This section is a quick index for looking up configuration. Click on the element name to go to the specific chapter.

1. Broker Configuration

1.1. broker.xml

This is the main core server configuration file which contains the core element. The core element contains the main server configuration.

1.1.1. Modularising broker.xml

XML XInclude support is provided in broker.xml so that you can break your configuration out into separate files.

To do this ensure the following is defined at the root configuration element.

  1. xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"

You can now define include tag’s where you want to bring in xml configuration from another file:

  1. <xi:include href="my-address-settings.xml"/>

You should ensure xml elements in separated files should be namespaced correctly for example if address-settings element was separated, it should have the element namespace defined:

  1. <address-settings xmlns="urn:activemq:core">

An example can of this feature can be seen in the test suites:

  1. ./artemis-server/src/test/resources/ConfigurationTest-xinclude-config.xml
if you use xmllint to validate the XML against the schema you should enable xinclude flag when running.
  1. --xinclude

For further information on XInclude see: https://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/

To disable XML external entity processing use the system property artemis.disableXxe, e.g.:

  1. -Dartemis.disableXxe=true
Reloading modular configuration files

Certain changes in broker.xml can be picked up at runtime as discussed in the Configuration Reload chapter. Changes made directly to files which are included in broker.xml via xi:include will not be automatically reloaded. For example, if broker.xml is including my-address-settings.xml and my-address-settings.xml is modified those changes won’t be reloaded automatically. To force a reload in this situation there are 2 main options:

  1. Use the reloadConfiguration management operation on the ActiveMQServerControl.

  2. Update the timestamp on broker.xml using something like the touch command. The next time the broker inspects broker.xml for automatic reload it will see the updated timestamp and trigger a reload of broker.xml and all its included files.

1.2. System properties

It is possible to use System properties to replace some of the configuration properties. If you define a System property starting with “brokerconfig.” that will be passed along to Bean Utils and the configuration would be replaced.

To define global-max-size=1000000 using a system property you would have to define this property, for example through java arguments:

  1. java -Dbrokerconfig.globalMaxSize=1000000

You can also change the prefix through the broker.xml by setting:

  1. <system-property-prefix>yourprefix</system-property-prefix>

This is to help you customize artemis on embedded systems.

1.3. Broker properties

Broker properties extends the use of properties to allow updates and additions to the broker configuration after any xml has been parsed. In the absence of any broker.xml, the hard coded defaults can be modified. Internally, any xml configuration is applied to a java bean style configuration object. Typically, there are setters for each of the xml attributes. However, for properties, the naming convention changes from ‘a-b’ to ‘aB’ to reflect the camelCase java naming convention.

Collections need some special treatment to allow additions and reference. We utilise the name attribute of configuration entities to find existing entries and when populating new entities, we set the name to match the requested key. Removal of configuration from named collections is supported by setting a key value to “-“. The remove match value can be configured with a property key “remove.value”.

For example, a properties file containing:

  1. securityEnabled=false
  2. acceptorConfigurations.tcp.factoryClassName=org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyAcceptorFactory
  3. acceptorConfigurations.tcp.params.HOST=localhost
  4. acceptorConfigurations.tcp.params.PORT=61616

would: 1) disable RBAC security checks 2) add or modify an acceptor named “tcp” that will use Netty 3) set the acceptor named “tcp” ‘HOST’ parameter to localhost 4) set the acceptor named “tcp” ‘PORT’ parameter to 61616

The configuration properties are low level, lower level than xml, however it is very powerful; any accessible attribute of the internal org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.ConfigurationImpl objects can be modified.

With great power one must take great care!

The artemis run command script supports --properties <properties file url>, where a properties file can be configured.

one shortcoming of this method of configuration is that any property that does not match is ignored with no fanfare. Enable debug logging for org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.ConfigurationImpl to get more insight.

There are a growing number of examples of what can be explicitly configured in this way in the unit test.

2. The core configuration

This describes the root of the XML configuration. You will see here also multiple sub-types listed. For example on the main config you will have bridges and at the list of bridge type we will describe the properties for that configuration.

