Use the Default Configuration wizard

We can use the Default Configuration wizard to add the first configured queue manager to this system. This enables you to connect easily with other queue managers in the same IBM MQ cluster.


We can use the Default Configuration wizard to create, view, or alter your default configuration. We can also use this wizard to alter or display details of an existing queue manager that was created by the default configuration.

For a new installation of IBM MQ, creating a default configuration enables you to explore features of IBM MQ using the Postcard application, and the IBM MQ Explorer.

The Postcard application provides a fast and simple way to verify that your IBM MQ installation completed successfully. It uses the default queue manager that is created during the default configuration. If you want to use the Postcard application for verification, and we do not have any existing queue managers, run the Default Configuration wizard first.

If we have migrated existing queue managers, or created any queue managers since installing IBM MQ, you might not want to run the Default Configuration wizard. This is because we cannot create the default configuration if other queue managers already exist. If we have previously created any other queue managers on this system and you still want to set up a default configuration, you must delete them before you run the Default Configuration wizard.

Start the Default Configuration wizard by selecting Create the Default Configuration on the Welcome to IBM MQ Explorer Content view page.