Managing Listeners
Managing VerneMQ tcp listeners
You can configure as many listeners as you wish in the vernemq.conf file. In addition to this, the
vmq-admin listener command let's you configure, start, stop and delete listeners on the fly. Those can be MQTT, WebSocket or Cluster listeners, in the command line output they will be tagged mqtt, ws or vmq accordingly.To get info on a listener sub-command, invoke it with the --help option. Example:
vmq-admin listener start --helpListeners configured with the
vmq-admin listener command will not survive a broker restart. Live changes to listeners configured in vernemq.conf are possible, but the vernemq.conf listeners will just be restarted with a broker restart.vmq-admin listener show
+----+-------+------------+-----+----------+---------+
|type|status | ip |port |mountpoint|max_conns|
+----+-------+------------+-----+----------+---------+
|vmq |running|192.168.1.50|44053| | 30000 |
|mqtt|running|192.168.1.50|1883 | | 30000 |
+----+-------+------------+-----+----------+---------+
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vmq-admin listener start address=192.168.1.50 port=1884 --mountpoint /test --nr_of_acceptors=10 --max_connections=1000
This will start an MQTT listener on port
1884 and IP address 192.168.1.50. If you want to start a WebSocket listener, just tell VerneMQ by adding the --websocket flag. There are more options, mainly for configuring SSL (use vmq-admin listener start --help).You can isolate client connections accepted by a certain listener from other clients by setting a mountpoint.
To start an MQTT listener using defaults, just set the port and IP address as a minimum.
vmq-admin listener stop address=192.168.1.50 port=1884
You can add the
-k or --kill_sessions switch to that command. This will disconnect all client connections setup by that listener. In combination with a mountpoint, this can be useful for terminating clients for a specific application, or to force re-connects to another cluster node (to prepare for a cluster leave for your node).vmq-admin listener restart address=192.168.1.50 port=1884
vmq-admin listener delete address=192.168.1.50 port=1884
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