Chapter 5. Getting More Information
Abstract
There is a wealth of information about Red Hat AMQ. Most of it is written and maintained by Red Hat or our engineers.
5.1. Red Hat Documentation
Overview
The Red Hat AMQ documentation is designed to be task oriented and to quickly lead a user to the information they need. The reading lists below are broken up by user type and organized in the order in which a user will likely want to read the content.
Note
Except where expressly noted, you can find the books listed in this chapter on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
Basics
The books listed here provide information about JMS messaging and the basic information needed to develop messaging applications with Red Hat AMQ.
- Red Hat AMQ Installation GuideProvides detailed instructions for installing the Red Hat AMQ software on Windows, Linux, Unix, and OS X platforms, using the binary distributions or building from source code. It also lays out the prerequisites needed to ensure a successful installation.
- Red Hat AMQ Migration GuideDescribes all changes made to the Red Hat AMQ software and provides instructions for integrating the changes into existing applications.
- Red Hat AMQ Client Connectivity GuideDescribes each of the supported transport options and connectivity protocols in detail and includes code examples.
- Red Hat AMQ Configuring Broker PersistenceDescribes the basic concepts of message persistence and provides detailed information on the supported message stores: KahaDB and JDBC database with/without journaling. It also describes how to use message cursors to improve the scalability of the message store.
- Red Hat AMQ Using Networks of BrokersDescribes basic network of brokers concepts and topologies, network connectors, discovery protocols for dynamically discovering and reconnecting to brokers in a network, and balancing consumer and producer loads.
- Red Hat AMQ Fault Tolerant MessagingDescribes how to implement fault tolerance using a master/slave cluster.
- Red Hat AMQ Tuning GuideDescribes techniques for fine tuning your broker's performance.
- Red Hat AMQ Security GuideDescribes how to secure the communications between your client applications and the broker. It also describes how to secure access to the broker's administrative interfaces.
System administrators
The books listed here provide information and instructions to support system administrator functions.
- Red Hat AMQ Installation GuideProvides detailed instructions for installing the Red Hat AMQ software on Windows, Linux, Unix, and OS X platforms, using the binary distributions or building from source code. It also lays out the prerequisites needed to ensure a successful installation.
- Red Hat AMQ Migration GuideDescribes all of the latest changes made to the Red Hat AMQ software and, where necessary, provides instructions for integrating the changes into existing systems.
- Red Hat AMQ Managing and Monitoring a BrokerProvides detailed instructions for managing a Red Hat AMQ deployment.
- Red Hat AMQ Security GuideDescribes how to secure transport protocols and Java clients, how to set up JAAS authentication on broker-to-broker configurations, and how to secure Red Hat AMQ JMX connectors.
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse Fuse Management Console User GuideDescribes how to use the management console to monitor distributed Red Hat AMQ deployments.
- Describes how to use JBoss Operations Network to monitor Red Hat AMQ.
