Apache ActiveMQ - Running Broker Server

We've downloaded the latest version of ActiveMQ as mentioned in ActiveMQ - Environment Setup. Now go to the folder F:/ → Apache → apache-activemq-5.16.4/bin and type the following command.

Example

F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin>activemq start

Output

You'll see the similar output and ActiveMQ will start running.

Java Runtime: Oracle Corporation 11.0.11 C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.11
   Heap sizes: current=1048576k  free=1041918k  max=1048576k
    JVM args: -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Xms1G -Xmx1G -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Djava.security.auth.login.config=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\conf\login.config -Dactivemq.classpath=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\conf;F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\../conf;F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\../conf; -Dactivemq.home=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\.. -Dactivemq.base=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\.. -Dactivemq.conf=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\conf -Dactivemq.data=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\data -Djava.io.tmpdir=F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\data\tmp
Extensions classpath:
   [F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\lib,F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\lib\camel,F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\lib\optional,F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\lib\web,F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\lib\extra]
ACTIVEMQ_HOME: F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..
ACTIVEMQ_BASE: F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..
ACTIVEMQ_CONF: F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\conf
ACTIVEMQ_DATA: F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\data
Loading message broker from: xbean:activemq.xml
 INFO | Refreshing org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory$1@53fe15ff: startup date [Sat Feb 26 12:50:18 IST 2022]; root of context hierarchy
 INFO | Using Persistence Adapter: KahaDBPersistenceAdapter[F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\data\kahadb]
 INFO | PListStore:[F:\Apache\apache-activemq-5.16.4\bin\..\data\localhost\tmp_storage] started
 INFO | Apache ActiveMQ 5.16.4 (localhost, ID:DESKTOP-86KD9FC-52669-1645860020983-0:1) is starting
 INFO | Listening for connections at: tcp://DESKTOP-86KD9FC:61616?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600
 INFO | Connector openwire started
 INFO | Listening for connections at: amqp://DESKTOP-86KD9FC:5672?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600
 INFO | Connector amqp started
 INFO | Listening for connections at: stomp://DESKTOP-86KD9FC:61613?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600
 INFO | Connector stomp started
 INFO | Listening for connections at: mqtt://DESKTOP-86KD9FC:1883?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600
 INFO | Connector mqtt started
 INFO | Starting Jetty server
 INFO | Creating Jetty connector
 WARN | ServletContext@o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@4f966719{/,null,STARTING} has uncovered http methods for path: /
 INFO | Listening for connections at ws://DESKTOP-86KD9FC:61614?maximumConnections=1000&wireFormat.maxFrameSize=104857600
 INFO | Connector ws started
 INFO | Apache ActiveMQ 5.16.4 (localhost, ID:DESKTOP-86KD9FC-52669-1645860020983-0:1) started
 INFO | For help or more information please see: http://activemq.apache.org
 INFO | ActiveMQ WebConsole available at http://127.0.0.1:8161/
 INFO | ActiveMQ Jolokia REST API available at http://127.0.0.1:8161/api/jolokia/

Verification

Now open http://127.0.0.1:8161/admin/ in your browser. It will ask for credentials. Use admin/admin as username/password and it will load the ActiveMQ admin console where you can check Queues, Topics, Connections etc.