Appendix A. Required JARS

To simplify deploying Red Hat AMQ 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 AMQ 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 AMQ 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: