Apache ActiveMQ Install

Apache ActiveMQ Install

In this demo you will see how to install and configure Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1 version on window operating system.

Steps:

• Go to activemq.apache.org and choose latest release on the home page
• Choose Windows Distribution and download zip file

• Once file download is complete extract zip file into directory of your choice.

Start ActiveMQ:

• cd to activemq_install_dir\bin directory
• Use activemq start command to start ActiveMQ:

• Once server started successfully you will see as below:

C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin>activemq start
Java Runtime: Oracle Corporation 1.7.0_60 C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_60\jre
  Heap sizes: current=1013632k  free=991262k  max=1013632k
    JVM args: -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Xms1G -Xmx1G -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.p
roperties -Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..
\conf\login.config -Dactivemq.classpath=C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\con
f;C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\../conf;C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-ac
tivemq-5.11.1\bin\../conf; -Dactivemq.home=C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..
-Dactivemq.base=C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\.. -Dactivemq.conf=C:\JavaHonk
\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\conf -Dactivemq.data=C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache
-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\data -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\
..\data\tmp
Extensions classpath:
  [C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\lib,C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-ac
tivemq-5.11.1\bin\..\lib\camel,C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\lib\optional
,C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\lib\web,C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-
activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\lib\extra]
ACTIVEMQ_HOME: C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..
ACTIVEMQ_BASE: C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..
ACTIVEMQ_CONF: C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\conf
ACTIVEMQ_DATA: C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\data
Loading message broker from: xbean:activemq.xml
 INFO | Refreshing org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory$1@1e92db2: startup date [Mon Feb 23
23:27:29 EST 2015]; root of context hierarchy
 INFO | PListStore:[C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.11.1\bin\..\data\localhost\tmp_stor
age] started
 INFO | Using Persistence Adapter: KahaDBPersistenceAdapter[C:\JavaHonk\ApacheActiveMQ\apache-active
mq-5.11.1\bin\..\data\kahadb]
 INFO | KahaDB is version 5
 INFO | Recovering from the journal ...
 INFO | Recovery replayed 31 operations from the journal in 0.078 seconds.
 INFO | Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1 (localhost, ID:JavaHonk-49351-1424752050593-0:1) is starting
 INFO | Listening for connections at: tcp://JavaHonk:61616?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrame
Size=104857600
 INFO | Connector openwire started
 INFO | Listening for connections at: amqp://JavaHonk:5672?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrame
Size=104857600
 INFO | Connector amqp started
 INFO | Listening for connections at: stomp://JavaHonk:61613?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFra
meSize=104857600
 INFO | Connector stomp started
 INFO | Listening for connections at: mqtt://JavaHonk:1883?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrame
Size=104857600
 INFO | Connector mqtt started
{}
 INFO | Listening for connections at ws://JavaHonk:61614?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrameSi
ze=104857600
 INFO | Connector ws started
 INFO | Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1 (localhost, ID:JavaHonk-49351-1424752050593-0:1) started
 INFO | For help or more information please see: http://activemq.apache.org
 INFO | ActiveMQ WebConsole available at http://0.0.0.0:8161/
 INFO | Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'dispatcher'
 INFO | jolokia-agent: No access restrictor found at classpath:/jolokia-access.xml, access to all MB
eans is allowed

Test installation of ActiveMQ:

• As you see above console log “INFO | Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1 (localhost, ID:JavaHonk-49351-1424752050593-0:1) started” 
• Also if you check above console log you will  see its listening on port (61616) “INFO | Listening for connections at: tcp://JavaHonk:61616?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrame
  Size=104857600″. Check it this port from another command prompt as below:

• You can also monitor ActiveMQ on web console with this default URL: http://localhost:8161/admin . It will prompt you to enter user id and password. The default username and password is admin/admin. You can also change this in jetty-realm.properties file.
• You will see below console:

• To stop ActiveMQ use command: activemq stop or on running console window press ctrl+c and enter Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y
• For more detail please visit ActiveMQ getting stated link here