Mosquitto: 3. Pick the instance size

This documentation is part of the GitHub Actions & GitLab CI guide. View the full guide here: Spin up a real Mosquitto service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and tear it down automatically.

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Stackhero gives you a fully managed Mosquitto MQTT cloud environment designed for reliability and flexibility:

  • Unlimited message throughput and data transfers, so your workflows never hit artificial limits.
  • Unlimited device authentication through your own external API, making onboarding and access management seamless.
  • Advanced ACLs for fine-grained control over topics, users, and actions.
  • A custom domain name with built-in HTTPS for secure, branded endpoints (for example: https://mqtt.your-company.com).
  • Zero-hassle updates: apply improvements or security patches with a single click.
  • Consistent performance and strong 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 solid choice for most workloads, but you are welcome to adjust it as needed. To view all available instance types for Mosquitto, you can run:

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