KubeMQ is a Cloud Native, enterprise grade message broker for distributed services architecture
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KubeMQ Charts
KubeMQ is a Cloud Native, enterprise grade message queue broker for distributed services architecture.KubeMQ is delivered as a small, lightweight Docker container, designed for any type of workload and architecture running in Kubernetes or any other containers orchestration system which support Docker.
HELM
KubeMQ Helm charts required Helm v3. Please download/upgrade from https://github.com/helm/helmAdd KubeMQ Helm Repository
$ helm repo add kubemq-charts https://kubemq-io.github.io/charts
Verify KubeMQ helm repository charts is properly configured by:
Update KubeMQ Helm Repository
$ helm repo update
Install KubeMQ Cluster Chart
console
$ helm install --create-namespace -n kubemq kubemq-crds kubemq-charts/kubemq-crds
$ helm install --wait -n kubemq kubemq-controller kubemq-charts/kubemq-controller
$ helm install --wait -n kubemq kubemq-cluster --set key={your-license-key} kubemq-charts/kubemq-cluster
Using Private Container Registries
Both KubeMQ Controller and KubeMQ Cluster charts support pulling images from private container registries. To use private registries, you need to:
- Create a registry secret:
console
$ kubectl create secret docker-registry my-registry-secret \
--docker-server=my-private-registry.com \
--docker-username=myuser \
--docker-password=mypassword \
--docker-email=myemail@example.com \
--namespace=kubemq
- Install the controller with the registry secret:
console
$ helm install --wait -n kubemq kubemq-controller kubemq-charts/kubemq-controller \
--set imagePullSecrets[0].name=my-registry-secret
For kubemq-cluster:
console
$ helm install --wait -n kubemq kubemq-cluster kubemq-charts/kubemq-cluster \
--set key={your-license-key} \
--set imagePullSecrets[0].name=my-registry-secret
- Multiple registry secrets (if needed):
console
$ helm install --wait -n kubemq kubemq-controller kubemq-charts/kubemq-controller \
--set imagePullSecrets[0].name=registry-secret-1 \
--set imagePullSecrets[1].name=registry-secret-2
- Using values file:
values.yaml file:
imagePullSecrets:
- name: my-registry-secret
- name: another-registry-secret
Then install:
console $ helm install --wait -n kubemq kubemq-controller kubemq-charts/kubemq-controller -f values.yaml
Uninstall KubeMQ Cluster Chart
To uninstall/delete the kubemq-release deployment:
console
$ helm uninstall -n kubemq kubemq-cluster
$ helm uninstall -n kubemq kubemq-controller
$ helm uninstall -n kubemq kubemq-crds
Configuration
The following table lists the configurable parameters of the KubeMQ chart and their default values.
KubeMQ Cluster Configuration
# Number of replicas of KubeMQ Nodes - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/default-template
replicas: 3
KubeMQ license key
key: kubemq license key
KubeMQ license data - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-license
license: kubemq license data
Private Registry Configuration - Reference existing secrets for pulling images from private registries
imagePullSecrets: []
Example:
imagePullSecrets:
- name: my-registry-secret
- name: another-registry-secret
KubeMQ Volume Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-persistence-volume
volume:
size: 10Gi
storageClass: default
KubeMQ docker image - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-cluster-image
image:
image: kubemq/kubemq:latest
pullPolicy: Always
KubeMQ Api interface - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-api-interface
api:
disabled: false
expose: NodePort
nodePort: 32080
port: 8080
KubeMQ gRPC interface - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-grpc-interface
grpc:
disabled: false
expose: NodePort
nodePort: 32000
port: 50000
bodyLimit: 10000000
KubeMQ REST interface - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-rest-interface
rest:
bodyLimit: 1000000
disabled: true
expose: NodePort
nodePort: 32090
port: 9090
KubeMQ Authentication Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-authentication
authentication:
key: jwt
type: jwt token type
KubeMQ Authorization Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-authorization
authorization:
autoReload: 300000
policy: policy type
url: remote url
KubeMQ Health Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-health-probe
health:
failureThreshold: 3
initialDelaySeconds: 3
periodSeconds: 4
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 10
KubeMQ Logging Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-logs
log:
file: path to log file
level: 1
KubeMQ NodeSelectors Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-node-selectors
nodeSelectors:
keys:
key: value
KubeMQ Queue Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-queues-settings
queue:
defaultVisibilitySeconds: 0
defaultWaitTimeoutSeconds: 0
maxDelaySeconds: 0
maxExpirationSeconds: 0
maxReQueues: 0
maxReceiveMessagesRequest: 0
maxVisibilitySeconds: 0
maxWaitTimeoutSeconds: 0
KubeMQ Resources Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-resources-limits
resources:
limitsCpu: "3"
limitsEphemeralStorage: 100Gi
limitsMemory: 2Gi
requestsCpu: "3"
requestsEphemeralStorage: 200Gi
requestsMemory: 4Gi
KubeMQ Routing Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-routing
routing:
autoReload: 300000
data: routing data
url: routing url
KubeMQ Cluster Configuration - when standalone is true, KubeMQ will run as a single node
standalone: false
KubeMQ Store Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-store-settings
store:
clean: true
maxChannelSize: 0
maxChannels: 0
maxMessages: 0
maxSubscribers: 0
messagesRetentionMinutes: 0
path: path to store
purgeInactiveMinutes: 0
KubeMQ TLS Configuration - https://docs.kubemq.io/configuration/cluster/set-tls
tls:
ca: ca data
cert: cert data
key: key data
KubeMQ Controller Configuration
# KubeMQ Controller Image Configuration
operatorImage: docker.io/kubemq/kubemq-operator:latest
kubemqImage: docker.io/kubemq/kubemq:latest
connectorTargetsImage: kubemq/kubemq-targets:latest
connectorSourcesImage: kubemq/kubemq-sources:latest
connectorBridgesImage: kubemq/kubemq-bridges:latest
Private Registry Configuration - Reference existing secrets for pulling images from private registries
imagePullSecrets: []
Example:
imagePullSecrets:
- name: my-registry-secret
- name: another-registry-secret
Documentation
Please visit https://docs.kubemq.io for more information about KubeMQ.🔗 More in this category