This section describes how to start and stop the Broker, and outlines the various command line options. For additional details about the broker configuration store and related command line arguments see . The broker is fully configurable via its Web Management Console, for details of this see .

Firstly change to the installation directory used during the installation and ensure that the QPID_WORK environment variable is set. Now use the qpid-server.bat to start the server bin\qpid-server.bat Output similar to the following will be seen: [Broker] BRK-1006 : Using configuration : C:\qpidwork\config.json [Broker] BRK-1001 : Startup : Version: ${project.version} Build: 1478262 [Broker] BRK-1010 : Platform : JVM : Oracle Corporation version: 1.7.0_79-b15 OS : Windows 7 version: 6.1 arch: x86 cores: 4 [Broker] BRK-1011 : Maximum Memory : Heap : 518,979,584 bytes Direct : 1,610,612,736 bytes [Broker] BRK-1002 : Starting : Listening on TCP port 5672 [Broker] MNG-1001 : Web Management Startup [Broker] MNG-1002 : Starting : HTTP : Listening on port 8080 [Broker] MNG-1004 : Web Management Ready [Broker] BRK-1004 : Qpid Broker Ready The BRK-1004 message confirms that the Broker is ready for work. The MNG-1002 and BRK-1002 confirm the ports on which the Broker is listening (for HTTP management and AMQP respectively). To stop the Broker, use Control-C from the controlling command prompt or REST operation broker/shutdown.

Firstly change to the installation directory used during the installation and ensure that the QPID_WORK environment variable is set. Now use the qpid-server script to start the server: bin/qpid-server Output similar to the following will be seen: [Broker] BRK-1006 : Using configuration : /var/qpidwork/config.json [Broker] BRK-1001 : Startup : Version: ${project.version} Build: exported [Broker] BRK-1010 : Platform : JVM : Oracle Corporation version: 1.7.0_79-b15 OS : Mac OS X version: 10.10.5 arch: x86_64 cores: 4 [Broker] BRK-1011 : Maximum Memory : Heap : 518,979,584 bytes Direct : 1,610,612,736 bytes [Broker] BRK-1002 : Starting : Listening on TCP port 5672 [Broker] MNG-1001 : Web Management Startup [Broker] MNG-1002 : Starting : HTTP : Listening on port 8080 [Broker] MNG-1004 : Web Management Ready [Broker] BRK-1004 : Qpid Broker Ready The BRK-1004 message confirms that the Broker is ready for work. The MNG-1002 and BRK-1002 confirm the ports on which the Broker is listening (for HTTP management and AMQP respectively). To stop the Broker, use Control-C from the controlling shell, use the bin/qpid.stop script, use kill -TERM <pid>, or the REST operation broker/shutdown.

The Broker writes a log file to record both details of its normal operation and any exceptional conditions. By default the log file is written within the log subdirectory beneath the work directory - $QPID_WORK/log/qpid.log (UNIX) and %QPID_WORK%\log\qpid.log (Windows). For details of how to control the logging, see

The Broker understands a number of command line options which may be used to customise the configuration. For additional details about the broker configuration and related command line arguments see . The broker is fully configurable via its Web Management Console, for details of this see . To see usage information for all command line options, use the --help option bin/qpid-server --help usage: Qpid [-cic <path>] [-h] [-icp <path>] [-mm] [-mmhttp <port>] [-mmpass <password>] [-mmqv] [-os] [-prop <name=value>] [-props <path>] [-sp <path>] [-st <type>] [-v] -cic,--create-initial-config <path> create a copy of the initial config file, either to an optionally specified file path, or as initial-config.json in the current directory -h,--help print this message -icp,--initial-config-path <path> set the location of initial JSON config to use when creating/overwriting a broker configuration store -mm,--management-mode start broker in management mode, disabling the AMQP ports -mmhttp,--management-mode-http-port <port> override http management port in management mode -mmpass,--management-mode-password <password> Set the password for the management mode user mm_admin -mmqv,--management-mode-quiesce-virtualhosts make virtualhosts stay in the quiesced state during management mode. -os,--overwrite-store overwrite the broker configuration store with the current initial configuration -prop,--config-property <name=value> set a configuration property to use when resolving variables in the broker configuration store, with format "name=value" -props,--system-properties-file <path> set the location of initial properties file to set otherwise unset system properties -sp,--store-path <path> use given configuration store location -st,--store-type <type> use given broker configuration store type -v,--version print the version information and exit