deploy/hummingbot_gateway_broker_compose

Deploy Hummingbot + Gateway + Broker Instances

This installs a Hummingbot instance linked to a Hummingbot Gateway instance, along with an EMQX Broker.

!!! note "Experimental deployment" This deployment is still undergoing testing, so we recommend using the standalone deployments for message brokers from the hummingbot/brokers repository.

Prerequisites

This configuration requires Docker Compose, a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. The recommended way to get Docker Compose is to install Docker Desktop, which includes Docker Compose along with Docker Engine and Docker CLI which are Compose prerequisites.

See Docker for more information about how to install and use Docker Compose, as well as helpful commands.

Apple M1/M2 and other ARM machines

If you have a recent Mac that uses Apple Silicon (M1/M2) chipset or another ARM-based machine, you need to change the image tag to ensure that you pull a container that is optimized for your chip architecture.

Use an IDE like VSCode to edit the docker-compose.yml file. Change the tag for both the Hummingbot and Gateway images from latest to latest-arm to pull the images built for ARM-based machines.

You can also comment out the each line that contains latest and uncomment each line that contains latest-arm:

# image: hummingbot/hummingbot:latest
image: hummingbot/hummingbot:latest-arm

# image: hummingbot/gateway:latest
image: hummingbot/gateway:latest-arm

Afterwards, save the file and proceed to the next step.

If you are using a Mac with an Intel (x86) chipset, Windows or any other Intel-based machine, you don't need to make any changes before deploying a container.

Getting Started

This configuration lets you orchestrate Hummingbot and Gateway instances using an EMQX broker.

To enable this, you will do need a few things first:

• Install and configure the Hummingbot and Gateway instances
• Generate self-signed certificates in Hummingbot
• Give Gateway the passphrase used to generate the certificates (GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE)
• Configure the EMQX broker

First, let's check that you have installed Docker Compose successfully. In Terminal/Bash, Run the following command:

docker compose

You should see a response that start with:

Usage:  docker compose [OPTIONS] COMMAND

1. Launch network

Clone this repo or copy the docker-compose.yml file to a directory on your machine where you want to store your Hummingbot files. This is the "root folder" where your encrypted keys, scripts, trades, configs, logs, and other files related to your bots will be saved.

From the root folder, run the following command to pull the images and start the instance:

docker compose up -d

After the images have been downloaded, you should see the following output:

[+] Running 4/4
 ⠿ Network hummingbot_gateway_broker_compose_default      Created
 ⠿ Container hummingbot                                   Started
 ⠿ Container gateway                                      Started
 ⠿ Container emqx                                         Started      

2. Set permissions

Run this command from your root folder to grant read/write permission to the hummingbot_files and gateway_files sub-folders:

sudo chmod -R a+rw ./hummingbot_files ./gateway_files

3. Launch Hummingbot and generate certificates

Now, attach to the hummingbot instance:

docker attach hummingbot

You should see the Hummingbot welcome screen:

Set your Hummingbot password and write it down. This is the CONFIG_PASSWORD environment variable in your docker-compose.yml file.

Run the following command to generate Gateway certificates:

gateway generate-certs

Afterwards, run exit to exit Hummingbot.

4. Remove network

Once you're back in Bash/Terminal, run the following command to remove the Compose project:

docker compose down

You should see the following output:

[+] Running 4/3 
 ⠿ Container hummingbot                                         Removed
 ⠿ Container gateway                                            Removed
 ⠿ Container emqx                                               Removed
 ⠿ Network hummingbot_gateway_broker_compose_default            Removed

5. Modify YAML file

Now, use an IDE like VSCode to edit the docker-compose.yml file.

Edit the section that defines the CONFIG_PASSWORD and CONFIG_FILE_NAME environment variables:

  hummingbot:
    # environment:
      #  - CONFIG_PASSWORD=[password]
  gateway:
    # environment:
      #  - GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE=[passphrase]

Uncomment out:

• The environment: lines
• The CONFIG_PASSWORD lines: add your Hummingbot password
• The GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE line: add the passphrase you used to generate the certificates

The final environment section of the YAML file should look like this:

  bot:
    environment:
      - CONFIG_PASSWORD=[password]
  gateway:
    environment:
      - GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE=[passphrase]

Afterwards, save the file.

4. Recreate network

Now, recreate the Compose project:

docker compose up -d

Attach to the hummingbot instance. If you have defined CONFIG_PASSWORD in the YAML file, you don't need to enter it again:

docker attach hummingbot

After you enter your password, you should now see GATEWAY:ONLINE in the upper-right hand corner.

Open a new Terminal/Bash window. In it, attach to the Gateway gateway instance to see its logs:

docker attach gateway

See Gateway for more details on how to configure it for use with Hummingbot.

To get started with Hummingbot, check out the following docs:

• Basic Features
• Quickstart Guide
• Hummingbot FAQ

5. Configure EMQX Broker

Attach to the EMQX Broker emqx instance:

docker attach emqx

Navigate to the EMQX dashboard to configure authentication and available ports at http://localhost:18083/.

The default credentials for connecting to the dashboards are admin:public.

For connecting your bots via MQTT, just leave the mqtt_username and mqtt_password parameters of the bot empty.