This repository contains code to help to provide Spring developers with easy configuration of the IBM MQ JMS package.
The library contains:
mq-jms-spring-boot-starterfor Spring Boot applications
NOTE: Spring Boot 2 has now reached its end of non-commercial service life. So version 2.7.18 is the last update based on Spring 2. Further updates will follow the Spring 3 path only. If you want to continue to use Spring 2 with future versions of the MQ jars, then overriding the version inherited from the mq-jms-spring-boot in your parent pom.xml should be possible. However, this would not give easy access via configuration to any new features available in the MQ client.
The compiled versions of this package can be automatically downloaded from Maven Central.
For local modifications and building it yourself, you can use the RUNME.sh script. It uses gradle as the build
mechanism and has tasks that can push compiled jars to either a local repository (typically under $HOME/.m2) or to
Maven Central. When signing/authentication of modules is required, use the gradle.properties.template file as a
starter for your own gradle.properties.
Java 17 is required as the compiler level when building this package, as that is the baseline for Spring 3.
Gradle:
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
compile group: 'com.ibm.mq', name: 'mq-jms-spring-boot-starter', version: 'x.y.z'
}
Maven:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.mq</groupId>
<artifactId>mq-jms-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>x.y.x</version>
</dependency>Note This repository and the corresponding Maven Central artifacts requires Spring Boot 3. Maven Central continues to provide older versions that work with Spring Boot 2.
The approach taken here is to follow the model for JMS applications shown in the Spring Getting Started Guide for JMS. That in turn is based on using the JmsTemplate Framework
Some simple example programs using Spring Boot and JMS interfaces can be found in the samples directory. The RUNME.sh program in each subdirectory compiles and executes it. The application.properties files in that tree may need modification for your environment.
Essentially what gets configured from this package are a ConnectionFactory which Spring's JmsTemplate implementation exploits to provide a simpler interface, and a MessageListener.
To get started quickly, you can use the default configuration settings in this package along with the IBM MQ for Developers container which runs the server processes.
The default options have been selected to match the MQ container development configuration.
This means that you can run a queue manager using that environment and connect to it without special configuration.
This script will run the container on a Linux system.
docker run --env LICENSE=accept --env MQ_QMGR_NAME=QM1 \
--publish 1414:1414 \
--publish 9443:9443 \
--detach \
ibmcom/mq
The default attributes are
ibm.mq.queueManager=QM1
ibm.mq.channel=DEV.ADMIN.SVRCONN
ibm.mq.connName=localhost(1414)
ibm.mq.user=
ibm.mq.password=
The default userid and password have been removed from this package, as the corresponding default configuration has been removed from the MQ Developer images. Authentication must now be explicitly defined both for the queue manager, and for the Spring applications.
To revert to the previous default user/password checking, perhaps if you are still using older Developer images, you
must now set the ibm.mq.user and ibm.mq.password attribute.
ibm.mq.user=admin
ibm.mq.password=passw0rd
Configuration of secure connections with TLS are discussed below.
If your queue manager supports authentication with JWT tokens, then you can either set ibm.mq.token or the password to
the token. If you use the password attribute, then the user must also be set to the empty value (which is now the
default anyway). Obtaining the token is outside the scope of this package; there are a number of ways that can be done
through Spring Boot making HTTP calls to the JWT server.
One approach to handling this without needing to put the token into the external configuration properties file is to make the
HTTP call and then System.setProperty("ibm.mq.token",token).
If you already have a running MQ queue manager that you want to use, then you can easily modify the default configuration to match by providing override values.
The queue manager name is given as
ibm.mq.queueManager
For client connections to a queue manager, you must also have either
ibm.mq.channelibm.mq.connNameoribm.mq.ccdtUrl
If both the channel and connName are empty, and the CCDTURL is not supplied, then a local queue manager is assumed. The CCDTURL property is taken in preference to the channel and connName. The channel and connName have non-blank defaults, so must be explicitly set to empty strings if you do not wish them to be used.
Optionally you can provide a client id and application name if required.
ibm.mq.clientIdibm.mq.applicationName
You will probably also need to set
ibm.mq.useribm.mq.password
to override the default values.
