Apache ActiveMQ Installation Windows

Apache ActiveMQ Installation Windows

In this tutorial, I’ll show how to download Apache ActiveMQ, how to installation ActiveMQ in the windows system and how to start and stop ActiveMQ.

Apache ActiveMQ Installation Windows

 

What is Apache ActiveMQ

1. Apache ActiveMQ is an open-source message broker written in Java.
2. It offers JMS, REST and WebSocket interfaces.
3. Support protocols AMQP, MQTT, OpenWire, and STOMP 
4. The ActiveMQ project is part of the Apache Software Foundation

Step 1: Pre-Requisites

Java 1.7 and above should be installed in your system. In this article, I have installed java 1.8 in my system. If java not installed, you have to install java before going to install ActiveMQ.

 

Step 2: Download ActiveMQ

Download ActiveMQ for windows. Click on Download Latest button to jump to download page.

 

 

Click on apache-activemq-5.15.12-bin.zip to download as a zip. There is no .exe file, it’s packaged zip folder.

 

Create folder ActiveMQ in D:/  drive and copy the downloaded zip file into this folder and then unzip it.

 

Step 3: Install ActiveMQ

Open windows command prompt and go to D:\ActiveMQ\apache-activemq-5.15.12\bin

 

Installation nothing but start the ActiveMQ server by executing the ActiveMQ command according to the operating system.

activemq file available in the bin folder

Windows Command

activemq.bat start

 

Linux / Unix Command

activemq.sh start

 

 

Step 4: Installation Summary

 

1. Web Console: http://localhost:8161/
2. Web Console Default Admin Username: admin
3. Web Console Default Admin Password: admin
4. All connectors (openwire, amqp, stomp, MQTT) started

 

Step 5: Validate ActiveMQ Installation

 

Open the browser, and type http://localhost:8161/ in the address bar and see the home page.

 

 

Click on Manage ActiveMQ broker, and then credentials will be asked, then enter the defualt admin  user name as admin and password as admin.

 

I hope you understand how to install Apache ActiveMQ in the windows system. In the next article, I’ll show how to write producer and consumer applications by using Spring Boot API.