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Websphere MQ Server-To-Server-Connection with Apache ActiveMQ possible?

Does Apache Active MQ provide Server-To-Server-Connection as IBM Websphere MQ does?

Background:

We currently have Websphere MQ 7.0.1 (CUST) installed to communicate with another remote Websphere MQ Server (GOV), which is not under our control. The MQs hold a Server-To-Server-Connection via VPN-tunnel. We would like to replace our Websphere MQ with Apache ActiveMQ.

We have one QM-Manager with 4 queues and 3 channels.

Queues:

  1. OUT (type remote): for sending messages to GOV
  2. QOUT (local type transmission) that is used for OUT
  3. IMP (local): used for receiving from GOV
  4. DLQ: (local): dead letter queue

Channels:

  1. conch: server connection
  2. CUST_GOV: sender
  3. GOV_CUST: receiver

I read a lot about bridging ActiveMQ to Websphere MQ (Client API, Resource Adapter, OSGi) with Camel.

Looks pretty easy with a Camel route, but this is at least a Client-Server setup.

E. G. https://www.shaishavparekh.com/2016/01/wmq-to-amq-bridge/

I need something that hides away the IBM proprietary channel stuff.

Now I found this entry: https://serverfault.com/questions/366743/apache-activemq-server-to-server-connection

As this is from 2012 I would like to ask, if anyone successful switched from Websphere MQ to ActiveMQ resp. is it still true that I can only use Client-Server?

Solution

  • ActiveMQ does not support a server-to-server connection to WebsphereMQ. As you mentioned, Camel would probably be the simplest way to get a connection between the two brokers.

    To be clear, even if ActiveMQ did implement a bridge with WebsphereMQ it would almost certainly use the WebsphereMQ client so would fundamentally still be a client-server implementation. It's not really clear from your question why you want to avoid this.