ActiveMQ Installation and Setup on Local System and Configure with Mule Flow

Active MQ Installation on Local System

• Download the latest version of Active MQ from the below URL     http://activemq.apache.org/download.html
• Extract the files from the ZIP file into a directory of your choice.
• From a console window, change to the installation directory and run ActiveMQ:
  
   cd [activemq_install_dir]
  
   Where activemq_install_dir is the directory in which ActiveMQ was installed,
  
  e.g., C:\apache-activemq-5.13.2
• Start the Active MQ broker (depending on ActiveMQ version):
  
   For ActiveMQ 5.10 onwards
  
   bin\activemq start
  For ActiveMQ 5.9 or older
  
  bin\activemq

Testing the Active MQ Installation on Local System

• Open the administrative interface

URL: http://127.0.0.1:8161/admin/

Login: admin

Password: admin

• Navigate to "Queues"
• Add a queue name and click Create.

Ex. Queue Name: example

• Queue, example, will have 0 message

• Send test message by clicking on "Send to"

• Now, example queue is having 1 message.        

• Now test message is stored into “example” queue.

Configuring Active MQ broker into Mule Flow

• Go to the JMS on your mule flow and configure the following Active MQ broker and topic name into your mule flow.

Active MQ broker: tcp://localhost:61616

Topic Name: apessentials

• Now, go to the Active MQ the administrative interface

URL: http://127.0.0.1:8161/admin/

Login: admin

Password: admin

• Navigate to Topics
• Add a topic name and click Create.

Ex. Topic Name: apessentials

• Send test message by clicking on "Send to" with respect to your topic name

• Now test message is stored into “apessentials” topic.

• Now, you can see the test message in the Anypoint studio console which is consumed by your mule flow.

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