Verifying a client installation using the command line on IBM i

You can verify a client installation using the command line. On the server you create a queue manager, a local queue, a listener, and a server-connection channel. You must also apply security rules to allow the client to connect and make use of the queue defined. On the client you create a client-connection channel, and then use the sample PUT and GET programs to complete the verification procedure.

The verification procedure shows how to create a queue manager called queue.manager.1, a local queue called QUEUE1, and a server-connection channel called CHANNEL1 on the server.

It shows how to create the client-connection channel on the IBM® MQ MQI client workstation. It then shows how to use the sample programs to put a message onto a queue, and get the message from the queue.

The example does not address any client security issues. See Setting up IBM MQ MQI client security for details if you are concerned with IBM MQ MQI client security issues.

First, set up the server using the command line, using the instructions in Setting up the server using the command line IBM i.

Once you have set up the server, you must set up the client, using the instructions in Connecting to a queue manager, using the MQSERVER environment variable on IBM i.

Finally, you can test the communications between client and server, using the instructions in Testing communication between a client and a server on IBM i.