Install EMQX Cluster with EMQX Operator

For more information about latest EMQX Operator, please access github (opens new window).

1. Use cert-manager (opens new window) for provisioning the certificates for the webhook server. Please follow the cert-manager documentation (opens new window) to install it。

2. Install Operator Controller Manager service in one of the following ways：

   • Install with default static files

   curl -f -L "https://github.com/emqx/emqx-operator/releases/download/1.2.2/emqx-operator-controller.yaml" | kubectl apply -f -

   • Install with Helm
     • Add the EMQX Helm repository

   helm repo add emqx https://repos.emqx.io/charts 
   helm repo update

   • Install EMQX Operator Controller by Helm

   $ helm install emqx-operator emqx/emqx-operator \ 
   --set installCRDs=true \ 
   --namespace emqx-operator-system \ 
   --create-namespace

3. Check EMQX Operator Controller Status

   $ kubectl get pods -l "control-plane=controller-manager" -n emqx-operator-system 
   NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE 
   emqx-operator-controller-manager-68b866c8bf-kd4g6 1/1 Running 0 15s

4. Deploy the EMQX Broker

• Deploy EMQX Custom Resource

  $ cat << "EOF" | kubectl apply -f -
  apiVersion: apps.emqx.io/v1beta3
  kind: EmqxBroker
  metadata:
    name: emqx
    labels:
      "foo": "bar"
  spec:
    emqxTemplate:
      image: emqx/emqx:4.4.5
  EOF

• Check EMQX status

  $ kubectl get pods 
   NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE 
   emqx-0 2/2 Running 0 22s 
   emqx-1 2/2 Running 0 22s 
   emqx-2 2/2 Running 0 22s 
   $ kubectl exec -it emqx-0 -c emqx -- emqx_ctl status 
   Node 'emqx@emqx-0.emqx-headless.default.svc.cluster.local' 4.4.5 is started
   $ kubectl exec -it emqx-0 -c emqx -- emqx_ctl cluster status 
   Cluster status: #{running_nodes =>
                     ['emqx@emqx-0.emqx-headless.default.svc.cluster.local',
                      'emqx@emqx-1.emqx-headless.default.svc.cluster.local',
                      'emqx@emqx-2.emqx-headless.default.svc.cluster.local'],
                 stopped_nodes => []}