AmqMonitor

A simple .NET Windows service to publish ActiveMQ queue stats as performance counters

Requirements

To install:

• .NET Framework 4.5

To build the source:

• Visual Studio 2012

Getting started

1. Build the AmqMonitor.sln solution with Visual Studio or MSBuild.

2. Edit the AmqMonitor.exe.config file and specify values for the following settings:

   <appSettings>
      <add key="AmqHosts" value="host1,host2,host3"/>
      <add key="SampleInterval" value="0:01:00"/>
   </appSettings>
   

   • AmqHosts is a comma-delimited list of brokers to monitor.
   • SampleInterval is the interval at which to poll all the brokers, specified as h:mm:ss. A value of 1 minute is appropriate for long-running production monitoring.

3. In an elevated command prompt, run the following:

   AmqMonitor.exe install
   

4. Start the service using the service control panel, or run the following:

   AmqMonitor.exe start
   

5. Fire up Performance Monitor and add counters from the AmqMonitor category.

More information

For an explanation of this project, please visit the Practice Fusion tech blog article about it here: "Windows Performance Counters for ActiveMQ", http://www.practicefusion.com/blog/performance-counters-for-activemq