The default values listed below are the values which will be used if the configuration parameter is not set either programmatically or via broker.xml. Some of these values are set in the broker.xml which is available out-of-the-box. Any values set in the out-of-the-box configuration will override the default values listed here. Please consult your specific configuration to know which values will actually be used when the broker is running.

NameDescriptionDefault

acceptors

a list of remoting acceptors

n/a

acceptors.acceptor

Each acceptor is composed for just an URL

n/a

addresses

a list of addresses

n/a

address-settings

a list of address-setting

n/a

allow-failback

Should stop backup on primary restart.

true

amqp-use-core-subscription-naming

If true uses CORE queue naming convention for AMQP.

false

async-connection-execution-enabled

If False delivery would be always asynchronous.

true

bindings-directory

The folder in use for the bindings folder

data/bindings

bridges

a list of core bridges

n/a

ha-policy

the HA policy of this server

none

broadcast-groups

a list of broadcast-group

n/a

broker-connections

a list of amqp-connection

n/a

broker-plugins

a list of broker-plugins

n/a

configuration-file-refresh-period

The frequency in milliseconds the configuration file is checked for changes

5000

check-for-live-server

Used by a primary server to verify if there are other nodes with the same ID on the topology

n/a

cluster-connections

a list of cluster-connection

n/a

cluster-password

Cluster password. It applies to all cluster configurations.

n/a

cluster-user

Cluster username. It applies to all cluster configurations.

n/a

connection-ttl-override

if set, this will override how long (in ms) to keep a connection alive without receiving a ping. -1 disables this setting.

-1

connection-ttl-check-interval

how often (in ms) to check connections for ttl violation.

2000

connectors.connector

The URL for the connector. This is a list

n/a

create-bindings-dir

true means that the server will create the bindings directory on start up.

true

create-journal-dir

true means that the journal directory will be created.

true

discovery-groups

a list of discovery-group

n/a

disk-scan-period

The interval where the disk is scanned for percentual usage.

5000

diverts

a list of diverts to use

n/a

global-max-size

The amount in bytes before all addresses are considered full.

Half of the JVM’s -Xmx

graceful-shutdown-enabled

true means that graceful shutdown is enabled.

false

graceful-shutdown-timeout

Timeout on waiting for clients to disconnect before server shutdown.

-1

grouping-handler

a message grouping handler

n/a

id-cache-size

The duplicate detection circular cache size.

20000

jmx-domain

the JMX domain used to registered MBeans in the MBeanServer.

org.apache.activemq

jmx-use-broker-name

whether or not to use the broker name in the JMX properties.

true

jmx-management-enabled

true means that the management API is available via JMX.

true

journal-buffer-size

The size of the internal buffer on the journal in KB.

490KB

journal-buffer-timeout

The Flush timeout for the journal buffer

500000 for ASYNCIO; 3333333 for NIO

journal-compact-min-files

The minimal number of data files before we can start compacting. Setting this to 0 means compacting is disabled.

10

journal-compact-percentage

The percentage of live data on which we consider compacting the journal.

30

journal-directory

the directory to store the journal files in.

data/journal

node-manager-lock-directory

the directory to store the node manager lock file.

same of journal-directory

journal-file-size

the size (in bytes) of each journal file.

10MB

journal-lock-acquisition-timeout

how long (in ms) to wait to acquire a file lock on the journal.

-1

journal-max-io

the maximum number of write requests that can be in the ASYNCIO queue at any one time.

4096 for ASYNCIO; 1 for NIO; ignored for MAPPED

journal-file-open-timeout

the length of time in seconds to wait when opening a new journal file before timing out and failing.

5

journal-min-files

how many journal files to pre-create.

2

journal-pool-files

The upper threshold of the journal file pool, -1 means no Limit. The system will create as many files as needed however when reclaiming files it will shrink back to the journal-pool-files

-1

journal-sync-non-transactional

if true wait for non transaction data to be synced to the journal before returning response to client.

true

journal-sync-transactional

if true wait for transaction data to be synchronized to the journal before returning response to client.

true

journal-type

the type of journal to use.

