Adding a remote queue manager to IBM MQ Explorer

IBM MQ Explorer is used to set up and make changes for queue managers, it provides the best UI which will help the user to make configurations that are difficult to make in the Linux environment.

The advantages of the IBM MQ Explorer is as follows:

1. Set maximum limit to a local queue to accept messages
2. Browse message content including date and time stamp.
3. Make a local queue to only send or receive messages from a client

In this article, I’m using the queue manager configurations which are defined in my previous article.

Here I’m adding a ‘remote queue manager’. A queue manager that is present in another system is called a remote queue manaer

Step1: Right-click on the Queue Managers option under IBM MQ.

Step2: click on the ‘Add Remote Queue Manager… ’ option

Step3: Give the queue Manger name that you have given while creating a queue manager. Here I’m giving my queue manager which I’ve given while creating a queue manager. Select ‘‘Connect directly ’‘ and click on ‘Next’

Step4: Now give the details of Hostname or the IP address, the hostname or the IP address is the IP V4 address of your virtual machine on which this queue manager is present.

Port Number and channel name is given while creating a listener for the queue manager. Please note that these details should be exactly the same as they are present in the queue manager else we can’t connect to the queue manager from IBM MQ Explorer.

After giving the details click on next.

Step5: No changes are needed on this page. Click on Next

Step6: Now we are setting the authentication details. Check the ‘Enable user identification’ and give the user-id for which the channel authentication is given for the queue manager while creating. I have given mqm as user and mqm as password while creating the queue manager for channel authentication.

So, I’m giving mqm as userId after that select the ‘‘prompt for password ’’option from the password section and click on Finish.

Step7: Now a pop-up will appear which says ‘Enter Password’. Enter your password and click on ok.

Now you should be able to see the Queue Manager added below the queue managers section.

In case you didn’t set channel authentication for your queue manager please skip step6 and step7.

Now you can create a local queue or make any changes for the queue managers without writing any commands.

Feel free to reach out in case of any queries

Thank you for reading & good luck trying!!