Get activemq running on macOS.

With binary

1. Download the activemq binary from http://activemq.apache.org/download.html
2. Extract the zip “apache-activemq-5.x.x.tar.gz” and cd into the folder.
3. Run the “bin/activemq start” command inside the folder
4. your activemq would be started at port 61616, check it with lsof -i:61616
5. once you get activemq running you can visit the url http://localhost:8161/admin and see the web console for monitoring activemq.

With Homebrew

You can also do “brew install activemq” and just run “activemq start” from terminal to start.