ASYNCIO

journal-datasync

It will use msync/fsync on journal operations.

true

large-messages-directory

the directory to store large messages.

data/largemessages

log-delegate-factory-class-name

deprecated the name of the factory class to use for log delegation.

n/a

management-address

the name of the management address to send management messages to.

activemq.management

management-notification-address

the name of the address that consumers bind to receive management notifications.

activemq.notifications

mask-password

This option controls whether passwords in server configuration need be masked. If set to “true” the passwords are masked.

false

max-saved-replicated-journals-size

This specifies how many replication backup directories will be kept when server starts as replica. -1 Means no Limit; 0 don’t keep a copy at all.

2

max-disk-usage

The max percentage of data we should use from disks. The broker will block while the disk is full. Disable by setting -1.

90

memory-measure-interval

frequency to sample JVM memory in ms (or -1 to disable memory sampling).

-1

memory-warning-threshold

Percentage of available memory which will trigger a warning log.

25

message-counter-enabled

true means that message counters are enabled.

false

message-counter-max-day-history

how many days to keep message counter history.

10

message-counter-sample-period

the sample period (in ms) to use for message counters.

10000

message-expiry-scan-period

how often (in ms) to scan for expired messages.

30000

message-expiry-thread-priority

deprecated the priority of the thread expiring messages.

3

metrics-plugin

a plugin to export metrics

n/a

address-queue-scan-period

how often (in ms) to scan for addresses & queues that should be removed.

30000

name

node name; used in topology notifications if set.

n/a

password-codec

the name of the class (and optional configuration properties) used to decode masked passwords. Only valid when mask-password is true.

n/a

page-max-concurrent-io

The max number of concurrent reads allowed on paging.

5

page-sync-timeout

The time in nanoseconds a page will be synced.

3333333 for ASYNCIO; journal-buffer-timeout for NIO

read-whole-page

If true the whole page would be read, otherwise just seek and read while getting message.

false

paging-directory

the directory to store paged messages in.

data/paging

persist-delivery-count-before-delivery

True means that the delivery count is persisted before delivery. False means that this only happens after a message has been cancelled.

false

max-redelivery-records

Maximum number of records the system will store for redeliveries. In most cases this should be set to ‘1’.

10

persistence-enabled

true means that the server will use the file based journal for persistence.

true

persist-id-cache

true means that ID’s are persisted to the journal.

true

queues

deprecated use addresses

n/a

remoting-incoming-interceptors

a list of <class-name/> elements with the names of classes to use for intercepting incoming remoting packets

n/a

remoting-outgoing-interceptors

a list of <class-name/> elements with the names of classes to use for intercepting outgoing remoting packets

n/a

resolveProtocols

Use ServiceLoader to load protocol modules.

true

resource-limit-settings

a list of resource-limits

n/a

scheduled-thread-pool-max-size

Maximum number of threads to use for the scheduled thread pool.

5

security-enabled

true means that security is enabled.

true

security-invalidation-interval

how long (in ms) to wait before invalidating the security cache.

10000

system-property-prefix

Prefix for replacing configuration settings using Bean Utils.

n/a

internal-naming-prefix

the prefix used when naming the internal queues and addresses required for implementing certain behaviours.

$.activemq.internal

populate-validated-user

whether or not to add the name of the validated user to the messages that user sends.

false

security-settings

a list of security-setting.

n/a

thread-pool-max-size

Maximum number of threads to use for the thread pool. -1 means ‘no limits’.

30

transaction-timeout

how long (in ms) before a transaction can be removed from the resource manager after create time.

300000

transaction-timeout-scan-period

how often (in ms) to scan for timeout transactions.

1000

wild-card-routing-enabled

true means that the server supports wild card routing.

true

network-check-NIC

the NIC (Network Interface Controller) to be used on InetAddress.isReachable.

n/a

network-check-URL-list

the list of http URIs to be used to validate the network.

n/a

network-check-list

the list of pings to be used on ping or InetAddress.isReachable.

n/a

network-check-period

a frequency in milliseconds to how often we should check if the network is still up.

10000

network-check-timeout

a timeout used in milliseconds to be used on the ping.

