Welcome to Apache ActiveMQ. This document gives you a quick overview of how to get started trying out Apache ActiveMQ.
From the binary distribution you can run the Apache ActiveMQ server via the bin/activemq command. If you're using Windows, just type
    cd bin
    activemq.bat start
On Unix-like systems, type
    ./bin/activemq console
to start the broker in foreground.
The Apache ActiveMQ broker should now have started
Tip: If you run the bin/activemq command without any arguments it will output usage.
To stop the broker you can press ctrl + c to stop the process.The broker can be started as a background process via the bin/activemq command on Unix-like systems, type
    ./bin/activemq start
to start the broker in background. The broker will write to its log in the data/activemq.log file.
The broker can be stopped via the bin/activemq command If you're using Windows, just type
    cd bin
    activemq.bat stop
On Unix-like systems, type
    ./bin/activemq stop
to stop the broker.
    cd bin
    activemq.bat console xbean:examples/conf/activemq-demo.xml
On Unix-like systems, type
    ./bin/activemq console xbean:examples/conf/activemq-demo.xml
In a web browser you can access the url http://0.0.0.0:8161/demo to access the ActiveMQ web demos.
To run the demo producer/consumer tools, you need Java and Ant installed.
The example programs depend on Ant being installed. There are more detailed instructions on the Ant website - but essentially you need to follow these steps.
To test this is all working, try typing
    java -version
    cd examples/openwire/swissarmy
    ant -version
Once you've got Java and Ant installed correctly you should be able to run
    cd examples/openwire/swissarmy
    ant consumer
and in another shell
    cd examples/openwire/swissarmy
    ant producer
you can specify exact URLs to connect to via command like arguments. e.g.
    ant producer -Durl=tcp://somehost:port