# Hivemq community edition installation in ubuntu using AWS EC2 instance
**URL:** https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409
**Category:** HiveMQ Community Edition
**Created:** [December 26, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409 "2020-12-26T17:51:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@inayyer](https://community.hivemq.com/u/inayyer)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/1 "2020-12-26T17:51:03Z")
Hi,
From last couple of days i am struggling with installation of hivemq in ubuntu using amazon AWS EC2 instance from a windows 10 pc.
After some struggle i was able to install and run it from command line successfully. I still can but. but when i make it to run automatically on startup in ubuntu, it stops responding to its clients. If i check the service status using command “systemctl status hivemq.service” it says service is running. but i cant access.
If i stop the service using command “systemctl stop hivemq.service” and run it again using command “/opt/hivemq/bin/run.sh” it starts perfectly and start to work.
Actually when I ssh ubuntu in aws the default user name to login is “ubuntu” (which I cannot change) and all the time I had to run this command “sudo su” to become root user. so when I make it to auto start it must be trying to start under “ubuntu” user. I have no idea how to make root as default user or how can I fix this. if I check the permissions of ubuntu user using command “sudo whoami” it says root. But still I cant get it working. Any ideas how to resolve this problem.
Please help me if you can.
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### Author:  [@michael\_w](https://community.hivemq.com/u/michael_w)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/2 "2020-12-27T18:35:10Z")
Hi @inayyer,
did you follow the installation guide?
> **[General Installation Information :: HiveMQ Documentation](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/hivemq/4.4/user-guide/install-hivemq.html#linux)**
The first two lines already state:
```auto
The default installation directory for HiveMQ is /opt/hivemq and the default HiveMQ username is hivemq.
If you install HiveMQ to a different directory or define a custom HiveMQ username, you must update the $HIVEMQ_DIRECTORY and HIVEMQ_USER in the $HIVEMQ_DIRECTORY/bin/start.sh script accordingly.
```
So my guess is that you need to adapt the user in the script (or create a hivemq user).
Hope this helps!
Happy Christmas,
Michael
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### Author:  [@inayyer](https://community.hivemq.com/u/inayyer)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/3 "2020-12-28T20:46:06Z")
Hi Michael,
Thank you very much for your reply. I have finally resolved the issue and its working for me now. I can access it in both ways as mqtt and also by web socket.
Actually I had already created hivemq user. But the problem was the subfolders and few files in hivemq directory were owned by root user. I started looking into log files and found out that one of the file was not accessible because of ownership. So I changed the ownership of each file and subdirectory in hivemq folder to hivemq user and boom. it started working.
I really appreciate your reply. I am thinking about making a video of complete process to help other users. I installed hivemq community edition in ubuntu on AWS EC2 instance. Ill post the link here later.
Best regards,
Imran Nayyer
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/4 "2022-03-26T09:26:09Z")
> [@michael\_w](#):
>
> General Installation Information :: HiveMQ Documentation
The above link is no longer working. Can you please post the correct link? Thanks
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### Author:  [@michael\_w](https://community.hivemq.com/u/michael_w)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/5 "2022-03-28T07:32:44Z")
Hi @sanjmeh,
you’re right, the link directed to the 4.4 version which is not supported anymore (thanks for reporting 🙂).
Here the updated link: [General Installation Information :: HiveMQ Documentation](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/hivemq/latest/user-guide/install-hivemq.html#linux)
Greetings,
Michael
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/6 "2022-03-28T17:17:05Z")
However I find only HiveMQ trial version on the link.
Where is the HiveMQ CE link? I presume HiveMQ CE is different form HiveMQ trial version
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### Author:  [@edwin](https://community.hivemq.com/u/edwin)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/7 "2022-03-28T17:56:36Z")
Hello @sanjmeh.
Find the latest version of HiveMQ CE here: [Release 2021.3 · hivemq/hivemq-community-edition · GitHub](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/releases/tag/2021.3).
HiveMQ CE is open source vs the trial version of our enterprise broker offering.
Let us know of any questions!
Best Regards,
Edwin
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/8 "2022-03-28T20:09:45Z")
Thanks.
I followed all the steps, and after this step I am struggling to proceed, as no matter what I do there are errors.
Could someone advise what are the steps after `git clone` and the `gradle` command?
```auto
git clone https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition.git
cd hivemq-community-edition
./gradlew hivemqZip
```
After the `gradle` step I got a host of files that got installed in the `/opt/hivemq` subdirectory.
When I tried to start the hivemq server I get this.
```auto
/opt$ systemctl start hivemq
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
Authentication is required to start 'hivemq.service'.
Authenticating as: Sanjay Mehrotra,,, (hivemq)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
Failed to start hivemq.service: Unit hivemq.service not found.
```
How can I proceed from here?
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/9 "2022-03-29T10:57:00Z")
Shall I post a fresh question? Does it justify one?
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### Author:  [@edwin](https://community.hivemq.com/u/edwin)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/10 "2022-03-30T01:46:03Z")
Hello @sanjmeh to confirm the following steps listed here: [Installing HiveMQ · hivemq/hivemq-community-edition Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/wiki/Installing-HiveMQ) were carried out? If you are till encountering issues for visibility it makes sense to make a separate thread.
