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title: Install EMQX on openSUSE using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of EMQX for on openSUSE - The Most Scalable MQTT
  Broker for IoT, IIoT, and Connected Vehicles
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/emqx/opensuse
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# Install EMQX on **openSUSE**

# EMQX

[emqx](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/emqx "View all snaps from emqx")

* [emqx](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/emqx "View all snaps from emqx")
* [Devices and IoT](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=devices-and-iot)
* [Server and Cloud](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=server-and-cloud)

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/emqx/opensuse#install)

#### The Most Scalable MQTT Broker for IoT, IIoT, and Connected Vehicles

EMQX is the most scalable and popular open-source MQTT broker with a high performance that connects 100M+ IoT devices in 1 cluster at 1ms latency. Move and process millions of MQTT messages per second.

The EMQX v5.0 has been verified in test scenarios to scale to 100 million concurrent device connections, which is a critically important milestone for IoT designers. It also comes with plenty of exciting new features and huge performance improvements, including a more powerful rule engine (<https://www.emqx.com/en/solutions/iot-rule-engine>), enhanced security management, Mria database extension, and much more to enhance the scalability of IoT applications.

During the last several years, EMQX has gained popularity among IoT companies and is used by more than 20,000 global users from over 50 countries, with more than 100 million IoT device connections supported worldwide.

For more information, please visit the EMQX homepage (<https://www.emqx.io/>).

**Installation**

```
sudo snap install emqx
```

**Quick Start**

```
# Start emqx
sudo emqx start

# Check Status
sudo emqx.ctl status

# Stop emqx
sudo emqx stop
```

To view the dashboard after running, use your browser to open: <http://localhost:18083>

**Configuration**

By default, the configuration file for EMQX is stored in the `/snap/emqx/current/emqx/snap_data` directory.

```
ubuntu@test:~$ ls -l /snap/emqx/current/emqx/snap_data
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 103 Sep 15 17:35 data
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 144 Sep 15 17:35 etc
```

If the default configuration file does not meet your actual needs, you can copy the default configuration file to the user configuration directory and modify it. The file in the user configuration directory will overwrite the default configuration file.

```
# Go to the default configuration directory
cd /snap/emqx/current/emqx/snap_data

# Copy the default configuration file to the user configuration directory and modify it
sudo cp -r -n ./* /var/snap/emqx/common/
```

**FAQ**

Visiting EMQX FAQ (<https://www.emqx.io/docs/en/v4.4/faq/faq.html>) to get the help of common problems.

### Package name

* emqx

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 18 September 2020 - latest/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [www.emqx.com](https://www.emqx.com/en "https://www.emqx.com/en")

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### Contact

* [contact@emqx.io](mailto:contact@emqx.io "mailto:contact@emqx.io")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/emqx/opensuse#report-snap-modal)

---

## Enable snaps on openSUSE and install EMQX

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.

You need first add the *snappy* repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.

Tumbleweed:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
```

Leap 15.x:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
```

If needed, Swap out `openSUSE_Leap_15.` for, `openSUSE_Leap_16.0` if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.

With the repository added, import its GPG key:

```
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
```

Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new *snappy* repository:

```
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
```

Snap can now be installed with the following:

```
sudo zypper install snapd
```

You then need to either reboot, logout/login or `source /etc/profile` to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the *snapd* and the *snapd.apparmor* services with the following commands:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
```

### Install EMQX

To install EMQX, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install emqx
```

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