Memphis is an intelligent, frictionless message broker.
Made to enable developers to build real-time and streaming apps fast.

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Memphis.dev is more than a broker. It's a new streaming stack.

It significantly accelerates the development of real-time applications that require a streaming platform with
high throughput, low latency, easy troubleshooting, fast time-to-value,
minimal platform operations, and all the observability you can think of.

Memphis Kubernetes Deployment

Helm is a k8s package manager that allows users to deploy apps in a single, configurable command.
More information about Helm can be found here.

Memphis is cloud-native and cloud-agnostic to any Kubernetes on any cloud.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements (Without high availability)

Resource	Quantity
Minimum Kubernetes version	1.20 and above
K8S Nodes	1
CPU	2 CPU
Memory	4GB RAM
Storage	12GB PVC

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Recommended Requirements (With high availability)

Resource	Minimum Quantity
Minimum Kubernetes version	1.20 and above
K8S Nodes	3
CPU	4 CPU
Memory	8GB RAM
Storage	12GB PVC Per node

Installation

Production

Production-grade Memphis with three memphis brokers configured in cluster-mode

helm repo add memphis https://k8s.memphis.dev/charts/ --force-update && helm install memphis memphis/memphis --set global.cluster.enabled="true" --create-namespace --namespace memphis --wait

Dev

Standard installation of Memphis with a single broker

helm repo add memphis https://k8s.memphis.dev/charts/ --force-update && 
helm install memphis memphis/memphis --create-namespace --namespace memphis --wait

* Optional * Helm deployment options

Option	Description	Default Value	Example
global.cluster.enabled	Cluster mode for HA and Performance	"false"	"false"
exporter.enabled	Prometheus exporter	"false"	"false"
cluster.enabled	Enables Memphis cluster deployment. For fully HA configuration use global.cluster.enabled	"false"	"true"
cluster.replicas	Memphis broker replicas	"3"	"5"
memphis.image	Memphis image name	"memphisos/memphis:x.x.x-stable"	"memphisos/memphis:latest"
memphis.ui.port	Dashboard's (GUI) port	9000	9000
memphis.hosts.uiHostName	Which URL should be seen as the "UI hostname"	""	"https://memphis.example.com"
memphis.hosts.restgwHostName	Which URL should be seen as the "REST Gateway hostname"	""	"https://restgw.memphis.example.com"
memphis.hosts.brokerHostName	Which URL should be seen as the "broker hostname"	""	"memphis.example.com"
memphis.configFile.logsRetentionInDays	Amount of days to retain system logs	3	3
memphis.configFile.gcProducerConsumerRetentionInHours	Amount of hours to retain producer/consumer in system	3	3
memphis.configFile.tieredStorageUploadIntervalSeconds	Interval in seconds between uploads to tiered storage	8	8
memphis.configFile.dlsRetentionHours	Amount of hours to retain messages in DLS	3	3
memphis.configFile.userPassBasedAuth	Authentication method selector. true = User + pass false = User + connection token	"true"	"true"
memphis.creds.rootPwd	Root password for the dashboard. Randomly generated.	""	"superpass"
memphis.creds.connectionToken	Token for connecting an app to the Memphis Message Queue. Auto generated.Randomly generated.	""	"connectionToken
memphis.creds.jwtSecret	For internal traffic. Randomly generated.	""	"<JWT_TOKEN>"
memphis.creds.refreshJwtSecret	For internal traffic. Randomly generated.	""	"<JWT_TOKEN>"
memphis.creds.encryptionSecretKey	Encryption secret key for internal encryption. Randomly generated.	""	""
memphis.secretConfig.name	*Optional* Name of the secret	"memphis-creds"	"memphis-creds"
memphis.secretConfig.existingSecret	*Optional* Is this secret an existing secret	"false"	"false"
memphis.secretConfig.rootPwd_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"ROOT_PASSWORD"	"rootPwd"
memphis.secretConfig.connectionToken_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"CONNECTION_TOKEN"	"connectionToken"
memphis.secretConfig.jwtSecret_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"JWT_SECRET"	"jwtSecret"
memphis.secretConfig.refreshJwtSecret_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"REFRESH_JWT_SECRET"	"refreshJwtSecret"
memphis.secretConfig.encryptionSecretKey_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY"	"encryptionSecretKey"
memphis.secretConfig.refreshJwtSecretRestGW_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"REFRESH_JWT_SECRET_REST_GW"	"refreshJwtSecretRestGW"
memphis.secretConfig.jwtSecretRestGW_key	*Optional* Name of the key in secret	"JWT_SECRET_REST_GW"	"jwtSecretRestGW"
memphis.extraEnvironmentVars.enabled	*Optional* List of additional environment variables for memphis.	""	vars: - name: KEY - valye: value
memphis.tls.verify	*Optional* For encrypted client-memphis communication. Verification for the CA autority. SSL.	""	"true"
memphis.tls.secret.name	*Optional* For encrypted client-memphis communication. K8S secret name that holds the certs. SSL.	""	"memphis-client-tls-secret"
memphis.tls.cert	*Optional* For encrypted client-memphis communication. .pem file to use. SSL.	""	"memphis_client.pem"
memphis.tls.key	*Optional* For encrypted client-memphis communication. Private key file to use. SSL.	""	"memphis-key_client.pem"
memphis.tls.ca	*Optional* For encrypted client-memphis communication. CA file to use. SSL.	""	"rootCA.pem"
websocket.tls.secret.name	*Optional* Memphis GUI using websockets for live rendering. K8S secret name for the certs	""	"memphis-ws-tls-secret"
websocket.tls.cert	*Optional* Memphis GUI using websockets for live rendering. .pem file to use	""	"memphis_local.pem"
websocket.tls.key	*Optional* Memphis GUI using websockets for live rendering. key file	""	"memphis-key_local.pem"
metadata.postgresql.username	*Optional* Username for postgres db	"postgres"	"postgres"
metadata.pgpool.tls.enabled	*Optional* Enabling TLS-based communication with PG	"false"	"false"
metadata.pgpool.tls.certificatesSecret	*Optional* PG TLS cert secret to be used	""	"tls-secret"
metadata.pgpool.tls.certFilename	*Optional* PG TLS cert file to be used	""	"tls.crt"
metadata.pgpool.tls.certKeyFilename	*Optional* PG TLS key to be used	""	"tls.key"
metadata.pgpool.tls.certCAFilename	*Optional* PG TLS cert CA to be used	""	"ca.crt"
metadata.external.enabled	*Optional* For using external PG instead of deploying dedicated one for Memphis	"false"	"true"
metadata.external.dbTlsMutual	*Optional* External PG TLS-basec communication	"true"	"true"
metadata.external.dbName	*Optional* External PG db name	""	"memphis"
metadata.external.dbHost	*Optional* External PG db hostname	""	"metadata.example.url"
metadata.external.dbPort	*Optional* External PG db port	""	5432
metadata.external.dbUser	*Optional* External PG db user	""	"postgres"
metadata.external.dbPass	*Optional* External PG db password	""	"12345678"
metadata.external.secret.enabled	*Optional* Enable an option to use secret for password store	"false"	"true"
metadata.external.secret.name	*Optional* Secret name	""	"metadata-secret"
metadata.external.secret.dbPass_key	*Optional* Name of the key in the secret	""	"dbPass"
restGateway.enabled	*Optional* Memphis Rest Gateway can be disabled if not in use	"true"	"false"
restGateway.jwtSecret	*Optional* Manual Jwt Token configurtion	""	""
restGateway.refreshJwtSecret	*Optional* Manual Refresh Jwt Token configurtion	""	""

