On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:09 PM, SuperUnknown <knowsuperunkn...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello, > > I have searched the forum for posts related to tutorials, and the answers > point to activemq examples etc. > Now i have no understanding of java/ant/maven etc, and find the examples > pretty much useless. > The examples do give a good picture of how to use ActiveMQ and will probably answer a lot of your questions. Might be worth brushing up a little on java/ant/maven to the point where you can run the examples. > > From what i understand, running activemq requires 3 components: > > 1. Producer > Yes, this is the component that delivers data (messages) to the broker (ActiveMQ) > 2. Broker > This is ActiveMQ > 3. Consumer > This is a component that is interested in receiving the data, and the broker (ActiveMQ) delivers messages to the consumer. > > These 3 can reside on separate machines (or groups of machines) > Yes, this is true. > > The brokers can be clustered and communicate messages between each other as > the need arises. > Yes, using network of brokers. > > Questions/tutorial ask: > > 1. Can activemq act as the interface on the producers? ie can the producer > machines have activemq installed that can connect to the broker Yes, the producer and the broker pieces can both be on the same machine if desired. The broker can even be embedded in the producer. > 2. Can activemq act as the consumer? > In a network of brokers scenario, activemq brokers are consumers of each other. Is this what you meant? > 3. Does anybody have step by step documentation (or write one;) ) that can > help me with configuring activemq as each component. It needs to start from > scratch and use as little java as possible. > Tim wrote an excellent "beginner" book that would suit you perfectly: http://activemq.apache.org/books.html#Books-InstantApacheActiveMQMessagingApplicationDevelopment > 4. Some examples of interfacing perl and activemq. > You should take a look at the STOMP protocol. There are some good perl libraries for talking STOMP with ActiveMQ. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/Tutorials-seem-to-be-a-recurring-post-and-its-exactly-what-i-need-tp4669279.html > Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- *Christian Posta* http://www.christianposta.com/blog twitter: @christianposta
