- 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
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
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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