Here is how to run an installation command with additional options -

helm install memphis --set cluster.replicas=3,memphis.creds.rootPwd=rootpassword" memphis/memphis --create-namespace --namespace memphis

Deployed pods

• memphis. Memphis broker.
• memphis-rest-gateway. Memphis REST Gateway.
• memphis-metadata. Metadata store.
• memphis-metadata-coordinator. Metadata coordinator

For more information on each component, please head to the architecture section.

Deploy Memphis with TLS (encrypted communication via SSL)

0. Optional: Create self-signed certificates

a) Generate a self-signed certificate using mkcert

$ mkcert -client \
-cert-file memphis_client.pem \
-key-file memphis-key_client.pem  \
"127.0.0.1" "localhost" "*.memphis.dev" ::1 \
email@localhost [email protected]

b) Find the rootCA

$ mkcert -CAROOT

c) Create self-signed certificates for client

$ mkcert -client -cert-file client.pem -key-file key-client.pem  localhost ::1 

1. Create namespace + secret for the TLS certs

a) Create a dedicated namespace for memphis

kubectl create namespace memphis

b) Create a k8s secret with the required certs

kubectl create secret generic memphis-client-tls-secret \
--from-file=memphis_client.pem \
--from-file=memphis-key_client.pem \
--from-file=rootCA.pem -n memphis

tls:
  secret:
    name: memphis-client-tls-secret
  ca: "rootCA.pem"
  cert: "memphis_client.pem"
  key: "memphis-key_client.pem"

2. Deploy Memphis with the generated certificate

helm install memphis memphis \
--create-namespace --namespace memphis --wait \
--set \
global.cluster.enabled="true",\
memphis.tls.verify="true",\
memphis.tls.cert="memphis_client.pem",\
memphis.tls.key="memphis-key_client.pem",\
memphis.tls.secret.name="memphis-client-tls-secret",\
memphis.tls.ca="rootCA.pem"

Upgrade existing deployment

For adding TLS support

1. Create a k8s secret with the provided TLS certs

kubectl create secret generic memphis-client-tls-secret \
--from-file=memphis_client.pem \
--from-file=memphis-key_client.pem \
--from-file=rootCA.pem -n memphis

2. Upgrade Memphis to use the TLS certs

helm upgrade memphis memphis -n memphis --reuse-values \
--set \
memphis.tls.verify="true",\
memphis.tls.cert="memphis_client.pem",\
memphis.tls.key="memphis-key_client.pem",\
memphis.tls.secret.name="tls-client-secret",\
memphis.tls.ca="rootCA.pem"

Deployment diagram