ActiveMQ Artemis Setup

Setup Instructions

NES for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.19.x requires Java 8 or later.

Configure Registry

Create or update your registry configuration:

Maven (~/.m2/settings.xml)

Gradle (~/.gradle/gradle.properties)

<settings>
  <servers>
    <server>
      <id>herodevs-nes-registry</id>
      <username>any_text_here_not_used</username>
      <password>YOUR_NES_ACCESS_TOKEN</password>
    </server>
  </servers>
</settings>

See the guides for Sonatype Nexus or JFrog Artifactory for setup to the HeroDevs NES registry.

Update Build Configuration

Add the NES repository and dependencies to your build configuration:

Look up the latest artifact version in the "Apache ActiveMQ Artemis Release Notes".

Maven (pom.xml)

Gradle

<!-- Update the Artemis dependency version. Spring Boot users can instead set the artemis.version property, which applies the NES version to every managed Artemis artifact at once -->
<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
      <artifactId>artemis-server</artifactId>
      <version>2.19.1-artemis-server-2.19.2</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<!-- Add NES repository -->
<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>herodevs-nes-registry</id>
    <url>https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/maven</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Build

In order to remove potential obstacles before building your project, make sure the following domains are whitelisted by your firewall/networking team:

registry.nes.herodevs.com
assets.nes.herodevs.com

This will ensure that your network/firewall allows connection to our registry.

Run your build tool:

Maven

Gradle

mvn clean package

Spring Boot 2.7 manages every Artemis artifact through a single artemis.version property. Setting that property applies the NES version across all of them at once, so no individual dependency declarations need to change:

<properties>
  <artemis.version>2.19.1-artemis-server-2.19.2</artemis.version>
</properties>

Because the groupId and artifactId of each artifact are unchanged from upstream, this is a drop-in replacement — transitive resolution and dependency management behave exactly as before.

Verification

To verify your installation, check that:

Dependencies are downloaded successfully
No version conflicts are reported in your build
Your application starts and connects to the broker without errors

Manual Downloads

The direct download URLs for NES for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis packages follow this format:

Portion	Value
base_url	https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/maven/org/apache/activemq/
package_name	artemis-server
version	2.19.1-artemis-server-2.19.2
filename	package_name + version + extension

Example Link

https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/maven/org/apache/activemq/artemis-server/2.19.1-artemis-server-2.19.2/artemis-server-2.19.1-artemis-server-2.19.2.pom