<div class="wiki-content maincontent"><h2 id="BrokerPropertiesURI-BrokerPropertiesURI">Broker Properties URI</h2><p>From version 4.2 of ActiveMQ onwards the Broker Properties URI allows you to <a shape="rect" href="run-broker.html">run a configured broker</a> by referencing a properties file which could be on the classpath, a local file or a remote URL.</p><h4 id="BrokerPropertiesURI-Syntax">Syntax</h4><p><strong>properties:name</strong></p><p>Where name is some name which is resolved on the classpath, as a local file or a remote URL which points to the properties file used to configure the broker.</p><h5 id="BrokerPropertiesURI-ExampleURI">Example URI</h5><p>The following examples show variations in using the URI</p><div class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="preformattedContent panelContent">
<pre>properties:/foo/bar.properties
properties:foo.properties
properties:http://foo.com/foo.properties
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</div></div><p>Here is <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/trunk/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/resources/org/apache/activemq/config/broker.properties">an example properties file</a></p><div class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="preformattedContent panelContent">
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# START SNIPPET: example
useJmx = false
persistent = false
brokerName = Cheese
# END SNIPPET: example
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