- activemq-admin create — creates a new instance of the broker's file structure
- activemq — starts a foreground broker on Windows
- activemq start — starts a daemon broker on Unix
- activemq console — starts a foreground broker on Unix
- activemq stop — shuts down a running broker on Unix
- activemq restart — restarts a running broker on Unix
- activemq-admin stop — shuts down a running broker on Windows
- activemq-admin list — lists the available brokers
- activemq-admin query — queries the broker for information on specific objects
- activemq-admin bstat — summarizes the statistics for a broker
- activemq-admin browse — browse the contents of a destination
- activemq-admin journal-audit — audits the log files of the persistent journal
- activemq-admin purge — purges messages from a destination