ActiveMQ is a powerful and flexible open-source message broker that can be used to transmit messages between various applications or components. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps involved in installing ActiveMQ on Ubuntu Server.
Before we begin, you need to ensure that you have the following:
First, update the system packages by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
ActiveMQ is written in Java, so you need to have the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on your system. You can install it using the following command:
sudo apt install default-jre
Next, download ActiveMQ from the official website using the following command:
wget https://apache.mirror.digitalpacific.com.au/activemq/5.16.2/apache-activemq-5.16.2-bin.tar.gz
You can also download the latest version from the ActiveMQ website by replacing the version number in the above command.
Once the download is complete, extract the tarball using the following command:
tar xzf apache-activemq-5.16.2-bin.tar.gz
This will extract the ActiveMQ files to a directory called apache-activemq-5.16.2.
Create a symbolic link to the extracted directory using the following command:
sudo ln -s apache-activemq-5.16.2 /opt/activemq
To start the ActiveMQ broker, run the following command:
sudo /opt/activemq/bin/activemq start
You can verify that the broker has started by checking the logs:
sudo tail -f /opt/activemq/logs/activemq.log
To access the ActiveMQ Admin Console, open a web browser and type in the following URL:
http://your_server_ip:8161/
Replace your_server_ip with the IP address of your Ubuntu Server instance.
You have successfully installed ActiveMQ on your Ubuntu Server instance. You can now use it to transmit messages between various applications or components.
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