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• Download and Extract HiveMQ:

  • First, you need to download the HiveMQ ZIP file from the official HiveMQ website. https://www.hivemq.com/download/

  • Unzip the folder to C:\ e.g. C:\hivemq-4.25.1

  • Rename this folder to hivemq so the path looks like C:\hivemq

  • Files inside the folder would have a structure e.g. C:\hivemq\bin

• Doing sanity checks

  • Setting Heap to 50% of system memory (2GB minimum, 4GB in this installation as RAM is 8 GB)

    • Go to C:\hivemq\bin

    • Open the run.bat file with notepad Notepad or any other editor

    • Search for the VARIABLES section

    • Add the heap configuration (4 GB in this case)
      set "JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Xmx4g"
      

      

    • Save the file

• Run HiveMQ broker

  • Go to C:\hivemq\bin

  • Right-click on the file “run.bat” and run it as an administrator

  • This should start the HiveMQ process as shown below

    

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