Hivemq control center not turning up

HiveMQ Community Edition
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Hi team,
We’re trying to set up control center by modifying config.xml as stated in HiveMQ Control Center :: HiveMQ Documentation
We’re not able to see any process running on default port 8080 using netstat or ss.
We even configured the port through config but it’s not showing up on the new port either. How do we verify if control center is running or if any additional setup needs to be done?
Our hivemq runs on GCP VM.
Is control center only available with enterprise edition?
Any help would be appreciated!

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Hi @divyasd

The HiveMQ Control Center is not available in the Community Edition - it is a feature of HiveMQ Professional and Enterprise Editions

By default, when available in the Professional/Enterprise editions, the Control Center:

  • Runs on port 8080 and binds to localhost (127.0.0.1) 2
  • Uses default credentials (username: admin, password: hivemq)
  • Works out of the box without additional configuration

Since you’re using HiveMQ Community Edition, you won’t be able to access the Control Center as it’s an enterprise feature. To try, you would need to install HiveMQ Enterprise. You can either run it in docker: HiveMQ and Docker :: HiveMQ Documentation or you can download at https://releases.hivemq.com/hivemq-4.37.0.zip

I hope this helps!
Best,
Dasha from The HiveMQ Team

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Thank you @Daria_H for the inputs!