Please see the following console output after executing activemq console command:
/opt/apache-activemq-5.5.1/bin $ sudo activemq console sudo: /var/lib/sudo/vivek writable by non-owner (040777), should be mode 0700 [sudo] password for vivek: INFO: Loading '/usr/share/activemq/activemq-options' INFO: Using java '/usr/bin/java' INFO: Starting in foreground, this is just for debugging purposes (stop process by pressing CTRL+C) INFO: changing to user 'activemq' to invoke java mkdir: missing operand Try 'mkdir --help' for more information. Java Runtime: Oracle Corporation 1.8.0_45 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre Heap sizes: current=502784k free=492256k max=502784k JVM args: -Xms512M -Xmx512M -Dorg.apache.activemq.UseDedicatedTaskRunner=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/lib/activemq/tmp -Dactivemq.classpath=/var/lib/activemq/conf; -Dactivemq.home=/usr/share/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/var/lib/activemq/ -Dactivemq.conf=/var/lib/activemq/conf -Dactivemq.data=/var/lib/activemq/data ACTIVEMQ_HOME: /usr/share/activemq ACTIVEMQ_BASE: /var/lib/activemq ACTIVEMQ_CONF: /var/lib/activemq/conf ACTIVEMQ_DATA: /var/lib/activemq/data Loading message broker from: xbean:activemq.xml log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. ERROR: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to execute start task. Reason: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [activemq.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to execute start task. Reason: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [activemq.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.apache.activemq.console.command.StartCommand.runTask(StartCommand.java:98) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.runTask(ShellCommand.java:148) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.main(ShellCommand.java:90) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.runTaskClass(Main.java:257) at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.main(Main.java:111) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [activemq.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:341) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:302) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:111) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:104) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:397) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:64) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:52) at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory$1.(XBeanBrokerFactory.java:108) at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory.createApplicationContext(XBeanBrokerFactory.java:108) at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory.createBroker(XBeanBrokerFactory.java:72) at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFactory.createBroker(BrokerFactory.java:71) at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFactory.createBroker(BrokerFactory.java:54) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.StartCommand.startBroker(StartCommand.java:115) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.StartCommand.runTask(StartCommand.java:74) ... 10 more Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:158) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:328) ... 25 more ERROR: java.lang.Exception: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [activemq.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist java.lang.Exception: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [activemq.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.apache.activemq.console.command.StartCommand.runTask(StartCommand.java:99) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.runTask(ShellCommand.java:148) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.main(ShellCommand.java:90) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.runTaskClass(Main.java:257) at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.main(Main.java:111) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: IOException parsing XML document from class path resource [activemq.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:341) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:302) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:111) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:104) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:397) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:64) at org.apache.xbean.spring.context.ResourceXmlApplicationContext.(ResourceXmlApplicationContext.java:52) at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory$1.(XBeanBrokerFactory.java:108) at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory.createApplicationContext(XBeanBrokerFactory.java:108) at org.apache.activemq.xbean.XBeanBrokerFactory.createBroker(XBeanBrokerFactory.java:72) at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFactory.createBroker(BrokerFactory.java:71) at org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFactory.createBroker(BrokerFactory.java:54) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.StartCommand.startBroker(StartCommand.java:115) at org.apache.activemq.console.command.StartCommand.runTask(StartCommand.java:74) ... 10 more Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [activemq.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:158) at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:328) ... 25 more