IBM MQ (Message Queue)

Module 1: Enterprise Messaging Fundamentals

• Message queuing vs synchronous communication
• IBM MQ architecture: Queue Manager, Queue, Channel
• MQ objects: local queue, remote queue, alias queue, model queue
• IBM MQ vs RabbitMQ vs Apache Kafka: comparison
• Installation: Windows and Linux setup
• MQ Explorer: graphical administration tool

Module 2: Queue Manager Configuration

• Creating and starting a Queue Manager
• Queue types: local, remote, dead letter, transmission
• Channel types: server-connection, receiver, sender
• Listener configuration: port and connection
• Security: MCAUSER and TLS channel authentication
• Queue Manager log and error handling

Module 3: MQ Application Development (Java)

• IBM MQ Java/JMS library setup
• Connection factory and JMS configuration
• Producing messages: QueueSender and MessageProducer
• Consuming messages: QueueReceiver, synchronous and async
• Message types: TextMessage, BytesMessage, ObjectMessage
• Message headers, properties, and correlation ID

Module 4: Advanced Messaging Patterns

• Request-reply using CorrelationId and ReplyToQ
• Pub/Sub with Topics and durable subscriptions
• JMS transactions: local and XA transactions
• Message expiry, priority, and persistence
• Dead letter queue monitoring and reprocessing
• Poison message handling patterns

Module 5: MQ Administration

• MQSC commands: DEFINE, ALTER, DELETE, DISPLAY
• Queue monitoring: depth, oldest message age
• Channel status monitoring and restart
• Trigger monitors for auto-start consumers
• Authority records and security management
• Queue Manager restart and recovery

Module 6: MQ Clustering

• MQ cluster architecture: full repository and partial
• Cluster queue and workload balancing
• Adding Queue Managers to a cluster
• Cluster transmission queues and channels
• Fault tolerance and cluster failover
• Multi-instance Queue Manager for HA

Module 7: IBM MQ & Integration

• IBM Integration Bus and App Connect with MQ
• MQ connector in MuleSoft Anypoint
• Spring Boot JMS integration with IBM MQ
• Kafka Bridge: MQ to Kafka message flow
• Monitoring with IBM MQ Console
• Performance testing: throughput benchmarking

Module 8: Security & Production

• TLS channel encryption configuration
• Certificate Authority and keystore setup
• Channel Authentication Records (CHLAUTH)
• Object Authority Manager (OAM)
• MQ as a service: IBM MQ on IBM Cloud
• Capacity planning and production sizing

Our integration middleware instructors are enterprise integration architects with hands-on experience deploying IBM MQ, TIBCO BusinessWorks, and IBM App Connect in large-scale financial services, telecoms, and government environments. They bring messaging infrastructure knowledge and enterprise service bus design experience that goes far beyond simple tutorials.