HiveMQ Azure Cluster Discovery Extension is released
The HiveMQ team is pleased to announce the availability of the HiveMQ Azure Cluster Discovery Extension.
This HiveMQ extension allows your HiveMQ cluster nodes to discover each other dynamically by regularly exchanging information through an Azure Storage Account.
HiveMQ instances are added at runtime as soon as they become available by placing the associated connection information in a configured Storage Container as Blobs. Our cluster-discovery extension regularly checks the configured Storage Container for files from other HiveMQ nodes. Additionally, every broker updates its own file on a regular basis to prevent the file from expiring. An Azure Connection String is used for authorization to the Azure Storage Account.
This image gives you an overview of how the extension works:
Installation
Please follow this step-by-step instruction to install the HiveMQ Azure Cluster Discovery Extension for your deployment:
Download the extension from the HiveMQ Website or our GitHub Releases Page.
Copy the content of the zip file to the
extensionsfolder of your HiveMQ nodes.Modify the
azDiscovery.propertiesfile to suit your needs.Change the Discovery Mechanism of HiveMQ to
extension.
Configuration
The information each node writes into the bucket consists of an IP address and a port. The IP address and port are taken from the external-address and external-port that are configured in the cluster transport (config.xml). If this information is not set, the bind-address and bind-port are used.
The azDiscovery.properties can be reloaded during runtime.
| Config Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| connection‑string | The required connection string of your Azure Storage Account. See the Azure Documentation for more information. | |
| container‑name | hivemq-discovery | The name of the Azure Storage Container in which the Blob for the discovery is created. If this container does not yet exist, the extension creates one. |
| file‑prefix | hivemq-node- | An optional file prefix for the Blob to create that holds the cluster node information for the discovery. Do not omit this value if you reuse the specified container for other files. |
| file‑expiration | 360 | The length of time in seconds after which other nodes delete a created Blob that is not updated. |
| update‑interval | 180 | The length of time in seconds in which the Blob is updated. This interval must be shorter than the file expiration setting. |
Need help?
If you need assistance, we are happy to help. The best place to get in contact is our Support.
Have a great day,
Till from the HiveMQ Team
Till Seeberger
Till is a software engineer at HiveMQ, driving innovation forward in the Internet of Things. He is a tenured member of the engineering team at HiveMQ and maintains the MQTT CLI open-source project. He spends his free time playing guitar and volleyball.
