Run a local instance of ActiveMQ on Docker

Apache ActiveMQ is an open-source message broker written in Java that offers a high-availability cluster which provides load-balancing and failover support for your message-driven applications. It supports various cross-language clients and protocols, including Java, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Perl, Python, and PHP.

Using Docker to run ActiveMQ has several benefits. It allows you to easily package your ActiveMQ broker in a container, making it easy to distribute and deploy. Additionally, Docker simplifies setting up and configuring your ActiveMQ broker, as all dependencies are packaged within the container.

In this tutorial, we will cover the following topics:

• Prerequisites for running ActiveMQ on Docker
• Setting up and running an ActiveMQ broker using Docker
• Testing the ActiveMQ broker using a sample Java application

Let’s get started!

Prerequisites

Before you can start running ActiveMQ on Docker, you need to have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Docker: You must install Docker on your system to run ActiveMQ in a container. If you don’t have Docker installed, you can follow the instructions on the Docker website to install it.
• Java: ActiveMQ is written in Java, so you must install Java on your system to run the broker.