All queues automatically bind to the default exchange using the queue name as the binding key. So all you need to do to publish to a queue bound to the default exchange is to declare a queue. The binding to the Default Exchange is created automatically. Since the Default Exchange is a direct exchange, and is nameless, sending a message to the queue name is sufficient for it to arrive in your queue.

To create a queue named "quick-publish" bound to the Default Exchange using qpid-config:

qpid-config add queue quick-publish

In an application, queues can be created as a side-effect of creating a sender object. If the address contains the parameter {create: always} then the queue will be created if it does not already exist. In addition to always, the create command can also take the arguments sender and receiver, to indicate that the queue should be created only when a sender connects to the address, or only when a receiver connects to the address.

Here is the creation of the "quick-publish" example queue: