Getting Started with RocketMQ to Produce and Consume Messages

Procedure

Figure 1 Procedure for using DMS for RocketMQ

1. Step 1: Preparations

   Before creating a RocketMQ instance, an authenticated Huawei Cloud account with balance, users with required permissions, a set of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and subnet, a security group, an Elastic Cloud Server (ECS), and an environment should be prepared.

2. Step 2: Create a RocketMQ Instance

   Enable SSL, disable ACL, and configure the created VPC and subnet, and security group.

3. Step 3: Create a Topic

   After an instance is created, create a topic for sending and receiving messages.

4. Step 4: Connect to a RocketMQ Instance to Produce and Consume Messages

   On the client, connect to the instance and use commands to produce and consume messages.

Step 1: Preparations

1. Sign up for a Huawei ID and complete real-name authentication.

   If you already have a Huawei account, skip this step. If you do not have one, see Registering a HUAWEI ID and Enabling HUAWEI CLOUD Services and Real-Name Authentication.

2. Grant RocketMQ instance permissions.

   The RocketMQ administrator permission DMS FullAccess is required. For details, see Creating a User and Granting DMS for RocketMQ Permissions.

3. Create a VPC and subnet.
   

   The VPC must be created in the same region as the RocketMQ instance.

   A RocketMQ instance runs in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Before creating an instance, ensure that a VPC is available. For details about how to create a VPC and a subnet, see Creating a VPC and Subnet.

4. Create a security group.

   See Creating a Security Group.

   To connect to RocketMQ instances, add the security group rules described in Table 1.

   Table 1 Security group rules

   Direction	Protocol	Port	Source	Description
   Inbound	TCP	8100	IP address or IP address range of the RocketMQ client	The port is used for private network access to metadata nodes using TCP.
   Inbound	TCP	10100–10199		The port is used for accessing service nodes using TCP.

   

   After a security group is created, its default inbound rule allows communication among ECSs within the security group and its default outbound rule allows all outbound traffic. In this case, you can access a RocketMQ instance within a VPC, and do not need to add rules according to Table 1.

5. Create an elastic cloud server (ECS) and configure environment variables.

   The following takes a Linux ECS as an example. For more information about how to install JDK and configure the environment variables for a Windows ECS, please search the Internet.

   1. Log in to the console, click in the upper left corner, click Elastic Cloud Server under Computing, and then create an ECS.

      For details, see Purchasing an ECS. If you already have an available ECS, skip this step.

   2. Log in to an ECS as user root.
   3. Install the JDK and configure the environment variables JAVA_HOME and PATH.
      1. Download the JDK.
         

         Use Oracle JDK instead of ECS's default JDK (for example, OpenJDK), because ECS's default JDK may not be suitable for the sample project. Obtain Oracle JDK 1.8.111 or later from Oracle's official website.

      2. Run the following command to decompress the JDK package.

         tar -zxvf jdk-8u321-linux-x64.tar.gz

         Change jdk-8u321-linux-x64.tar.gz to your JDK version.

      3. Run the following command to edit the environment variable file .bash_profile:

         vim ~/.bash_profile

      4. Add the following content to the environment variable file:

         export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_321
         export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

         Change /opt/java/jdk1.8.0_321 to the path where you install JDK.

      5. Press Esc to exit the editing mode and run the following command to save the environment variable file:

         :wq

      6. Run the following command to make the environment variables take effect:

         source .bash_profile

   4. Run the following command to check whether the JDK is successfully installed.

      java -version

      If the following information is displayed, the JDK is installed successfully:

      java version "1.8.0_321"

   5. Run the following command to download the rocketmq-tutorial sample software package.

      wget https://dms-demos.obs.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/rocketmq-tutorial.zip

   6. Run the following command to decompress rocketmq-tutorial.

      unzip rocketmq-tutorial.zip

Step 2: Create a RocketMQ Instance

Before using RocketMQ for message production and consumption, create a RocketMQ instance. The VM resource in the instance store topics.

