Mosquitto: 3. Choose the instance size

This documentation is part of the GitHub Actions & GitLab CI guide. You can view the complete guide here: Launch a real Mosquitto service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and automatically tear it down.

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Stackhero provides you with a fully managed Mosquitto MQTT cloud environment, designed for reliability and flexibility:

  • Unlimited message throughput and data transfers, so your workflows never encounter artificial limits.
  • Unlimited device authentication via your own external API, making onboarding and access management straightforward.
  • Advanced ACLs for precise control over topics, users, and actions.
  • A custom domain name with integrated HTTPS for secure, branded endpoints (for example: https://mqtt.your-company.com).
  • Effortless updates: apply improvements or security patches with a single click.
  • Consistent performance and enhanced security, with every instance running on a private, dedicated infrastructure.

Accelerate your IoT projects and reduce operational overhead. You can have a secure, production-ready Mosquitto MQTT cloud hosting instance up and running in just a few minutes.

The examples below use the entry-level instance 200 for Mosquitto by default. This is a reliable choice for most workloads, but you can adjust it as needed. To see all available instance types for Mosquitto, run:

# The NAME column shows the value to pass to --instance
stackhero instances-store-list --service-store=mosquitto