Internet of things is getting bigger and the number of sensors and other devices on the field is growing. One of the most popular protocols for communication between these lightweight devices is MQTT, which is based on the TCP/IP protocol. A powerful MQTT broker makes it possible to collect large amounts of data and control a lot of devices simultaneously. There are many choices for the broker besides self-built ones. Some are commercial, others open source. The plan was to configure an open source MQTT broker, VerneMQ, on Kubernetes to get knowledge about the performance and configurability it has to offer. Used platform was Kubernetes on Microsoft’s cloud service Azure. Testing out what effects clustering might have for the performance and general functionality was among the key interests. Applied research was chosen as the method to realize these plans. The basis was studied mainly from the official documentation of the technologies used and the hub was built for the client company. The result was a clear picture of the pros and cons of the chosen technologies. Messaging hub got to a working product and its performance limits were tested. Resulting docker images and helm charts made it possible to quickly configure and set up a new instance of the hub onto Kubernetes. While most of the configuring was straight forward, there was also some difficulties. The outcome was a success and gives the company a good choice for certain use cases, even though the hub would still need development if used in really high traffic projects.