activemq-cli

Command-line interface utility (Windows/macOS/Linux) to interact with a JMX enabled Apache ActiveMQ message broker.

Here is a three minute video that shows how to install, configure and use ActiveMQ CLI.

Installation

Download activemq-cli in the release section of this repository.

Unzip the activemq-cli-x.x.x.zip file and configure the broker you want to connect to in activemq-cli-x.x.x/conf/activemq-cli.config:

broker {
  local {
    amqurl = "tcp://localhost:61616"
    jmxurl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/jmxrmi"
    username = ""
    password = ""
    prompt-color = "light-blue" 
  }

  // add additional brokers here
  dev {
    amqurl = "tcp://development-server:61616"
    jmxurl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://development-server:1099/jmxrmi"
    username = "admin"
    password = "admin"		
  }	
  
  prod {
    amqurl = "tcp://production-server:61616"
    jmxurl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://production-server:1099/jmxrmi"
  }	
  
  fuse-server {
    amqurl = "tcp://fuse-server:61616"
    jmxurl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://fuse-server:1099/karaf-root"  
  }
  
  ssl-server {
    amqurl = "ssl://ssl-server:61616"
    jmxurl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://ssl-server:1099/jmxrmi"
    
    // SSL 
    keyStore = "~/client.ks"
    keyStorePassword = "secret"
    trustStore = "~/client.ts"
  }  
}

Usage

To enter the activemq-cli shell run activemq-cli-x.x.x/bin/activemq-cli or activemq-cli-x.x.x/bin/activemq-cli.bat if you are using Windows.

activemq-cli provides tab completion to speed up typing commands, to see which commands are available and what parameters are supported.

In addition to executing commands in the shell, activemq-cli also supports executing a file containing commands: activemq-cli --cmdfile my_commands.txt

To connect to a broker that is configured in activemq-cli-x.x.x/conf/activemq-cli.config: connect --broker dev

Below is a list of commands that activemq-cli supports.

add-queue

Adds a queue.

Parameters:

• name

Example:add-queue --name foo

add-topic

Adds a topic.

Parameters:

• name

Example:add-topic --name foo

connect

Connects activemq-cli to a broker.

Parameters:

• broker (broker must be defined in activemq-cli-x.x.x/conf/activemq-cli.config)

Example:connect --broker local

copy-messages

Copies messages from a queue to another queue.

Parameters:

• from
• to
• selector (copy messages that match the (JMS) selector)

Example:copy-messages --from foo --to bar

disconnect

Disconnects activemq-cli from the broker.

Example:disconnect

export-broker

Exports queues, topics and messages to file.

Parameters:

• file

Example:export-broker --file broker.xml

For this command activemq-cli creates temporary mirror queues to ensure all messages are exported.

export-messages

Exports messages to file.

Parameters:

• file
• queue
• selector (export messages that match the (JMS) selector)
• regex (export messages whose body match the regex)

Example:export-messages --queue foo

For this command activemq-cli creates a temporary mirror queue to ensure all messages are exported.

info

Displays information (e.g. version, uptime, total number of queues/topics/messages) about the broker

Example:info

list-messages

Lists messages.

Parameters:

• queue
• selector (lists messages that match the (JMS) selector)
• regex (lists messages whose body match the regex)

Example 1:list-messages --queue foo

Example 2:list-messages --queue foo --selector "JMSCorrelationID = '12345'"

Example 3:list-messages --queue foo --regex bar

For this command activemq-cli creates a temporary mirror queue to ensure all messages are listed.

list-queues

Lists queues.

Parameters:

• filter (list queues with the specified filter in the name)
• no-consumers (list queues with no consumers)

Example 1:queues --filter foo

Example 2:queues --no-consumers

list-topics

Lists topics.

Parameters:

• filter (list topics with the specified filter in the name)

Example:topics --filter foo

move-messages

Moves messages from a queue to another queue.

Parameters:

• from
• to
• selector (move messages that match the (JMS) selector)

purge-all-queues

Purges all queues.

Parameters:

• force (no prompt for confirmation)
• dry-run (use this to test what is going to be purged, no queues are actually purged)
• filter (queues with the specified filter in the name)
• no-consumers (queues with no consumers)

Example 1:purge-all-queues

Example 2:purge-all-queues --filter foo --no-consumers --dry-run

purge-queue

Purges a queues.

Parameters:

• name
• force (no prompt for confirmation)

Example:purge-queue --name foo

release-notes

Displays the release notes.

Example:release-notes

remove-all-queues

Removes all queues.

Parameters:

• force (no prompt for confirmation)
• dry-run (use this to test what is going to be removed, no queues are actually removed)
• filter (queues with the specified filter in the name)
• no-consumers (queues with no consumers)

Example 1:remove-all-queues

Example 2:remove-all-queues --filter foo --no-consumers --dry-run

remove-all-topics

Removes all topics.

Parameters:

• force (no prompt for confirmation)
• dry-run (use this to test what is going to be removed, no queues are actually removed)
• filter (queues with the specified filter in the name)

Example 1:remove-all-topics

Example 2:remove-all-topics --filter foo --dry-run

remove-queue

Removes a queue.

Parameters:

• name
• force (no prompt for confirmation)

Example:remove-queue --name foo

remove-topic

Removes a topic.

Parameters:

• name
• force (no prompt for confirmation)

Example:remove-topic --name foo

send-message

Sends a message or file of messages to a queue or topic.

Parameters:

• body
• queue
• topic
• priority (not applicable if -file is specified)
• correlation-id (not applicable if -file is specified)
• delivery-mode (not applicable if -file is specified)
• time-to-live (not applicable if -file is specified)
• times (number of times the message is send)
• file

Example file:

<jms-messages>
  <jms-message>
    <body>Message 1</body>
  </jms-message>
  <jms-message>
    <body>Message 2</body>
  </jms-message>  
  <jms-message>
    <header>
      <priority>0</priority>
      <correlation-id>12345</correlation-id>
      <delivery-mode>2</delivery-mode>
      <time-to-live>1000</time-to-live>
    </header>
    <properties>
      <property>
        <name>my_custom_property</name>
        <value>1</value>
      </property>        
    </properties>      
    <body><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
   <book id="1">
      <author>Basil, Matthew</author>
      <title>XML Developer's Guide</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>44.95</price>
      <publish_date>2002-10-01</publish_date>
      <description>An in-depth look at creating applications with XML.</description>
   </book>
</catalog>]]></body>
  </jms-message>  
</jms-messages>

Example 1:send-message --body foo --queue bar

Example 2:send-message --file foo.xml --topic bar

start-embedded-broker

Starts the embedded broker.

The embedded broker is configured in activemq-cli-x.x.x/conf/activemq-cli.config:

embedded-broker {
	connector = "tcp://localhost:61616"
	jmxport = 1099	
}

Example:start-embedded-broker

stop-embedded-broker

Stops the embedded broker.

Example:stop-embedded-broker