HiveMQ Control Center v1

The HiveMQ Control Center automatically ships with HiveMQ and is enabled by default. No additional installation is required.

Starting with HiveMQ 4.39, HiveMQ Control Center v2 is generally available and can also be used in production.
You can access Control Center v2 from the default Control Center v1 main navigation or with the URL http://<host>:8080/v2/.
During the upcoming transition phase, Control Center v2 will continue to run alongside the existing Control Center v1.
Over the next few months, we will move functionality to the new interface and eventually retire Control Center v1.

Enable or Disable the HiveMQ Control Center

The <enabled> option in the <control-center> section of your HiveMQ configuration allows you to enable or disable your HiveMQ Control Center:

Currently, HiveMQ Control Center v1 and v2 use the same configuration file.

When you enable or disable the <control-center> feature in the <config.xml> file of your HiveMQ deployment, you enable/disable HiveMQ Control Center v1 and v2 simultaneously.

To activate Control Center v1 and v2, set the <enabled> option to true.
To deactivate Control Center v1 and v2, set the <enabled> option to false.

Example default HiveMQ Control Center configuration (enables v1 and v2)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<hivemq>
    ...
    <control-center>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
        ...
    </control-center>
    ...
</hivemq>

View Your HiveMQ Control Center

The HiveMQ Control Center is a web-based management and monitoring tool that is included in the standard HiveMQ distribution. The Control Center is accessed directly from your web browser. You do not need to install any additional software on your computer to use the HiveMQ Control Center.

When you run a HiveMQ instance on your local machine with the default configuration of the HiveMQ Control Center enabled, you can access HiveMQ Control Center v1 and HiveMQ Control Center v2 as follows:

Access the default HiveMQ Control Center v1 on http://localhost:8080/.
Access the new HiveMQ Control Center v2 on http://localhost:8080/v2/.

The default login for both control center versions is username admin and password hivemq.

Based on your specific HiveMQ setup, the URL for your HiveMQ Control Center can vary. You can also configure the control center to be available via HTTPS. Contact your HiveMQ administrator for connection details.

For security reasons, the default configuration of the HiveMQ Control Center listens only on the local network interface. You must modify the configuration to access the HiveMQ Control Center from another computer. For more information, see Access Control.