Cheers,
Edwin
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/11 "2022-03-31T17:01:11Z")
Let me do these steps again and document them, before posting a fresh question. Thanks @edwin
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### Author:  [@edwin](https://community.hivemq.com/u/edwin)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/12 "2022-03-31T17:59:38Z")
You’re welcome @sanjmeh. Let us know of any issues!
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/15 "2022-04-18T08:43:37Z")
My post is hidden, and I don’t know how to make it reappear.
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### Author:  [@Daria\_H](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Daria_H)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/16 "2022-04-19T08:38:16Z")
Hello @sanjmeh ,
Please follow the installation steps in [General Installation Information :: HiveMQ Documentation](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/hivemq/4.7/user-guide/install-hivemq.html) and if you run into any issue or have a further question please let us know.
Thank you!
Dasha from HiveMQ team
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/17 "2022-04-19T13:05:11Z")
Thank you for responding.
I followed the steps on the [github home page](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/wiki/Installing-HiveMQ) of HiveMQ Community edition. The link you pasted is not for community edition. Isn’t it?
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/18 "2022-04-19T13:26:24Z")
@Daria_H Here is the problem description. If you could be kind enough to advise. Thanks
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### Author:  [@Daria\_H](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Daria_H)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/19 "2022-04-19T15:11:46Z")
Hey, @sanjmeh
As far as I can tell from your ports, you are looking at the next section **Building from source** and you are getting a Gradle error. You do not have to build from source, you can simply unzip the release file.
If you go to [GitHub - hivemq/hivemq-community-edition: HiveMQ CE is a Java-based open source MQTT broker that fully supports MQTT 3.x and MQTT 5. It is the foundation of the HiveMQ Enterprise Connectivity and Messaging Platform](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition) and scroll down to **Quick Start** , you see the following instructions:
> ### Quick Start
>
> - Download the latest [HiveMQ CE binary package](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/releases/download/2021.3/hivemq-ce-2021.3.zip).
> - Unzip the package.
> - Run the `run.sh` (Linux/OSX) or run.bat (Windows) in the bin folder of the package.
>
> `cd hivemq-ce- `
> `bin/run.sh`
When this works (in your first message you indicated that it does), you can continue with the steps from [Installing HiveMQ · hivemq/hivemq-community-edition Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/wiki/Installing-HiveMQ#installation-on-unix-based-systems-linux-bsd-macos-x-unix) starting from the step 5.
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/20 "2022-04-20T07:35:29Z")
Thankyou. I could manage to start the hivemq ce version with above guidance. Now to the next step to configure it. Will close this issue here.
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/21 "2022-04-20T09:01:14Z")
Hi @Daria_H ,
> [@Daria\_H](#):
>
> When this works (in your first message you indicated that it does), you can continue with the steps from [Installing HiveMQ · hivemq/hivemq-community-edition Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/wiki/Installing-HiveMQ#installation-on-unix-based-systems-linux-bsd-macos-x-unix) starting from the step 5.
I could manage to cross step 10 successfully from above documentation.
(note: it needed me to make a little changes to the paths, as I installed everything under `/root` but finally got past successfully step 10).
Now I think there is a mess up as after run.sh is run it seems hivemq has started (netstat also shows something listening to port 1883) but when I check the server status or if I try to enable the service it fails.
See the following sequence of comands:
I went ahead to try `systemctl start`:
```auto
hivemq@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01:/etc/systemd/system$ systemctl start hivemq
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
Authentication is required to start 'hivemq.service'.
Authenticating as: Sanjay Mehrotra,,, (hivemq)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
hivemq@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01:/etc/systemd/system$
```
Then I wanted to see the status of the server but it shows a failed status:
```auto
hivemq@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01:/etc/systemd/system$ systemctl status hivemq
● hivemq.service - HiveMQ Community Edition
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/hivemq.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2022-04-20 08:40:39 UTC; 14s ago
Process: 154285 ExecStart=/opt/hivemq/bin/run.sh (code=exited, status=200/CHDIR)
Main PID: 154285 (code=exited, status=200/CHDIR)
```
I tried enabling it by:
```auto
hivemq@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01:/etc/systemd/system$ systemctl enable hivemq
Synchronizing state of hivemq.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable hivemq
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.reload-daemon ===
Authentication is required to reload the systemd state.
Authenticating as: Sanjay Mehrotra,,, (hivemq)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
update-rc.d: error: hivemq Default-Start contains no runlevels, aborting.
```
Not sure why I get no runlevels. What does it mean?
Finally I tested using netstat.
```auto
hivemq@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01:/etc/systemd/system$ netstat -an | grep 1883
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:1883 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
```
Wow it looks to be running. Why does it show failed earlier?
Trying to see jounrnal files:
```auto
hivemq@ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01:/etc/systemd/system$ journalctl | grep -i hivemq
No journal files were found.
```
So net net I am confused how to proceed from here. Why does it show a process listening to port 1883 but the server is not yet live.
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### Author:  [@sanjmeh](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sanjmeh)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-community-edition-installation-in-ubuntu-using-aws-ec2-instance/409/22 "2022-04-23T01:46:51Z")
Update:
I ran `systemctl list-units` and searched for hive and got this line:
```auto
hivemq.service loaded failed failed HiveMQ Community Edition
```
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