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A Dockerfile for Apache ActiveMQ

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Description

ActiveMQ version - 5.9.0

Boilerplate Stuff

• Based on Ubuntu 14.04
• Will automatically update and upgrade Linux packages

Dockerfile Build Application Specifics

• Automatically installs the following:
  • curl
  • default Java JRE
• Pulls ActiveMQ version 5.9.0 from the Apache download archive
• Exposes the default ports for:
  • ActiveMQ web front end - 8161
  • OpenWire transport listener - 61616
  • AMPQ transport listener - 5672
  • STOMP transport listener - 61613
  • MQTT transport listener - 1883
  • WS transport listener - 61614
• Creates a volume to the default configuration directory so the user can mount his/her own configuration directory. Default configuration files from Apache are included in this repository

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Usage

Building the image

To build the image from the Dockerfile

sudo docker build -t nickmich/activemq:5.9.0 .

Starting the container

• Use the following to run the minimum for AMQ. Update the port mappings as needed for the transport listeners.

sudo docker run -d --name amq -p 8161:8161 -v $PWD/conf:/opt/apache/activemq/apache-activemq-5.9.0/conf nickmich/activemq:5.9.0

Kicking the tires

• To verify the container is up and running normally:

sudo docker ps

and confirm that your container shows up

• To verify AMQ is running:

sudo docker inspect <container name>

and search for IP address of the container (or just use localhost).

• In your browser, navigate to : < ip-address >:8161/admin and confirm you can login