Hi, xbean support for simple authentication plugin is available since 5.0 and is working fine. You can find an example configuration in unit test resources
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/trunk/activemq-core/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/security/simple-auth-broker.xml In the 4.*, the plugin is not so Spring-friendly. You can set some things manually, such as <bean class="org.apache.activemq.security.SimpleAuthenticationPlugin" id="simpleAuthentication"> <property name="userPasswords"> <map> <entry> <key> <value>system</value> </key> <value>manager</value> </entry> </map> </property> </bean> and then install it with <broker plugins="#simpleAuthentication"></broker> Cheers -- Dejan Bosanac www.scriptinginjava.net