Configure the ActiveMQ config file

You can edit the configuration file settings to enable options in ActiveMQ. .

To add JMSXUserID to the message header

1. Navigate to the C:\apache-activemq\conf directory.

2. Locate the activemq.xml file and open in an editor.

3. Add the following line inside the <broker> section:

   <!-- The <broker> element is used to configure the ActiveMQ broker -->

   <broker xmls="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core"

   brokerName="localhost" dataDirectory="${activemq.data}"

   populateJMSXUserID=true">

   <!-- The <broker> element is used to configure the ActiveMQ broker-->

   <broker xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core"

   brokerName="localhost" dataDirectory="${activemq.data}"

   populateJMSXUserID="true">

   
   <plugins>

   <loggingBrokerPlugin logConsumerEvents="true" logProducerEvents="true" />

   </plugins>

To enable additional ActiveMQ logging

4. Navigate to the C:\apache-activemq\conf directory.

5. Locate the activemq.xml file and open in an editor.

6. Add the following lines inside the <broker> section:

   For more information on logging options, go to http://activemq.apache.org/logging-interceptor.html

   <destinationPolicy>

   <policyMap>

   <policyEntries>

   <!-- Set the following policy on all queues using the '>' wildcard -->

   <policyEntry queue=">">

   <deadLetterStrategy>

   <!--

   Use the suffix '.DLQ' for the destination name, and make

   the DLQ a queue rather than a topic

   -->

   <individualDeadLetterStrategy queuePrefix="" queueSuffix=".DLQ" useQueueForQueueMessages="true" />

   </deadLetterStrategy>

   </policyEntry>

To enable automatic creation of dead letter queue for each queue

7. Navigate to the C:\apache-activemq\conf directory.

8. Locate the activemq.xml file and open in an editor.

9. Add the following lines inside the <destinationPolicy> section:

This setting specifies that each queue automatically creates a dead letter queue and specifies the prefix and suffix to append to the name of the dead letter queue.

Related topics

• Installing ActiveMQ for Messaging Integrations

• Monitoring ActiveMQ