1. Go to the Buy Instance page.
2. Set the instance information. For details, see Table 2.

   Table 2 Setting instance information

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Mode	Select the billing mode of the instance. Select Pay-per-use. You will be billed for your usage duration. The fees are calculated in seconds and settled by hour.
   Region	For lower network latency and faster access to your resources, select the nearest region. Select EU-Dublin.
   Project	Select the project in this region. Select one as required.
   AZ	Select one AZ or at least three AZs.
   Instance Name	Enter the instance name, for example, rocketmq-test.
   Enterprise Project	An enterprise project manages project resources in groups. Enterprise projects are logically isolated. Select "default". This parameter is for enterprise users.
   Specifications	Select Default here, which customizes the version, instance type, architecture, flavor, and storage space for the RocketMQ instance.
   Version	Select an instance version. Select 4.8.0. Fixed once the instance is created. Use the same version as your client.
   Architecture	Select an instance architecture. Select Cluster here.
   Broker Flavor	Select an instance flavor. Select rocketmq.4u8g.cluster here.
   Brokers	Specify the instance broker quantity. Enter 1 here.
   Storage Space per Broker	Specify the disk type and storage space per broker for storing RocketMQ data. Select Ultra-high I/O and enter 300. Total storage space of an instance = Storage space per broker × Number of brokers
   VPC	Select a VPC and a subnet. Here, select the ones created in Step 1: Preparations.
   Security Group	Select the security group. Here, select the one created in Step 1: Preparations.
   SSL	Ciphertext access with high security, but lower performance. Select SSL.
   ACL	Enabling ACL can manage permissions for message production and consumption. Do not enable it here.
   Advanced settings
   Public Access	EIPs are required to enable public access. Do not enable it here.
   Tags	Identifiers of the RocketMQ instance. Skip it here.
   Description	Additional information about the instance. Skip it.

3. Click Buy.
4. Confirm the instance information and submit the request.
5. Return to the instance list and check whether the RocketMQ instance has been created.

   It takes 3 to 15 minutes to create an instance. During this period, the instance status is Creating.

   • If the instance is created successfully, its status changes to Running.
   • If an instance fails to be created, view it in the Instance Creation Failures area and delete it. Then create a new one. If the instance creation fails again, contact customer service.

6. After the instance is created, click its name to go to the instance basic information page.
7. Record the instance connection addresses for later use.
   Figure 2 Recording instance connection addresses
   

Step 3: Create a Topic

A topic is the basic unit for sending and receiving messages. After creating a RocketMQ instance, you must manually create topics before creating and retrieving messages.

1. Click a RocketMQ instance to go to the instance basic information page.
2. In the navigation pane, choose Topics.
3. Click Create Topic.
4. Configure the topic name and other parameters by referring to Table 3.

   Table 3 Topic parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Topic Name	Enter a topic name. Enter Topic01 here.
   Permission	Permission of the topic. Select Publish/Subscribe here. Producers can publish messages to this topic and consumers can consume the messages from this topic.
   Brokers	Associated brokers. Select broker-0 here and enter 3 queues.
   Description	Additional information about the topic. Skip it.

   Figure 3 Creating a topic
   

5. Click OK.

Step 4: Connect to a RocketMQ Instance to Produce and Consume Messages

1. Go to the rocketmq-tutorial/bin directory on the ECS.

   cd rocketmq-tutorial/bin

2. Produce normal messages by the following commands.
   The following is a command example:

   JAVA_OPT=-Dtls.enable=true sh mqadmin sendMessage -n "10.xxx.xxx.89:8100;10.xxx.xxx.144:8100" -t Topic01 -p "hello rocketmq"

   • 10.xxx.xxx.89:8100;10.xxx.xxx.144:8100: the metadata connection address of the RocketMQ instance, that is, the connection address in 7.
   • Topic01: name of the topic created in 4 for the RocketMQ instance.
   • hello rocketmq: the produced message content.

   

3. Consume normal messages by the following commands.
   The following is a command example:

   JAVA_OPT=-Dtls.enable=true sh mqadmin consumeMessage -n "10.xxx.xxx.89:8100;10.xxx.xxx.144:8100" -t Topic01

   

   The content of BODY is the consumed message content.

   To stop consuming messages, press Ctrl+C to exit.

Related Information

• Learn more about RocketMQ Concepts.
• In RocketMQ instance creation, SSL can be disabled if ciphertext is not needed in access between the consumer client and the producer client. In this case, to access the RocketMQ instance, see Accessing a RocketMQ Instance Without SSL Enabled.
• To enable public access to RocketMQ instances, see Configuring Public Access.