Scaling IoT and Web messaging infrastructure for fun and profit: An Introduction to Eclipse Amlen
summary
Eclipse Amlen is an open‑source MQTT broker derived from IBM Message Gateway that claims production stability while adding a web UI, REST API, JMS client, Kafka bridge and container/RPM packaging. It implements supports MQTT v3 and v5, uses primary/standby replication for HA and clustering for scale, and reports single‑instance capacity into hundreds of thousands to millions of connections. Tooling includes mqtt‑bench performance harness and planned Kubernetes operator.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and logistics
- 1:16Eclipse Amlin overview
- 4:29Architecture and use cases
- 8:00Real-world application examples
- 11:06Technical components and tools
- 13:35History and scalability design
- 17:31High availability and clustering
- 19:47Bridge and integration features
- 22:26Project roadmap and future plans
- 26:26Community and contribution guide
- 29:42Q&A and closing remarks
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