Thank you for installing the Apache Qpid version 0.6 for Windows kit. If the requisite features were installed, you can now run a broker, use the example programs, and design your own messaging programs while reading the Qpid C++ API reference documentation.
In AMQP, programs that send and receive messages are clients. The agents that route and queue messages to and from clients are brokers. In order to use any Qpid-based messaging program there must be at least one broker running which the client(s) can communicate with. The broker need not execute on the same system as the client, but it must be reachable using TCP/IP.
The broker executable is installed in the bin
subdirectory
of your Qpid installation directory. The broker program is
qpidd.exe
. The simplest way to experiment with the
broker is to open a command prompt window, cd to the installation
directory, and execute the broker:
cd "C:\Program Files\Apache\qpidc-0.6\bin" qpiddA small amount of information will be displayed to let you know the broker is running and listening for client connections.
To stop the broker, you can simply type ^C
in the
command prompt window where the broker is running.
For a full list of options for the broker, you can use the
--help
option.
The example programs are located in the examples
subdirectory
of the Qpid installation directory. There are a number of examples, each with
its own subdirectory under examples
. You can use the examples to
The C++ API reference documentation is HTML and can be viewed using
your web browser. It is located in the docs\api\html
subdirectory
of the installation directory, but there is also a shortcut to the
documentation in Start > All Programs > Apache Qpid > Qpid C++ Reference
Documentation. Selecting that menu item will launch the documentation's
main page in your default web browser.
If you wish to view Qpid's source code, please visit http://qpid.apache.org/download.html. The source components used to build this installed kit are "C++ broker & client" and "C# (.NET, WCF) WCF channel (C++ Broker Compatible)."
Please read the following sections for important notes regarding this release.
This release includes a new .NET WCF Channel implementation. The WCF DLL
is named Apache.Qpid.Channel.dll
located in the bin
directory under the Qpid installation location.
WCF Channel programming examples are located in the
examples\Channel
under the installation directory.
The WCF Channel DLLs are not loaded into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) at install time; therefore, they must be referenced explicitly from the install location.
If you wish to install the WCF Channel DLLs into the GAC, you can use the
following commands (assuming the Qpid install location is
C:\Program Files\Apache\qpidc-0.6
):
gacutil -I "C:\Program Files\Apache\qpidc-0.6\bin\Apache.Qpid.Channel.dll" gacutil -I "C:\Program Files\Apache\qpidc-0.6\bin\Apache.Qpid.Interop.dll"
To remove the DLLs from the GAC:
gacutil /u "Apache.Qpid.Channel" gacutil /u "Apache.Qpid.Interop"To use transactions with the WCF channel, you must enable the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service and configure it to find and use the Qpid XA transaction module.
This release includes a new persistence module. The broker can use this
module to facilitate durable queues, exchanges, bindings, configuration, and
messages. The persistence module uses SQL Server Express (or SQL Server) 2005
or newer. The persistence module is a Qpid broker plugin. It is not loaded by
default; therefore, to gain support for durable items the persistence plugin
must be loaded into the broker. This can be done using the
--module-dir
option to load all available plugins. For example:
cd "C:\Program Files\Apache\qpidc-0.6" bin\qpidd.exe --module-dir plugins\brokerThe
--module-dir
option can also take a full path. The option
can also be included in the broker configuration file. A sample is located
in the conf\qpidd.conf
file under the installation directory.
For more information on Apache Qpid, please visit the web site http://qpid.apache.org/.
The Qpid site contains more information about Qpid and AMQP as well as directions for joining and reading the Qpid-related email lists.