This article explains how to download and install ActiveMQ on a windows machine. 1. If you haven’t Download activemq click here to get it. - File name will be similar to: activemq-x.x.x.zip. 2. Extract the zip file and copy to a directory of your choice. – its better to have the path short with no spaces. Ex: c:/activemq 3. Set JAVA_HOME if you haven't already set it. 4. Open windows command window and go to activemq installation/bin. - Execute as activemq For 32 bit: bin\win32 \activemq 5. Do not close the command window. It will close the server 6. Now let’s activate activemq admin command 7. Go to activemq/conf/activemq.xml 8. Set createConnector value to true. 9. Start it. - activemq/bin/activemq-admin start 10. Go to http://localhost:8161/admin/ 11. Default user/pwd is admin/admin 12. If you can see activemq home you are done Testing the installation Navigat