Apache ActiveMQ

Apache ActiveMQ has many features that have made it a choice for messaging. The latest release is 5.10. The advantages of using ActiveMQ are as follows:

• It supports REST API
• It supports CXF Web services
• It supports AJAX implementations
• It provides complete support to the Spring framework
• It works with all the major application servers, such as JBoss, Tomcat, Weblogic and Glassfish servers

Setting up ApacheMQ for point-to-point messaging

The following are the steps for setting up ApacheMQ:

1. Download the latest Apache ActiveMQ.zip from http://activemq.apache.org/download.html.
2. Unzip the ZIP file to E:\apachemq\.
3. In the Command Prompt, go to the location E:\apachemq\apache-activemq-5.10-SNAPSHOT\bin\win32 and then click on apachemq.bat to start Apache ActiveMQ.
4. Apache ActiveMQ will run on Jetty Server and is hence accessible through a URL.
5. Click on the link http://localhost:8161/admin/index.jsp.
6. The first time you do this, you will be asked for credentials; enter admin/admin.
7. In the console...