layout: default_md title: ActiveMQ 5.8.0 Release title-class: page-title-activemq5 type: activemq5

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Apache ActiveMQ 5.8.0 resolves 160 issues, mostly bug fixes and improvements. It has the following new features:

There are some changes in 5.8 that may require some code change

  1. New modules may effect your maven pom dependencies activemq-core has been replaced with activemq-client and activemq-broker. The various message stores have their own activemq-xx-store module. The uber module activemq-all remains.

  2. Changed JMX Mbean ObjectNames will effect scripts or tools that directly reference Mbean names. All mbeans now share the type=Broker attribute, which gives them containment. In this way, consumers hang off of destinations, which hang off the broker. The different Mbean types are identified by the presence of specific identifiers in their ObjectNames. The mapping from old to new ObjectName is as follows:

    TypeOld NameNew Name
    BrokerType=Brokertype=Broker
    DestinationType=Queue|Topic,Destination=<destination identifier>type=Broker,destinationType=Queue|Topic,destinationName=<destination identifier>
    ConnectorType=Connectortype=Broker,connector=clientConnectors
    NetworkConnectorType=NetworkConnectortype=Broker,connector=networkConnectors
    ConnectionType=Connectiontype=Broker,connector=*,connectionViewType=remoteAddress|clientId
  3. OSGi integration has changed. The full details are at OSGi Integration. In summary:

    1. There is a single uber OSGI bundle
    2. The broker and webconsole are now configured via config admin pid files through an OSGi managed service factory.
  4. The ActiveMQ binary file bin/run.jar has been renamed to bin/activemq.jar.

Getting the Binary Distributions

Description|Download Link|PGP Signature file of download Windows Distribution|apache-activemq-5.8.0-bin.zip|apache-activemq-5.8.0-bin.zip.asc Unix/Linux/Cygwin Distribution|apache-activemq-5.8.0-bin.tar.gz|apache-activemq-5.8.0-bin.tar.gz.asc

Verify the Integrity of Downloads

It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the PGP or MD5 signatures. The PGP signatures can be verified using PGP or GPG. Begin by following these steps:

  1. Download the KEYS
  2. Download the asc signature file for the relevant distribution
  3. Verify the signatures using the following commands, depending on your use of PGP or GPG:
    $ pgpk -a KEYS
    $ pgpv apache-activemq-<version>-bin.tar.gz.asc
    
    or
    $ pgp -ka KEYS
    $ pgp apache-activemq-<version>-bin.tar.gz.asc
    
    or
    $ gpg --import KEYS
    $ gpg --verify apache-activemq-<version>-bin.tar.gz.asc
    

(Where is replaced with the actual version, e.g., 5.1.0, 5.2.0, etc.).

Alternatively, you can verify the MD5 signature on the files. A Unix program called md5 or md5sum is included in most Linux and Unix distributions. It is also available as part of GNU Textutils. Windows users can utilize any of the following md5 programs:

Getting the Binaries using Maven 2

To use this release in your maven project, the proper dependency configuration that you should use in your Maven POM is:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
  <artifactId>activemq-all</artifactId>
  <version>5.8.0</version>
</dependency>

Getting the Source Code

Source Distributions

DescriptionDownload LinkPGP Signature file of download
Source Releaseactivemq-parent-5.8.0-source-release.zipactivemq-parent-5.8.0-source-release.zip.asc

SVN Tag Checkout

svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/tags/activemq-5.8.0

Changelog

For a more detailed view of new features and bug fixes, see the release notes

Also see the previous ActiveMQ 5.7.0 Release