Apache ActiveMQ has many features that have made it a choice for messaging. The latest release is 5.10. The advantages of using ActiveMQ are as follows:
It supports REST API
It supports CXF Web services
It supports AJAX implementations
It provides complete support to the Spring framework
It works with all the major application servers, such as JBoss, Tomcat, Weblogic and Glassfish servers
The following are the steps for setting up ApacheMQ:
Download the latest
Apache ActiveMQ.zipfrom http://activemq.apache.org/download.html.Unzip the ZIP file to
E:\apachemq\.In the Command Prompt, go to the location
E:\apachemq\apache-activemq-5.10-SNAPSHOT\bin\win32and then click onapachemq.batto start Apache ActiveMQ.Apache ActiveMQ will run on Jetty Server and is hence accessible through a URL.
Click on the link
http://localhost:8161/admin/index.jsp.The first time you do this, you will be asked for credentials; enter
admin/admin.In the console...