IBM MQ Console: Working with listeners - CD only

You 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.

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

• To view the listeners of a queue manager:
  1. Ensure that the queue manager is running, and select it in the queue manager list.
  2. Select View configuration from the menu .
  3. Select the Listeners tab.
• To create a listener:
  1. Click the create button .
  2. Provide the required information for the listener you are creating.
  3. Click Create. The new listener is created.
• To start a listener:
  1. Locate the listener that you want to start in the list.
  2. Select Start from the menu .
• To stop a listener:
  1. Locate the listener that you 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 View configuration 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 View configuration from the menu .
  3. Click the Security tab.
  4. Work with the authority records as described for queue manager authority records, see IBM MQ Console: Working with queue manager authority records - LTS only.
• To delete a listener:
  1. Locate the listener in the list.
  2. Select View configuration from the menu .
  3. Click Delete listener.