Amazon Linux 2

This section guides you on installing and starting EMQX on Amazon Linux 2.

Install with rpm

EMQX offers different installation packages for different CPU architectures.

• amd64
• arm64

1. Download emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-amd64.rpm.

   wget https://www.emqx.com/en/downloads/broker/5.0.26/emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-amd64.rpm

2. Install EMQX.

   sudo yum install emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-amd64.rpm -y

1. Download emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-arm64.rpm.

   wget https://www.emqx.com/en/downloads/broker/5.0.26/emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-arm64.rpm

2. Install EMQX.

   sudo yum install emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-arm64.rpm -ys

Start EMQX

EMQX offers 3 different options to start EMQX:

• To start EMQX directly, run:

  $ emqx start
  EMQX 5.0.26 is started successfully!
  
  $ emqx_ctl status
  Node 'emqx@127.0.0.1' 5.0.26 is started

• To start EMQX with systemctl, run:

  sudo systemctl start emqx

• To start EMQX as a service, run:

  sudo service emqx start

Uninstall EMQX

To uninstall EMQX, run:

sudo apt remove --purge emqx

Install with tar.gz

EMQX has offered unique installation packages for different CPU architectures.

• amd64
• arm64

1. Download emqx-5.0.26-elixir-amzn2-amd64.tar.gz.

   wget https://www.emqx.com/en/downloads/broker/5.0.26/emqx-5.0.26-elixir-amzn2-amd64.tar.gz

2. Install EMQX.

   mkdir -p emqx && tar -zxvf emqx-5.0.26-elixir-amzn2-amd64.tar.gz -C emqx

1. Download emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-arm64.tar.gz.

   wget https://www.emqx.com/en/downloads/broker/5.0.26/emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-arm64.tar.gz

2. Install EMQX.

   mkdir -p emqx && tar -zxvf emqx-5.0.26-amzn2-arm64.tar.gz -C emqx

Start EMQX

After the installation, run the command below to start EMQX.

./emqx/bin/emqx start