Chapter 3. Installing AMQ Broker

Procedure

1. In a web browser, navigate to https://access.redhat.com/downloads/ and log in.

   The Product Downloads page is displayed.

2. In the JBoss Integration and Automation section, click the Red Hat AMQ Broker link.

   The Software Downloads page is displayed.

3. Select the desired AMQ Broker version from the Version drop-down menu.
4. On the Releases tab, click the Download link for the specific AMQ Broker file you want to download.

Procedure

1. Create a new user named amq-broker and provide it a password.

   $ sudo useradd amq-broker
   $ sudo passwd amq-broker

2. Create the directory /opt/redhat/amq-broker and make the new amq-broker user and group the owners of it.

   $ sudo mkdir /opt/redhat
   $ sudo mkdir /opt/redhat/amq-broker
   $ sudo chown -R amq-broker:amq-broker /opt/redhat/amq-broker

3. Change the owner of the archive to the new user.

   $ sudo chown amq-broker:amq-broker amq-broker-7.x.x-bin.zip

4. Move the installation archive to the directory you just created.

   $ sudo mv amq-broker-7.x.x-bin.zip /opt/redhat/amq-broker

5. As the new amq-broker user, extract the contents by using the unzip command.

   $ su - amq-broker
   $ cd /opt/redhat/amq-broker
   $ unzip <archive-name>.zip
   $ exit

   A directory named something similar to amq-broker-7.3 is created. In the documentation, this location is referred to as <install-dir>.

Procedure

1. Use Windows Explorer to create the directory folder \redhat\amq-broker on the desired drive letter.

   For example: C:\redhat\amq-broker

2. Use Windows Explorer to move the installation archive to the directory you just created.

3. In the \redhat\amq-broker directory, right-click the installation archive zip file and select Extract All.

   A directory named something similar to amq-broker-7.3 is created. In the documentation, this location is referred to as <install-dir>.