Here at HiveMQ, we continue to enhance our MQTT platform. HiveMQ 4.7 was released on September 14th, 2021. To show the benefits of upgrading to HiveMQ 4.7, we had a special edition webinar where Dominik Obermaier, CTO and co-founder of HiveMQ, and Georg Held, Engineering Manager at HiveMQ, showcase the new features of HiveMQ 4.7.

Some of the highlights of this release included:

1. Improvements to Cloud-Native Operations: With HiveMQ 4.7, it is easier to operate HiveMQ on cloud platforms. This release introduces machine-readable logs that allow out-of-box integration with popular log systems, like Splunk, Elastic, Loki, etc. HiveMQ 4.7 also includes a number of improvements to the HiveMQ Kubernetes Operator for more flexible deployments and enhanced security.

2. Improved Enterprise Security: HiveMQ 4.7 includes a number of security features, including integration of HiveMQ Control Center with single sign-on providers and upgrades to the HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension (ESE) to include file based authorization.

3. Major Upgrades to HiveMQ Swarm MQTT load testing tool: The HiveMQ 4.7 includes an improved Swarm tool, which has support for WebSockets, support for the simulation of abnormal MQTT clients disconnection behavior, and support for LWT.