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3.2. Set Broker options in a configuration file

To set the Broker options when running the Broker as a service, or to create a set of options that can be used when starting the Broker from the command-line, but without having to specify them each time on the command-line, use a configuration file.
  1. Become the root user, and open the /etc/qpid/qpidd.conf file in a text editor.
  2. This example uses the configuration file to enable debug tracing. Changes will take effect from the next time the broker is started and will be used in every subsequent session. 
    # Configuration file for qpidd
trace=1
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  3. If you are running the broker as a service, you need to restart the service to reload the configuration options. 
    # service qpidd restart
Stopping qpidd daemon:                [  OK  ]
Starting qpidd daemon:                [  OK  ]
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  4. If you are running the broker from the command-line, start the broker with no command-line options to use the configuration file. 
    # /usr/sbin/qpidd
[date] [time] info Locked data directory: /var/lib/qpidd
[date] [time] info Management enabled
[date] [time] info Listening on port 5672
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