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Creating a broker for a development environment
Create a broker by using the WebSphere® Message Broker Toolkit on Linux on x86 or Windows.
If you are using the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, see Creating a broker using the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.
- On Windows, you must have administrator access rights to create brokers by using the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit or WebSphere Message Broker Explorer. When creating a broker, you might be prompted to agree to the use of administrator rights or be prompted to enter an administrator user ID and password.
- If you want to configure the broker as a WebSphere MQ trusted application, see Using WebSphere MQ trusted applications.
- Read Considering security for a broker.
- Check which operation mode you are licensed to use. If you do not set a mode, the automatic default is advanced mode; see Operation modes.
When you create a broker, if the WebSphere MQ queue manager does not exist, the queue manager is automatically created. If WebSphere MQ Version 7.1, or later, has been selected for the queue manager, the channel auth security is automatically disabled.
If the specified queue manager already exists when creating the broker, then it is assumed that the user has applied the appropriate security configuration to meet their requirements, and therefore channel auth security is not disabled.
To create a broker by using the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit:
- In the Broker Application Development perspective, select the Brokers view.
- Right-click the Brokers folder, and click . The New Local Broker wizard is displayed.
- Enter a name for the broker and queue manager. You cannot create a broker on a queue manager that is already associated with a broker.
- On Windows, enter your user name and password. These parameters are not required on Linux on x86.
- Optional: On Windows, select whether to start the broker automatically when Windows starts.
- Enter a name for the default execution group, or accept the value "default".
- Optional: Enter a value for the flow debug port for the default execution group.
- Click Finish.