For example in an application.properties file:
ibm.mq.queueManager=QM1
ibm.mq.channel=SYSTEM.DEF.SVRCONN
ibm.mq.connName=server.example.com(1414)
ibm.mq.user=user1
ibm.mq.password=passw0rd
Spring Boot will then create a ConnectionFactory that can then be used to interact with your queue manager.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| ibm.mq.queueManager | Name of queue manager |
| ibm.mq.channel | Channel Name for SVRCONN |
| ibm.mq.connName | Connection Name, which can be comma-separated list |
| ibm.mq.ccdtUrl | Location of the MQ CCDT file (URL can reference http/ftp location) |
| ibm.mq.user | User Name. Default is empty string |
| ibm.mq.password | Password. Default is empty string |
| ibm.mq.token | JWT token |
| ibm.mq.clientId | ClientId uniquely identifies the app connection for durable subscriptions |
| ibm.mq.applicationName | Application Name used for Uniform Cluster balancing |
| ibm.mq.userAuthenticationMQCSP | Control authentication mechanism for old queue managers (default true) |
| ibm.mq.tempQPrefix | The prefix to be used to form the name of an MQ dynamic queue |
| ibm.mq.tempTopicPrefix | The prefix to be used to form the name of an MQ dynamic topic |
| ibm.mq.tempModel | The name of a model queue for creating temporary destinations |
| ibm.mq.reconnect | Whether app tries automatic reconnect. Options of YES/NO/QMGR/DISABLED/DEFAULT |
| ibm.mq.reconnectTimeout | Timeout in seconds before automatic reconnect gives up |
| ibm.mq.autoConfigure | If explicitly set to "false", then the autoconfigure bean is disabled |
| ibm.mq.balancingApplicationType | Hint how uniform clusters should treat the app. Options of SIMPLE/REQREP |
| ibm.mq.balancingTimeout | Uniform cluster timer. Options NEVER/DEFAULT/IMMEDIATE or integer seconds |
| ibm.mq.balancingOptions | Rebalancing options. Options of NONE/IGNORETRANS. Default NONE. |
The reconnect option was previously named defaultReconnect but both names work in the configuration.
The following options all default to null, but may be used to assist with configuring TLS
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| ibm.mq.sslCipherSuite | Cipher Suite, sets connectionFactory property WMQConstants.WMQ_SSL_CIPHER_SUITE |
| ibm.mq.sslCipherSpec | Cipher Spec, sets connectionFactory property WMQConstants.WMQ_SSL_CIPHER_SPEC |
| ibm.mq.sslPeerName | Peer Name, sets connectionFactory property WMQConstants.WMQ_SSL_PEER_NAME |
| ibm.mq.useIBMCipherMappings | Sets System property com.ibm.mq.cfg.useIBMCipherMappings |
| ibm.mq.outboundSNI | Sets property com.ibm.mq.cfg.SSL.OutboundSNI (use HOSTNAME for Openshift qmgrs) |
| ibm.mq.channelSharing | Sets strategy for TCP/IP connection sharing - CONNECTION or GLOBAL |
We also have
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| ibm.mq.sslFIPSRequired | Force FIPS-compliant algorithms to be used (default false) |
| ibm.mq.sslKeyResetCount | How many bytes to send before resetting the TLS keys |
and
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| ibm.mq.jks.trustStore | Where is the store holding trusted certificates |
| ibm.mq.jks.trustStorePassword | Password for the trustStore |
| ibm.mq.jks.keyStore | Where is the keystore with a personal key and certificate |
| ibm.mq.jks.keyStorePassword | Password for the keyStore |
These JKS options are an alternative to setting the javax.net.ssl system properties, usually done on the command line.
An alternative preferred approach for setting the key/truststores is available from Spring 3.1, which introduced the
concept of "SSL Bundles". This makes it possible to have different SSL configurations - keystores, truststores etc - for
different components executing in the same Spring-managed process. See
here for a description of the options
available. Each bundle has an identifier with the spring.ssl.bundle.jks.<key> tree of options. The key can be
specified for this package with ibm.mq.sslBundle which then uses the Spring elements to create the connection
configuration. The default value for this key is empty, meaning that SSLBundles will not be used; the global SSL
configuration is used instead. However the ibm.mq.jks properties are now marked as deprecated.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| ibm.mq.sslBundle | Spring Boot option (from 3.1) for granular certificate configuration |
To achieve the same effect with Spring 2.x, you could use your own code to create an SSLSocketFactory object
which can be applied to the MQ Connection Factory in a customise method before the CF is invoked.
