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How to use Kubernetes Secret to specify HiveMQ license with HiveMQ Operator.
HiveMQ requires a valid license as a file placed in the /opt/hivemq/license directory . There are 3 ways to add the license with HiveMQ Operator:within the HiveMQ container to operate properly. You can specify this license file using HiveMQ Operator in three different ways: as a raw value in the values.yaml file,

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as a configMap in the values.yaml file,

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or as a

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Secret in the values.yaml file.

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This article explains how to use Kubernetes Secret to specify a HiveMQ license with HiveMQ Operatorwill guide you through the process of using a Kubernetes Secret.

\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions

1. Edit If you don't have the values.yaml file to specify that the license file is contained in hivemq-license secret, which will be mounted to the for the HiveMQ Operator yet, you can retrieve it from the HiveMQ Helm repository and save it to a file named values.yaml using the following command:

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   helm show values 'hivemq/hivemq-operator' > values.yaml

2. Edit the values.yaml file to configure the mapping of the HiveMQ license Secret to mount it into the HiveMQ container directory /opt/hivemq/license. Find the hivemq section in the values.yaml file and add the following lines:

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   hivemq: ... secrets: # Secrets to mount to the HiveMQ pods. These can be mounted to existing directories without shadowing the folder contents as well. - name: hivemq-license path: /opt/hivemq/license ...

3. If there is no namespace for the HiveMQ, then create one and switch the kubectl context to it

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   kubectl create namespace 'hivemq' kubectl config set-context --current --namespace='hivemq'

4. Create the secret with nave hivemq-license in the namespace hivemq from the license file hivemq-2023.licCreate a Kubernetes Secret with the name hivemq-license using the kubectl command. Make sure to place the license file, in this case, hivemq-2023.lic, in the same namespace where the HiveMQ Operator is running (replace 'hivemq-namespace' with your actual namespace):

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   kubectl create secret generic 'hivemq-license' \ --from-file 'hivemq-license.lic' \ --namespace 'hivemq-namespace'

5. Install Now, you can install HiveMQ with the specified license. Use the following helm upgrade command, providing a release name (e.g., 'hivemq-mine from release'), the Helm chart ('hivemq/hivemq-operator to '), the target namespace ('hivemq and use parameter values from the file '), and the values.yaml file you edited earlier:

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   helm upgrade 'hivemq-release' \ --install 'hivemq/hivemq-operator' \ --namespace 'hivemq' \ --values 'values.yaml'

   HiveMQ will be installed with the license file from the Kubernetes Secret, ensuring that it operates with the appropriate licensing.

   That's it! You've successfully configured HiveMQ to use a license file from a Kubernetes Secret using HiveMQ Operator.

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