Firstly change to the installation directory used during the installation and ensure that the QPID_WORK environment variable is set.
Now use the qpid-server.bat to start the server
bin\qpid-server.bat
Output similar to the following will be seen:
[Broker] BRK-1006 : Using configuration : C:\qpid\qpid-broker-0.20\etc\config.xml [Broker] BRK-1007 : Using logging configuration : C:\qpid\qpid-broker-0.20\etc\log4j.xml [Broker] BRK-1001 : Startup : Version: 0.20 Build: 1411386 [Broker] BRK-1010 : Platform : JVM : Sun Microsystems Inc. version: 1.6.0_24-b07 OS : Windows 7 version: 6.1 arch: amd64 [Broker] BRK-1011 : Maximum Memory : 1,069,416,448 bytes [Broker] MNG-1001 : Web Management Startup [Broker] MNG-1002 : Starting : HTTP : Listening on port 8080 [Broker] MNG-1004 : Web Management Ready [Broker] MNG-1001 : JMX Management Startup [Broker] MNG-1002 : Starting : RMI Registry : Listening on port 8999 [Broker] MNG-1002 : Starting : JMX RMIConnectorServer : Listening on port 9099 [Broker] MNG-1004 : JMX Management Ready [Broker] BRK-1002 : Starting : Listening on TCP port 5672 [Broker] BRK-1004 : Qpid Broker Ready
The BRK-1004 message confirms that the Broker is ready for work. The MNG-1002 and BRK-1002 confirm the ports to which the Broker is listening (for HTTP/JMX management and AMQP respectively).
To stop the Broker, use Control-C or use the Shutdown MBean made from the Section 9.4, “JMX”