Setup ActiveMQ Artemis on Windows

Overview

ActiveMQ Artemis is an open-source "next generation" broker from Apache with the performance and feature-set to implement high-performance messaging systems. Artemis is the code-name used for the HornetQ code that was donated to the Apache Foundation.

Pre-requisites:

• Windows 7 or higher
• Java 7 or higher

Let us start Artemis setup on Windows machine.

Step 1: Download and Extract the Archive

In this tutorial, Artemis version 2.17.0 is used for setup. You can download Zip file for the same using the below link:

https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=activemq/activemq-artemis/2.17.0/apache-artemis-2.17.0-bin.zip&action=download

Once downloaded, extract it to some convenient folder location, e.g.: D:\apache-artemis-2.17.0referred as ${ARTEMIS_HOME} in the tutorial.

Avoid having 'space' character in the folder name. 

Step 2: Run the ActiveMQ Artemis

Open the command prompt and navigate to ${ARTEMIS_HOME}\bin

Create a Broker Instance using the command:

${ARTEMIS_HOME}\bin\artemis create mybroker

A broker instance is a directory containing all the configuration and runtime data, such as logs and data files.

The above step will ask you to setup user credentials (username / password) as well. After creation, keep it safe as the same will be used for console login.

Now, start your newly created Broker Instance using the command:

${ARTEMIS_HOME}\bin\mybroker\bin\artemis run

Verify your Broker Instance by opening the console in the browser: http://localhost:8161/console

You will see the below login page.

Put the user credentials created during broker instance setup and login. You should be able to see the below console:

That's It.

Now that the broker is running, you can optionally run some of the included examples to verify the broker is running properly.