Default Configuration
Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
x.y.z | 5. |
13. |
3 | Current stable ActiveMQ version | |
ACTIVEMQ_HOME | /usr/local/apache-activemq-x.y.z | Installation directory |
INSTANCE_NAME | broker | Name of broker - should maybe correlate with host name? |
Installing ActiveMQ
- Download the latest stable ActiveMQ release (
apache-activemq-x.y.z.tar.gz). - Move to the installation root
cd /usr/local. - Unpack the release
tar xzvf /path/to/apache-activemq-x.y.z.tar.gz - Create ActiveMQ user account
useradd activemq - Optional: Edit the global configuration files
vim /usr/local/apache-activemq-x.y.z/conf/{activemq,jetty}.xmlbefore setting up instances. - Optional: Setup service script
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