JMS server: ActiveMQ

Manual installation

Installation

Get Apache Active MQ

Get the latest binary version from: http://activemq.apache.org/download.html

Program setup

• Copy archive to /opt/ directory:

mv apache-activemq-5.9.1-bin.zip /opt/
cd /opt/

• Unzip and create simlink

unzip apache-activemq-5.9.1-bin.zip
ln -s /opt/apache-activemq-5.9.1/ /opt/activemq/

• Set executable flag and symlinks

chmod 755 /opt/activemq/bin/activemq
ln -s /opt/activemq/bin/activemq /usr/bin/activemq
ln -s /opt/activemq/bin/activemq /etc/init.d/activemq

Rights adjustments

• Add non privileged account

adduser -system activemq
addgroup -system activemq

• Adjust user shell

Edit:

vim /etc/passwd

Adjust the user SHELL

activemq:x:116:65534::/home/activemq:/bin/bash

• Adjust user group

Edit:

vim /etc/group

Adjust the group membership

activemq:x:1001:activemq

• Set MQ folder privileges

chown -R activemq:activemq /opt/apache-activemq-5.9.1/
chown -R activemq:activemq /opt/activemq/

Basic configuration

Home + User

• Set home and user

Edit

vim /opt/activemq/bin/activemq

Set after "Configuration" (line ~ 40)

ACTIVEMQ_HOME=”/opt/activemq”
ACTIVEMQ_USER=”activemq”

Runtime configuration

• Create runtime configuration. Generate default settings

/opt/activemq/bin/activemq setup /etc/default/activemq

• Adjust configuration rights

chown root:nogroup /etc/default/activemq
chmod 600 /etc/default/activemq

Add ActiveMQ to boot sequence

cd /etc/init.d
update-rc.d activemq defaults

Remove ActiveMq from boot sequence

update-rc.d -f activemq remove
rm /etc/init.d/activemq

Setup firewall

This is the list of ports that are used by ActiveMQ:

• port 61616 = JMS queue access
• port 11099 = JMX remote console (connector port)
• port 8161 = HTTP manager
• port 8162 = HTTPS manager
• port 5672 = AMQP port

Edit your firewall script:

vim /etc/firewall/firewall-start.sh

# INPUT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 5672 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 8161 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 8162 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 11099 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 61616 -j ACCEPT

# Output
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 5672 -j ACCEPT 
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 8161 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 8162 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 11099 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 61616 -j ACCEPT

Advanced Configuration (all O.S)

Broker settings

Edit configuration file

• Linux ~ manual

vim /opt/activemq/conf/activemq.xml

• Linux ~ auto

vim /etc/activemq/instances-enabled/main/activemq.xml

• Windows

$ACTIVEMQ/conf/activemq.xml

Adjust broker setting

• Set broker name

<broker     xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core"
        brokerName="myServerName"
       dataDirectory="${activemq.base}/data">

• Set listener to all interfaces (0.0.0.0)

<transportConnectors>
        <transportConnector name="openwire" uri="tcp://0.0.0.0:61616"/>
</transportConnectors>

• Limit queues size​

<systemUsage>
 <systemUsage>
  <memoryUsage>
   <memoryUsage limit="64 mb"/>
  </memoryUsage>
  <storeUsage>
   <storeUsage limit="100 gb"/>
  </storeUsage>
  <tempUsage>
   <tempUsage limit="50 gb"/>
  </tempUsage>
 </systemUsage>
</systemUsage>

Enable HTTP web console

Edit your jetty configuration

Linux ~ Manual

vim /opt/activemq/conf/jetty.xml

• Windows

$ACTIVEMQ/conf/jetty.xml

Adjust settings

At the bottom, edit connector :

<property name="connectors">
  <list>
     <bean id="Connector" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
         <property name="port" value="8161" />
         <property name="host" value="0.0.0.0" />
      </bean>
    ...
  </list>
</property>

Automatic installation

!! Depending on your distro, you might not have the web console !! This is NOT recommended.

Get binary

apt-get install activemq

Enable instance

• Check instance

cd /etc/activemq/instances-enabled/
ls

... By default you should have an instance enable.

If not:

ln -s /etc/activemq/instances-available/main /etc/activemq/instances-enabled/main
cp /usr/share/activemq/activemq-options /etc/activemq/instances-available/main/options

• Edit settings

vim /etc/activemq/instances-available/main/options

• Adjust $INSTANCE (use 'main')

ACTIVEMQ_BASE="/var/lib/activemq/main"

Create directories

mkdir -p /var/lib/activemq/main/data
mkdir -p /var/lib/activemq/main/data/kahadb                
chown -R activemq:activemq /var/lib/activemq/main
chmod -R 755 /var/lib/activemq/main

Kahadb == MQ embedded DB