate VerneMQ node
Default Directories and Paths
Next Steps