3.6. Disabling Broker Security

Prior to Fuse MQ Enterprise version 7.0.2, the Apache ActiveMQ broker was insecure (JAAS authentication not enabled). This section explains how to revert the Apache ActiveMQ broker to an insecure mode of operation, so that it is unnecessary to provide credentials when connecting to the broker.

These instructions assume that you are running Red Hat AMQ in standalone mode (that is, running in an OSGi container, but not using Fuse Fabric). In your installation of Red Hat AMQ, open the InstallDir/etc/activemq.xml file using a text editor and look for the following lines:

...
<plugins>
 <jaasAuthenticationPlugin configuration="karaf" />
</plugins>
...

...
<plugins>
 <jaasAuthenticationPlugin configuration="karaf" />
</plugins>
...

To disable JAAS authentication, delete (or comment out) the jaasAuthenticationPlugin element. The next time you start up the AMQ container using the start script the broker will run with unsecured ports.