Installing IBM WebSphere MQ
Follow these instructions to obtain and install IBM® WebSphere® MQ and configure IBM WebSphere MQ Telemetry on Windows or Linux®.
Before you begin
For the operating systems that are supported by the MQTT service running on IBM WebSphere MQ, see IBM WebSphere MQ Telemetry system requirements.
- Ask your IBM WebSphere MQ administrator for the installation materials, and to confirm you can accept the license agreement.
- Get a 90-day evaluation copy of IBM WebSphere MQ. See Evaluate: IBM WebSphere MQ.
- Buy IBM WebSphere MQ. See IBM WebSphere MQ product page.
About this task
Install IBM WebSphere MQ as root
on Linux, and as an
administrator on Windows.
At install time, select the additional options Telemetry Service and Telemetry
Clients to install the IBM WebSphere MQ Telemetry component.
Create a user ID to administer IBM WebSphere MQ, and check that
the guest user ID is defined. The guest user ID is used in the sample MQTT service configuration
to authorize MQTT access
to IBM WebSphere MQ.
After installing IBM WebSphere MQ, start the MQTT service by doing the steps in Configuring the MQTT service from the command line or Configuring the MQTT service with IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer.
Procedure
Results
You installed IBM WebSphere MQ on your workstation
as the primary IBM WebSphere MQ installation
and created the group mqm
. The installation gives
permission to administer IBM WebSphere MQ to members of
the mqm
group. Members of the administrators group
on Windows also
have authority to administer IBM WebSphere MQ.
What to do next
- Configure the MQTT service from the command line or IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer; see Configuring the MQTT service with IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer or Configuring the MQTT service from the command line.
- Test your Android, iOS, WebSockets, Java, and
C
MQTT clients. - When you finish testing, remove the queue manager and MQTT service by
running the command
on Windows andMQ_INSTALLATION_PATH
\mqxr\samples\CleanupMQM.bat
on Linux.MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH
/mqxr/samples/CleanupMQM.sh