EMQX Operator introduction

EMQX Enterprise is a cloud-native MQTT broker. EMQX Kubernetes Operator is a new way to create and manage cloud-native EMQX Enterprise instances based on Kubernetes architectures. It simplifies the process and required knowledge of the deployment and management.

NOTE: Only one EMQX Operator can be deployed in each Kubernetes cluster.

The corresponding relationship between EMQX Operator and EMQX version is as follows:

EMQX Version	EMQX Operator Version	APIVersion
4.3.x <= EMQX < 4.4	1.2.0（stop maintenance）	v1beta2
4.3.x <= EMQX < 4.4	1.2.1，1.2.2，1.2.3 （recommend）	v1beta3
4.4.6 <= EMQX < 4.4.8	1.2.5	v1beta3
4.4.8 <= EMQX < 4.4.14	1.2.6，1.2.7，1.2.8，2.0.0，2.0.1，2.0.2 （recommend）	v1beta3
4.4.14 <= EMQX	2.1.0	v1beta4
5.0.6 <= EMQX < 5.0.8	2.0.0，2.0.1 （recommend）	v2alpha1
5.0.8 <= EMQX < 5.0.14	2.0.2	v2alpha1
5.0.14 <= EMQX	2.1.0	v2alpha1

EMQX operator architecture