Work with listeners

We can use the IBM MQ Console to add and delete listeners, start and stop listeners, view and set listener properties, and manage the authority records for a listener.

The listeners view displays the listeners that exist for a specific queue manager. We can select individual listeners to work with.

Procedure

• To create a listener:
  1. In the Communication tab, ensure the listeners view is displayed and click the create button .
  2. Provide the required information for the listener we are creating. By default the minimum recommended properties are displayed for you to provide values for. We can view all of the available properties by selecting Show all available options.
  3. Click Create. The new listener is created.

• To start a listener:
  1. Locate the listener that we want to start in the list.
  2. Select Start from the menu .

• To stop a listener:
  1. Locate the listener that we want to start in the list.
  2. Select Stop from the menu .

• To view and edit the properties of a listener:
  1. Locate the listener in the list.
  2. Select Configure from the menu .
  3. Ensure the Properties tab is selected. To edit the properties, click the Edit button
  4. Edit the properties as required. If the property text box is disabled, the property is read-only, or can be edited only from the command line. For more information on the properties, see Listener properties in the MQ Explorer documentation.
  5. Click Save to save your changes.

• To view and edit authority records for a listener:
  1. Locate the listener in the list.
  2. Select Configure from the menu .
  3. Click the Security tab.

• To delete a listener:
  1. Locate the listener in the list.
  2. Select Configure from the menu .
  3. Click Delete listener.

Parent topic: Work with IBM MQ objects