[LINUX] Install Apache ActiveMQ

Note

procedure

1. Create a user to run ActiveMQ

   # useradd activemq
   

2. Create the required directories

   # mkdir -p /var/log/activemq \
   

&& mkdir -p /var/lib/activemq ```

3. Download the ActiveMQ binary in advance or download it with the following command

   # curl -LkvOf https://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/5.15.11/apache-activemq-5.15.11-bin.tar.gz
   

4. Deploy

   # tar zxvf apache-activemq-5.15.11-bin.tar.gz -C /opt/
   

5. Make a symbolic link

   # ln -s /opt/apache-activemq-5.15.11 /opt/activemq
   

6. Change the output destination of the log file.

   # vi /opt/activemq/conf/log4j.properties
   

   :%s/${activemq.data}/\/var\/log\/activemq/g
   

   # File appender
   log4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
   log4j.appender.logfile.file=/var/log/activemq/activemq.log
   log4j.appender.logfile.maxFileSize=1024KB
   log4j.appender.logfile.maxBackupIndex=5
   log4j.appender.logfile.append=true
   log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
   log4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d | %-5p | %m | %c | %t%n
     
   ###########
   # Audit log
   ###########
   
   log4j.additivity.org.apache.activemq.audit=false
   log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.audit=INFO, audit
   
   log4j.appender.audit=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
   log4j.appender.audit.file=/var/log/activemq/audit.log
   log4j.appender.audit.maxFileSize=1024KB
   log4j.appender.audit.maxBackupIndex=5
   log4j.appender.audit.append=true
   log4j.appender.audit.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
   log4j.appender.audit.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p | %m | %t%n
   

7. Edit the configuration file

   # vi /opt/activemq/bin/linux-x86-64/wrapper.conf
   

#******************************************************************** # Wrapper Properties #********************************************************************

#wrapper.debug=TRUE
set.default.ACTIVEMQ_HOME=../..
set.default.ACTIVEMQ_BASE=../..
set.default.ACTIVEMQ_CONF=%ACTIVEMQ_BASE%/conf
set.default.ACTIVEMQ_DATA=/var/lib/activemq #Change to the created directory
wrapper.working.dir=.

...

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Logging Properties
#********************************************************************
# Format of output for the console.  (See docs for formats)
wrapper.console.format=PM

# Log Level for console output.  (See docs for log levels)
wrapper.console.loglevel=INFO

# Log file to use for wrapper output logging.
wrapper.logfile=/var/log/activemq/wrapper.log  #Changed to place in the created directory

...
```

8. Partially changed environment variables

   # vi /opt/activemq/bin/env
   

   # Configure a user with non root privileges, if no user is specified do not change user
   # (the entire activemq installation should be owned by this user)
   ACTIVEMQ_USER="activemq" #Change to the created user
   
   # location of the pidfile
   ACTIVEMQ_PIDFILE="/opt/activemq/data/activemq.pid" #Changed to place in the created directory
   

9. Change the owner of various files to the execution user

   # chown -R activemq:activemq /opt/activemq/ /var/log/activemq/ /var/lib/activemq/
   

10. Create a service file for ActiveMQ

```sh
# vi /etc/systemd/system/activemq.service
```

```service
[Unit]
Description=ActiveMQ message queue service
After=network.target

[Service]
User=activemq
Group=activemq
PIDFile=/opt/activemq/data/activemq.pid
ExecStart=/opt/activemq/bin/activemq start
ExecStop=/opt/activemq/bin/activemq stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```

11. Load and start the service file

```sh
# systemctl daemon-reload \

&& systemctl start activemq ```

reference

• Introduction - Using ActiveMQ > Getting Started