copyright | lastupdated | subcollection | keywords | ||
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2020-04-06 |
mqcloud |
MQ, console, interface, admin, administration |
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{: #mqoc_admin_mqweb}
The MQ Web Console is an administration tool for IBM MQ that you access using a web browser running on your own machine.
With the MQ Web Console, you can create a new queue, put a message onto the queue, browse the queue to view the message, and delete the queue. {:shortdesc}
{: #prereq_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
- An existing queue manager (for instructions, follow the creating a queue manager guide).
- You have permission to access queue managers within your IBM MQ service instance (for instructions, follow the configuring administrator access for a queue manager guide).
{: #connect_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
Note: Please ensure that you have carried out the prerequisite steps listed above.
- Log in to the IBM Cloud console.
- Find your existing Service Instance, by entering part of its name in the search box and selecting your Service Instance, or:
- Click the 'Hamburger menu'
- Click 'Resource List'
- Expand 'Services'
- Click on your Service Instance
- From the list of your queue managers, click on the queue manager you wish to administer.
- Click the Administration tab.
- Click Launch MQ Console, this will open the 'IBM MQ Web Console' in a new browser tab.
- Note that the Launch MQ Console button will only be available when the queue manager is running.
- Click on Manage in the side menu to view your MQ objects
{: #createq_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
- Ensure the 'Queues' tab is selected
- Click the 'Create +' button.
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Select a queue type of 'Local'.
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Type in 'DEV.TEST.1'.
- Note the name can contain up to 48 characters. Valid characters are letters, numbers and the period, forward slash, underscore and percent symbols.
- The queue name needs to be unique within the queue manager.
- Click Create.
You will see a success message, and your new queue now appears in the list.
{: #put_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
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Click queue 'DEV.TEST.1'.
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Click the 'Create +' button.
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Under 'Application data' enter a message
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Click Create.
You can see the message is now on the queue.
{: #get_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
- Click on the message in the table.
You can see the details of the message. Expand 'Application data' to view the message text.
{: #deleteq_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
- Ensure the 'Queues' tab is selected
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Click on queue 'DEV.TEST.1'.
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Click on the 3 dots button, then on 'Clear messages'
- Click on the 3 dots button, then on 'Configuration'
- Click Delete Queue.
You are returned to the 'Queues' tab. You can see that the test queue has been removed from the list of queues.
{: #conc_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
You've successfully:
- Connected to a queue manager using the IBM MQ Web Console and have created a new test queue
- Put a test message onto the test queue and have browsed the test message
- Cleared and deleted the test queue to clean up
{: #next_mqoc_admin_mqweb}
Please see Administration using the IBM MQ Console for more information on what you can do with IBM Web Console.