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

Build the AmqMonitor.sln solution with Visual Studio or MSBuild.
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.
In an elevated command prompt, run the following:
```
AmqMonitor.exe install
```
Start the service using the service control panel, or run the following:
```
AmqMonitor.exe start
```
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