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Creating a broker on Windows
On Windows, you can create brokers on the command line.
- 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 command line, complete the following steps:
Next: Complete the following tasks:
- Start the broker by using the mqsistart command.
- Connect to the broker from the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit or a CMP API application.
When you have completed these tasks, you can create the resources that you want to associate with the broker; for example message flows. You can create and work with resources by using either the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit or the CMP API.