How to Install Apache ActiveMQ on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04

How to Install Apache ActiveMQ on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04

Step-1

Install Java

(If already installed java please check the version before you installing )

Run this commands

1. sudo apt update

2.  sudo apt-get install default-jre

After installing Java, the commands below can be used to verify whether Java is installed.

Run this command

3. java –version

You should see similar output as below:

output:
openjdk version "11.0.5" 2019-10-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.5+10-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.118.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.5+10-post-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.118.04, mixed mode, sharing)

Step 2:

Install Apache ActiveMQ

Now that Java is installed, run the commands below to download ActiveMQ from Apache office package repository. At the time of this writing, the current version was at 5.15.8.

Run this commands
4.  cd /tmp
5.  wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/5.15.8/apache- activemq-5.15.8-bin.tar.gz

After that, extract the downloaded folder and move its content to the /opt directory and create a folder called activemq

Run this commands
6.  tar -xvzf apache-activemq-5.15.8-bin.tar.gz
7.  sudo mv apache-activemq-5.15.8 /opt/activemq

To run ActiveMQ effectively, you’ll want to create a dedicated user and group accounts.. Simply run the commands below to create a username activemq as well as a group name.

Run this commands
8. sudo addgroup --quiet --system activemq
9.  sudo adduser --quiet --system --ingroup activemq --no-create-home --disabled-password activemq

Next, change the ownership of the /opt/activemq directory so the user can have full control of content in there.

Run this command

10. sudo chown -R activemq:activemq /opt/activemq

After that, you will also want to create ActiveMQ systemd service so you can control starting, stopping and enabling its service.. To do that, simply run the commands below to create a service file.

Run this command

11. sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/activemq.service

Then copy the content below into the file and save it in that server

[Unit]
Description=Apache ActiveMQ
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
User=activemq
Group=activemq
ExecStart=/opt/activemq/bin/activemq start
ExecStop=/opt/activemq/bin/activemq stop
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After saving it, run the commands below to enable the service

Run this commands
12.         sudo systemctl daemon-reload
13.         sudo systemctl start activemq
14.         sudo systemctl enable activemq

To verify if the service is functioning, run the commands below to check it.

Run this command

15. /opt/activemq/bin/activemq status

You should see similar output as below:

Output:
INFO: Loading '/opt/activemq//bin/env'
INFO: Using java '/usr/bin/java'
ActiveMQ is running (pid '5453')

After making changes to the file, restart ActiveMQ service by running the commands below:

Run this command

16. sudo systemctl restart activemq

inally, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address followed by port 8161

Ex:

http://127.0.0.1:8161/admin/

You should be prompted for a username and password. The default is admin / admin

Username: admin
Password: admin