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Prerequisite

• Java must be installed

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• create a new system user 'activemq'

sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --group activemq

• download compressed file & extract

wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/5.15.12/apache-activemq-5.15.12-bin.tar.gz

tar -xf apache-activemq-5.15.12-bin.tar.gz

• move the Apache ActiveMQ directory to '/opt/activemq' and change the ownership

mv apache-activemq-*/ /opt/activemq

sudo chown -R activemq:activemq /opt/activemq

• Setup Apache ActiveMQ as a Systemd Service

cd /etc/systemd/system/

sudo vi activemq.service

Paste the following configuration into it.

[Unit]

Description=Apache ActiveMQ

After=network.target

[Service]

Type=forking

WorkingDirectory=/opt/activemq/bin

ExecStart=/opt/activemq/bin/activemq start

ExecStop=/opt/activemq/bin/activemq stop

Restart=on-abort

User=activemq

Group=activemq

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

• reload the systemd manager to apply the new systemd service configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

• Now start the ActiveMQ server and add it to the system boot.

sudo systemctl start activemq

sudo systemctl enable activemq

• Check status

systemctl status activemq

Configuration file

• /opt/activemq/conf/activemq.xml

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