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@ -31,24 +31,67 @@ Welcome to Apache ActiveMQ. This document gives you a quick overview of how to g
<h2>Running the broker</h2>
<p>
From the binary distribution you can run the Apache ActiveMQ server pretty easily via the bin/activemq command.
From the binary distribution you can run the Apache ActiveMQ server via the bin/activemq command.
If you're using Windows, just type
</p>
<pre>
cd bin
activemq
activemq.bat
</pre>
<p>
On Unix-like systems, type
</p>
<pre>
cd bin
activemq console
./bin/activemq console
</pre>
<p>to start the broker in foreground.</p>
<p>
The Apache ActiveMQ broker should now have started
</p>
<p>
Tip: If you run the bin/activemq command without any arguments it will output usage.
</p>
To stop the broker you can press ctrl + c to stop the process.
<h2>Running the broker in the background</h2>
<p>
The broker can be started as a background process via the bin/activemq command
on Unix-like systems, type
</p>
<pre>
./bin/activemq start
</pre>
<p>to start the broker in background. The broker will write to its log in the data/activemq.log file.</p>
<h2>Stopping the broker</h2>
<p>
The broker can be stopped via the bin/activemq command
If you're using Windows, just type
</p>
<pre>
cd bin
activemq.bat stop
</pre>
<p>
On Unix-like systems, type
</p>
<pre>
./bin/activemq stop
</pre>
<p>to stop the broker.
<h2>Access the web console</h2>
In a web browser you can access the url <a href="http://0.0.0.0:8161/admin">http://0.0.0.0:8161/admin</a> to access the ActiveMQ web console.
<h2>Access the web demos</h2>
In a web browser you can access the url <a href="http://0.0.0.0:8161/demo">http://0.0.0.0:8161/demo</a> to access the ActiveMQ web demos.
<h2>Running the example programs</h2>
@ -113,6 +156,13 @@ you can specify exact URLs to connect to via command like arguments. e.g.
ant producer -Durl=tcp://somehost:port
</pre>
<h2>Further Readings</h2>
You can find more details about Apache ActiveMQ at its website <a href="http://activemq.apache.org">http://activemq.apache.org</a>,
as well the guide <a href="http://activemq.apache.org/version-5-getting-started.html">getting started</a> guide.
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