1000

network-check-ping-command

the command used to oping IPV4 addresses.

n/a

network-check-ping6-command

the command used to oping IPV6 addresses.

n/a

critical-analyzer

enable or disable the critical analysis.

true

critical-analyzer-timeout

timeout used to do the critical analysis.

120000 ms

critical-analyzer-check-period

time used to check the response times.

0.5 critical-analyzer-timeout

critical-analyzer-policy

should the server log, be halted or shutdown upon failures.

LOG

resolve-protocols

if true then the broker will make use of any protocol managers that are in available on the classpath, otherwise only the core protocol will be available, unless in embedded mode where users can inject their own protocol managers.

true

resource-limit-settings

a list of resource-limit.

n/a

server-dump-interval

interval to log server specific information (e.g. memory usage etc).

-1

store

the store type used by the server.

n/a

wildcard-addresses

parameters to configure wildcard address matching format.

n/a

view-permission-method-match-pattern

parameter to configure the regular expression pattern to match management or JMX operations that require the ‘view’ permission in your security-settings.

^(get|is|count|list|browse|query).$

management-message-rbac

parameter to enable security-settings RBAC on management messages sent to the management address.

false

management-rbac-prefix

parameter to configure the prefix for security-settings match addresses to control RBAC on JMX MBean operations and optionally on management messages

mops (shorthand for management operations)

3. address-setting type

NameDescriptionDefault

match

The filter to apply to the setting

n/a

dead-letter-address

Dead letter address

n/a

auto-create-dead-letter-resources

Whether or not to auto-create dead-letter address and/or queue

false

dead-letter-queue-prefix

Prefix to use for auto-created dead-letter queues

DLQ.

dead-letter-queue-suffix

Suffix to use for auto-created dead-letter queues

`` (empty)

expiry-address

Expired messages address

n/a

expiry-delay

Expiration time override; -1 don’t override

-1

redelivery-delay

Time to wait before redelivering a message

0

redelivery-delay-multiplier

Multiplier to apply to the redelivery-delay

1.0

redelivery-collision-avoidance-factor

an additional factor used to calculate an adjustment to the redelivery-delay (up or down)

0.0

max-redelivery-delay

Max value for the redelivery-delay

10 * redelivery-delay

max-delivery-attempts

Number of retries before dead letter address

10

max-size-bytes

Max size a queue can be before invoking address-full-policy

-1

max-size-bytes-reject-threshold

Used with BLOCK, the max size an address can reach before messages are rejected; works in combination with max-size-bytes for AMQP clients only.

-1

page-size-bytes

Size of each file on page

10485760

address-full-policy

What to do when a queue reaches max-size-bytes

PAGE

message-counter-history-day-limit

Days to keep message counter data

0

last-value-queue

deprecated Queue is a last value queue; see default-last-value-queue instead

false

default-last-value-queue

last-value value if none is set on the queue

false

default-last-value-key

last-value-key value if none is set on the queue

null

default-exclusive-queue

exclusive value if none is set on the queue

false

default-non-destructive

non-destructive value if none is set on the queue

false

default-consumers-before-dispatch

consumers-before-dispatch value if none is set on the queue

0

default-delay-before-dispatch

delay-before-dispatch value if none is set on the queue

-1

redistribution-delay

Timeout before redistributing values after no consumers

-1

send-to-dla-on-no-route

Forward messages to DLA when no queues subscribing

false

slow-consumer-threshold

Min rate of msgs/sec consumed before a consumer is considered “slow”

-1

slow-consumer-policy

What to do when “slow” consumer is detected

NOTIFY

slow-consumer-check-period

How often to check for “slow” consumers

5

auto-create-jms-queues

deprecated Create JMS queues automatically; see auto-create-queues & auto-create-addresses

true

auto-delete-jms-queues

deprecated Delete JMS queues automatically; see auto-create-queues & auto-create-addresses

true

auto-create-jms-topics

deprecated Create JMS topics automatically; see auto-create-queues & auto-create-addresses

true

auto-delete-jms-topics

deprecated Delete JMS topics automatically; see auto-create-queues & auto-create-addresses

