Chapter 5. Command Line Utilities for MRG Messaging

MRG Messaging contains a number of command line utilities for monitoring and configuring messaging brokers.

qpid-config: Display and configure exchanges, queues, and bindings in the broker
qpid-route: Display and configure broker federation, including routing and links between brokers
qpid-tool: Access configuration, statistics, and control within the broker
qpid-queue-stats: Monitor the size and enqueue/dequeue rates of queues in a broker

The command line utilities are included in the python client library package. Follow the installation instructions in Chapter 1, Installing MRG Messaging and install the python-qpid and amqp packages.
To start each of the tools, type its name at the command prompt:
qpid-config
```
# qpid-config
```
qpid-route
```
# qpid-route
```
qpid-tool
```
# qpid-tool
```
qpid-queue-stats
```
# qpid-queue-stats
```