IBM MQ has started providing mqweb .using which one can be able to administer the MQ on the server suing MQWEB . It can be managed using API or MQ Web Console .
Here we will set how to start MQ Web console and some configuration which will help to begin with .
Starting from MQ 9.X onwards by default with MQ installation mqweb is getting installed to start there are some configuration and startup service needed . Let’s see it .
On a linux system by default MQ Web configuration are available in the below path
/opt/mqm/web/mq/samp/configuration
/opt/mqm/web/mq/samp/configuration [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 configuration]$ ls -lrt total 40 -r--r-----. 1 mqm mqm 2831 Sep 18 2020 no_security.xml -r--r-----. 1 mqm mqm 8830 Sep 18 2020 local_os_registry.xml -r--r-----. 1 mqm mqm 8884 Sep 18 2020 ldap_registry.xml -r--r-----. 1 mqm mqm 8800 Sep 18 2020 basic_registry.xml [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 configuration]$
Below path has actual files that need to modify to start it
/var/mqm/web/installations/Installation1/servers/mqweb
[mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ ls -lrt total 24 -rw-r-----. 1 mqm mqm 589 Dec 29 15:56 server.xml -rw-rw-r--. 1 mqm mqm 858 Dec 29 15:56 jvm.options -rw-rw----. 1 mqm mqm 891 Mar 28 05:05 mqwebuser.xml_bkp drwxrwsr-x. 3 mqm mqm 22 Mar 28 05:07 resources -rw-rw----. 1 mqm mqm 8763 Mar 28 05:14 mqwebuser.xml drwxrwsr-x. 5 mqm mqm 151 Mar 28 05:14 workarea drwxrws---. 3 mqm mqm 134 Mar 28 05:14 logs [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$
mqwebuser.xml is the configuration file that need to modify . Let’s take backup of the file and copy basic_registry.xml as mqwebuser.xml then start mqweb using strmqweb command utility .
[mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ dspmqweb MQWB1125I: Server 'mqweb' is not running. [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ strmqweb Starting server mqweb. Server mqweb started with process ID 1895. [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ dspmqweb MQWB1124I: Server 'mqweb' is running. URLS: https://localhost:9443/ibmmq/rest/ https://localhost:9443/ibmmq/console/ [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$
Once mqweb is started successfully then display the status using dspmqweb . if it is running then it will show 2 url’s . API and a console url .
if you looks at the url’s they are running on loop back address . to startup using the serverip or any interface on the system update mqwebuser.txt file with httpHost
<!--
<variable name="httpHost" value="*"/>
-->
<basicRegistry id="basic" realm="defaultRealm">
<!--
This sample defines two users with unencoded passwords
and a group, these are used by the role mappings above.
-->
<user name="mqadmin" password="mqadmin"/>
<user name="mqreader" password="mqreader"/>
<user name="mftadmin" password="mftadmin"/>
<user name="mftreader" password="mftreader"/>
<group name="MQWebAdminGroup">
<member name="mqadmin"/>
</group>
</basicRegistry>
By default it is commented . Uncomment it and restart mqweb.
endmqweb and update httpHost and start using strmqweb
mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ endmqweb Stopping server mqweb. Server mqweb stopped. [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ <variable name="httpHost" value="*"/> MQWB1125I: Server 'mqweb' is not running. [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ strmqweb Starting server mqweb. Server mqweb started with process ID 2721. [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$ dspmqweb MQWB1124I: Server 'mqweb' is running. URLS: https://ec2-18-218-83-33.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com:9443/ibmmq/rest/ https://ec2-18-218-83-33.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com:9443/ibmmq/console/ [mqm@ip-172-31-14-154 mqweb]$
Now try to access the web console using the URL and 9443 is the default port for this to access .
Login with the default id that was configured in mqwebuser.xml file .mqadmin/mqadmin in our case .
We can see all the QMGR running on the server and its status .
We can create configure administer monitor all the MQ . all the operation sthat we can do from runmqsc will be able to perform from the MQ web console .
It is not mandatory to use mqweb or start the process . but it is one of the option given int the latest mq .if you wish that it cat help you can start using it and play around .
Good luck!!! 🙂