ayannah/activemq repository overview

⁠ActiveMQ 5.4.3

⁠Base Docker Image

• java:7

⁠How to use this image

⁠Starting an instance

docker run --name activemq-instance -p 61616:61616 -p 8161:8161 -d ayannah/activemq

An example of running ActiveMQ with additional options:

docker run --name activemq-instance -p 61616:61616 -p 8161:8161 -d ayannah/activemq activemq --help

On first startup, the container will check if /var/lib/activemq is empty, and it will initialize the folder when necessary.

During startup, the container will update the owner of all files and folders in /var/lib/activemq to the activemq user.

⁠Environment Variables

There are numerous variables you can set. You will need to check the ActiveMQ documentation for details.

The most commonly set variable is ACTIVEMQ_OPTS_MEMORY, for configuring the JVM's memory usage.

⁠Data volumes

This image declares the ACTIVEMQ_BASE folder (/var/lib/activemq) as a data volume.