Packaging of the Software Event Broker
The Solace PubSub+ Software Event Broker is made available in a number of packages suitable for deployment in various application environments.
Structure of Software Event Broker Images
The following figure illustrates the high-level structure of the software event broker container images when they are running on their hosts.
Container Images
The container image includes the PubSub+ messaging software and all user space dependencies in a package suitable for use in industry standard container runtimes.
The container image is delivered as a compressed tarball that is compliant to the Docker Image Manifest version 2, schema 2.
| Package | Type | Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Compressed Container Image | Container | .tar.gz |
The container image is recommended in all container runtimes that support the Docker Image Manifest version 2, schema 2 format. Only runtimes currently supported by their maintainers are supported by Solace. Solace recommends the following versions for runtimes:
- All stable versions of Docker Engine CE/EE 20.10.0 and later, and Docker Desktop 4.0 and later that run on hosts with operating systems in active support and also have security update support.
- Podman 3.4.2 and later.
- CRI-O 1.19 and later.
The PubSub+ container is a multi-architecture container that supports x86-64 and ARM architectures.