Apache ActiveMQ 5.5.0 is primarily a maintenance release which resolves over 130 issues, mostly bug fixes and improvements

New Features in 5.5.0

• Dependency on Java 1.6 (java 1.5 is no longer supported)
• MDC logging (SLF4J)
• Upgrade to camel 2.7.0
• DLQ processing per durable subscription
• New network connector MBeans
• IOExceptionHandler for JDBC store
• Added support for Apache Commons Daemon

Improvements in 5.5.0

• Improved support for recovery of durable subscribers with priority support
• Improved performance for offline durable subscriptions with large message backlogs (JDBC store)
• better support for Guest login via JAAS

Getting the Binary Distributions

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 <version> 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:

• md5
• md5sums
• SlavaSoft FSUM

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-core</artifactId>
  <version>5.5.0</version>
</dependency>

Getting the Source Code

Source Distributions

SVN Tag Checkout

svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/tags/activemq-5.5.0

Changelog

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

Also see the previous ActiveMQ 5.4.2 Release