true

auto-create-queues

Create queues automatically

true

auto-delete-queues

Delete auto-created queues automatically

true

auto-delete-created-queues

Delete created queues automatically

false

auto-delete-queues-delay

Delay for deleting auto-created queues

0

auto-delete-queues-message-count

Message count the queue must be at or below before it can be auto deleted

0

config-delete-queues

How to deal with queues deleted from XML at runtime

OFF

auto-create-addresses

Create addresses automatically

true

auto-delete-addresses

Delete auto-created addresses automatically

true

auto-delete-addresses-delay

Delay for deleting auto-created addresses

0

config-delete-addresses

How to deal with addresses deleted from XML at runtime

OFF

config-delete-diverts

How to deal with diverts deleted from XML at runtime

OFF

management-browse-page-size

Number of messages a management resource can browse

200

default-purge-on-no-consumers

purge-on-no-consumers value if none is set on the queue

false

default-max-consumers

max-consumers value if none is set on the queue

-1

default-queue-routing-type

Routing type for auto-created queues if the type can’t be otherwise determined

MULTICAST

default-address-routing-type

Routing type for auto-created addresses if the type can’t be otherwise determined

MULTICAST

default-ring-size

The ring-size applied to queues without an explicit ring-size configured

-1

retroactive-message-count

the number of messages to preserve for future queues created on the matching address

0

id-cache-size

The duplicate detection circular cache size

Inherits from global id-cache-size

4. bridge type

NameDescriptionDefault

name

unique name

n/a

queue-name

name of queue that this bridge consumes from

n/a

forwarding-address

address to forward to. If omitted original address is used

n/a

ha

whether this bridge supports fail-over

false

filter

optional core filter expression

n/a

transformer-class-name

optional name of transformer class

n/a

min-large-message-size

Limit before message is considered large.

100KB

check-period

How often to check for TTL violation. -1 means disabled.

30000

connection-ttl

TTL for the Bridge. This should be greater than the ping period.

60000

retry-interval

period (in ms) between successive retries.

2000

retry-interval-multiplier

multiplier to apply to successive retry intervals.

1

max-retry-interval

Limit to the retry-interval growth.

2000

reconnect-attempts

maximum number of retry attempts.

-1 (no limit)

use-duplicate-detection

forward duplicate detection headers?

true

confirmation-window-size

number of bytes before confirmations are sent.

1MB

producer-window-size

Producer flow control size on the bridge.

-1 (disabled)

user

Username for the bridge, the default is the cluster username.

n/a

password

Password for the bridge, default is the cluster password.

n/a

reconnect-attempts-same-node

Number of retries before trying another node.

10

routing-type

how to set the routing-type on the bridged message

PASS

concurrency

Concurrency of the bridge

1

5. broadcast-group type

NameType

name

unique name

local-bind-address

Local bind address that the datagram socket is bound to.

local-bind-port

Local port to which the datagram socket is bound to.

group-address

Multicast address to which the data will be broadcast.

group-port

UDP port number used for broadcasting.

broadcast-period

Period in milliseconds between consecutive broadcasts. Default=2000.

jgroups-file

Name of JGroups configuration file.

jgroups-channel

Name of JGroups Channel.

connector-ref

The connector to broadcast.

6. cluster-connection type

NameDescriptionDefault

name

unique name

n/a

address

name of the address this cluster connection applies to

n/a

connector-ref

Name of the connector reference to use.

n/a

check-period

The period (in milliseconds) used to check if the cluster connection has failed to receive pings from another server

30000

connection-ttl

Timeout for TTL.

60000

min-large-message-size

Messages larger than this are considered large-messages.

100KB

call-timeout

Time(ms) before giving up on blocked calls.

30000

retry-interval

period (in ms) between successive retries.

500

retry-interval-multiplier

multiplier to apply to the retry-interval.

1

max-retry-interval

Maximum value for retry-interval.

2000

reconnect-attempts

How many attempts should be made to reconnect after failure.

-1

use-duplicate-detection

should duplicate detection headers be inserted in forwarded messages?

true

message-load-balancing

how should messages be load balanced?

