[AMQ-1604] Please make the following configuration changes so releases into production are simpler

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.2, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 5.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 5.5.0
• Component/s: Broker

Environment

Linux

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Denis Abramov
• Created: 28/Feb/08 20:42
• Updated: 27/Feb/11 21:42
• Resolved: 27/Feb/11 21:42

Description

(1) Please rename the activemq-all-<version>.jar to just activemq-all.jar. It will make it easier for users to switch version. We would generally put the activemq release on a shared drive and change the pointer "prod", "dev" or "staging" to point to the new directory. It would be nice if the activemq-all.jar was present in all releases so the link would be the only thing I would need to change.

(2) Please change the log4j appender:
log4j.appender.out.file=${activemq.base}/data/activemq.log
Oftentimes activemq is in a protected directory on a network drive (${activemq.base}/) so many machines can use it. It would be better if the log file would log to /tmp or something else the user can configure. Maybe it can be configured in the activemq.xml file? (I always have to change this every time we upgrade to a new version)