## Starting a Broker

### Overview

You can use the Admin tool to start an instance of FUSE Message Broker.

For example, to start a broker under the current FUSE Message Broker installation directory, type:

activemq-admin start

| Tip
Instead of running activemq-admin start, you can simply run the shortened version, activemq.

### Specifying configuration

When you run either activemq or activemq-admin start, there are two main ways of specifying configuration for the broker:

- Using XBean XML

- Using a URI syntax

Both methods are discussed in ????.