Appendix A. Required JARS

To simplify deploying Red Hat JBoss A-MQ it is recommended that you place the activemq-all.jar file on the broker's CLASSPATH. It contains all of the classes needed by a message broker. This is the default set up for a Red Hat JBoss A-MQ installation.

However, if you want more control over the JARs in the broker's CLASSPATH you can add the individual JARs. There are several JARs that are required. In addition, there are a few that are only needed when certain features are used.

The following JARs are installed with JBoss A-MQ and must be placed on the broker's CLASSPATH:

The JARs containing the JEE APIs are also required by the broker. These could be located in one of the following locations:

If you want to use persistent messaging you will need to add JARs to the broker's CLASSPATH for the desired persistence store. The JAR names follow the pattern activemq-store-store. The following message stores are included:

Additionally, you will need to include any other JARs required by the persistence manager used by the store: