On Windows platforms brokers are run as either foreground processes or as system services. You can shutdown running brokers using operating system actions. For example, typing CTRL+C in a window in which a foreground broker is running will shutdown the broker. Closing the window will also shutdown a foreground broker.
However, if you want to properly shutdown a broker use the administration tool's stop task. It ensures that the broker is gracefully shutdown. It also allows you to shutdown brokers remotely.
On Windows, the command to shutdown a broker is activemq-admin stop. The syntax for the command is shown in Example 19.
Example 19. Syntax for Stopping a Broker on Windows
activemq-admin stop {[brokerName] | [--all]} [--jmxurl JMXUrl] [-jmxuser userName] [-jmxpassword password]
Tip
For a full description of the parameters see ????.
If you do not use the --jmxurl parameter, the default JMX url,
service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/jmxrmi, is used. This is the JMX url
specified in the default Fuse Message Broker configuration.
If you configured a broker to use a different JMX url, you must use the
--jmxurl parameter and provide the JMX url for connecting to
the broker.
Tip
If you have a broker running as a Windows service and have JMX turned on, you can use activemq-admin stop to shut it down. However, the recommended way to shut down a broker running as a Windows service is documented in ????.
If you have secured JMX access to the broker, you will need to use the
-jmxuser and -jmxpassword parameters. They
specify the user name and password required to access the broker's JMX context. For
information about using security with JMX see
????.
The command shown in Example 20 shuts down a broker
named gatewayEast that is running in the default JMX context.
The command shown in Example 21 shuts down all of the brokers running in the default JMX context.
The command shown in Example 22 shuts down a broker
named gatewayEast that is running in the JMX context
service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:8050/jmxrmi.
Example 22. Shutting Down a Broker on Windows in a Non-default JMX Context
c:\activemq-admin stop gatewayEast --jmxurl service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:8050/jmxrmi
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