OFF

max-hops

maximum number of hops cluster topology is propagated.

1

confirmation-window-size

The size (in bytes) of the window used for confirming data from the server connected to.

1048576

producer-window-size

Flow Control for the Cluster connection bridge.

-1 (disabled)

call-failover-timeout

How long to wait for a reply if in the middle of a fail-over. -1 means wait forever.

-1

notification-interval

how often the cluster connection will notify the cluster of its existence right after joining the cluster.

1000

notification-attempts

how many times this cluster connection will notify the cluster of its existence right after joining the cluster

2

7. discovery-group type

NameDescription

name

unique name

group-address

Multicast IP address of the group to listen on

group-port

UDP port number of the multi cast group

jgroups-file

Name of a JGroups configuration file. If specified, the server uses JGroups for discovery.

jgroups-channel

Name of a JGroups Channel. If specified, the server uses the named channel for discovery.

refresh-timeout

Period the discovery group waits after receiving the last broadcast from a particular server before removing that servers connector pair entry from its list. Default=10000

local-bind-address

local bind address that the datagram socket is bound to

local-bind-port

local port to which the datagram socket is bound to. Default=-1

initial-wait-timeout

time to wait for an initial broadcast to give us at least one node in the cluster. Default=10000

8. divert type

NameDescription

name

unique name

transformer-class-name

an optional class name of a transformer

exclusive

whether this is an exclusive divert. Default=false

routing-name

the routing name for the divert

address

the address this divert will divert from

forwarding-address

the forwarding address for the divert

filter

optional core filter expression

routing-type

how to set the routing-type on the diverted message. Default=STRIP

9. address type

NameDescription

name

unique name

n/a

anycast

list of anycast queues

multicast

list of multicast queues

10. queue type

NameDescriptionDefault

name

unique name

n/a

filter

optional core filter expression

n/a

durable

whether the queue is durable (persistent).

true

user

the name of the user to associate with the creation of the queue

n/a

max-consumers

the max number of consumers allowed on this queue

-1 (no max)

purge-on-no-consumers

whether or not to delete all messages and prevent routing when no consumers are connected

false

exclusive

only deliver messages to one of the connected consumers

false

last-value

use last-value semantics

false

ring-size

the size this queue should maintain according to ring semantics

based on default-ring-size address-setting

consumers-before-dispatch

number of consumers required before dispatching messages

0

delay-before-dispatch

milliseconds to wait for consumers-before-dispatch to be met before dispatching messages anyway

-1 (wait forever)

11. security-setting type

NameDescription

match

address expression

permission

permission.type

the type of permission

permission.roles

a comma-separated list of roles to apply the permission to

role-mapping

A simple role mapping that can be used to map roles from external authentication providers (i.e. LDAP) to internal roles

role-mapping.from

The external role which should be mapped

role-mapping.to

The internal role which should be assigned to the authenticated user

12. broker-plugin type

NameDescription

property

properties to configure a plugin

class-name

the name of the broker plugin class to instantiate

13. metrics-plugin type

NameDescription

property

properties to configure a plugin

class-name

the name of the metrics plugin class to instantiate

14. resource-limit type

NameDescriptionDefault

match

the name of the user to whom the limits should be applied

n/a

max-connections

how many connections are allowed by the matched user

-1 (no max)

max-queues

how many queues can be created by the matched user

-1 (no max)

15. grouping-handler type

NameDescriptionDefault

name

A unique name

n/a

type

LOCAL or REMOTE

n/a

address

A reference to a cluster-connection address

n/a

timeout

How long to wait for a decision

5000

group-timeout

How long a group binding will be used.

-1 (disabled)

reaper-period

How often the reaper will be run to check for timed out group bindings. Only valid for LOCAL handlers.

30000

16. amqp-connection type

NameDescriptionDefault

uri

AMQP broker connection URI (required)

n/a

name

A unique name

n/a

user

Broker authentication user (optional)

n/a

password

Broker authentication password (optional)

n/a

reconnect-attempts

How many attempts should be made to reconnect after failure.

-1 (infinite)

auto-start

Broker connection starts automatically with broker

true