IBM has released WebSphere MQ 8 on 23rd May 2014 with following new features. You can refer what’s new in WebSphere MQ 8 for more details.
Enhanced security Enhanced scalability increased functionality improved file transfer
In this article, I will talk about how to download and install MQ 8 step-by-step.
Download IBM WebSphere MQ from the following link. (This is trial version valid for 90 days)
Select WebSphere MQ V8.0 from list and click on Continue Select the license agreement and confirm Select WebSphere MQ V8.0 Trial for Linux on X86 from the list and click on Download now
It may take few minutes to download depending on your internet speed. Once downloaded, you should see the following file
Let’s gunzip the file now. Once done, you should see tar file as following.
Extract the tar file by using tar -xvf command, and you should see following files extracted.
Accept the license agreement and use rpm -ivh command to install the components you require. The minimum component to have MQ Server running are:-
MQSeriesServer-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm MQSeriesRuntime-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm
Accept the license agreement by executing mqlicense.sh file
Click on accept, and you will see confirmation as following
Now, it’s time to install MQSeriesRuntime & MQSeriesServer
Installation Verification
You can use rpm -qa command to ensure MQ is installed and also check MQ binaries are available under /opt/mqm I hope this quick guide help to set up your MQ environment for learning. Let me know if you experience any issue.