You may want to use the default Spring Caching connection factory with the default Spring JMS properties. This is now the preferred method in Spring for holding JMS objects open, rather than the Pooling options described below.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| spring.jms.cache.enabled | Whether to cache sessions (default true) |
| spring.jms.cache.consumers | Whether to cache message consumers |
| spring.jms.cache.producers | Whether to cache message producers |
| spring.jms.cache.session-cache-size | Size of the session cache (per JMS Session type) |
Alternatively you may configure a pooled connection factory by using these properties:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| ibm.mq.pool.enabled | Enabled Pooled connection factory usage |
| ibm.mq.pool.blockIfFull | Blocks a connection request when the pool is full. Default is false |
| ibm.mq.pool.blockIfFullTimeout | Blocking period before throwing an exception if the pool is still full |
| ibm.mq.pool.idleTimeout | Connection idle timeout. Default to 30 seconds |
| ibm.mq.pool.maxConnections | Maximum number of pooled connections. Default is 1 |
| ibm.mq.pool.maxSessionsPerConnection | Maximum number of pooled sessions. Default is 500 |
| ibm.mq.pool.timeBetweenExpirationCheck | Time to sleep between runs of the idle connection eviction thread. Disable when negative. Default is -1 |
| ibm.mq.pool.useAnonymousProducers | Whether to use only one anonymous "MessageProducer" instance. Set it to false to create one "MessageProducer" every time one is required |
These pooling options make use of the PooledJMS implementation. More documentation on the options can be found here.
The Spring AbstractPollingMessageListenerContainer interface has a default polling timer of 1 second. This can be
configured with the spring.jms.listener.receiveTimeout property. If the property is not explicitly set, then this MQ
Spring Boot component resets the initial timeout value to 30 seconds which has been shown to be more cost-effective.
Application code can still set its own preferred value.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| spring.jms.listener.receiveTimeout | How frequently to poll for received messages. Default is 1s. Given as a Duration string: "1m", "60s", "60000" are equivalent |
Additional properties that are not in the recognised sets listed here can be put onto the Connection Factory via a map
in the external properties definitions. Use the format ibm.mq.additionalProperties.CONSTANT_NAME=value. The
CONSTANT_NAME can be either the real string for the property, and will often begin with "XMSC", or it can be the
variable as known in the WMQConstants class.
For example, the constant WMQConstants.WMQ_SECURITY_EXIT has the value "XMSC_WMQ_SECURITY_EXIT" and can be written
in the properties file either as ibm.mq.additionalProperties.XMSC_WMQ_SECURITY_EXIT=com.example.SecExit or as
ibm.mq.additionalProperties.WMQ_SECURITY_EXIT=com.example.SecExit
There is no error checking on the property name or value. This may help with enabling rarely-used properties and reduce the need for a customizer method in application code. See the KnowledgeCenter for a list of all the currently-recognised properties that may be set on a CF - though note that many are now deprecated.
If the value looks like a number, it is treated as such. You can use hex constants beginning "0X" or decimals for a number. Similarly if the value is TRUE/FALSE then that is processed as a boolean. So you cannot try to set a string property that appears to be an integer. Symbols representing the value of integer attributes cannot be used - the real number must be given.
Spring already has configuration parameters for the use of a JNDI repository with a JMS program. See the Spring documentation for more details.
However this package also enables some simple use of JNDI for Connection definitions (but not Destinations, as they are still always handled by the core Spring classes).
You can set the ibm.mq.jndi.providerUrl and ibm.mq.jndi.providerContextFactory attributes to define how the lookup
is to be carried out. For example,
ibm.mq.jndi.providerUrl=file:///home/username/mqjms/jndi
ibm.mq.jndi.providerContextFactory=com.sun.jndi.fscontext.RefFSContextFactory
If you choose to use this mechanism, all of the other queue manager properties that might be defined in your resource
definitions are ignored and not traced in order to avoid confusion. They will instead be picked up from the
ConnectionFactory definition in JNDI. The queueManager property is then more accurately used as the ConnectionFactory
name used as the lookup. If you are using an LDAP JNDI provider, then the CF name will be modified if necessary to
always begin with cn=.
The ibm.mq.jndi.additionalProperties prefix can be used for any other JNDI-related properties that need to be applied
to the Context object. The symbolic name of the field from that Java class can be used. For example,
ibm.mq.jndi.additionalProperties.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS=passw0rd
results in
env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS,"passw0rd")
The MQConnectionFactoryFactory.getJndiContext method is public so you can use it with your own constructed properties
object and get access to a JNDI Context object - it might make it easier to work with Destinations if you can reuse the
same way of getting directory access.
The package makes use of the logging capabilities within Spring. You can enable tracing of this specific component in
your application's properties file by setting logging.level.com.ibm.mq.spring.boot=TRACE. Otherwise it uses the
standard inheritance of logging configuration from logging.level.rootdownwards.
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The preferred approach for using this package in other projects will be to use the Gradle or Maven dependency as described above.
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