ActiveMQ Artemis stopping automatically. localhost is not loading - activemq-artemis

Question

I have installed ActiveMQ Artemis on my office laptop. I created a broker, and from the broker's bin folder I ran artemis-exe install.
Then after that I ran the start command. It shows it has started but, when I check status it shows stopped. I cannot access localhost:8161. Here is my log file:
2020-09-07 12:30:45,458 DEBUG - Starting WinSW in the CLI mode
2020-09-07 12:30:46,033 INFO - Starting the service with id 'artemis-btBroker-0.0.0.0'
2020-09-07 12:30:46,737 DEBUG - Starting WinSW in the service mode
2020-09-07 12:30:46,837 DEBUG - Completed. Exit code is 0
2020-09-07 12:30:46,881 INFO - Starting %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe -Xbootclasspath/a:C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\lib\jboss-logmanager-2.1.10.Final.jar;C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\lib\wildfly-common-1.5.2.Final.jar -XX:+UseParallelGC -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -classpath C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\lib\artemis-boot.jar -Dartemis.home=C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0 -Dartemis.instance=C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\bin\btBroker -Ddata.dir=C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\bin\btBroker\data -Dartemis.instance.etc=C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\bin\btBroker\etc -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager -Dlogging.configuration=file:/C:/Users/613379463/Downloads/apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin/apache-artemis-2.15.0/bin/btBroker/etc//logging.properties -Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:\Users\613379463\Downloads\apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin\apache-artemis-2.15.0\bin\btBroker\etc\login.config -Dhawtio.realm=activemq -Dhawtio.offline="true" -Dhawtio.role=amq -Dhawtio.rolePrincipalClasses=org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.jaas.RolePrincipal -Djolokia.policyLocation=file:/C:/Users/613379463/Downloads/apache-artemis-2.15.0-bin/apache-artemis-2.15.0/bin/btBroker/etc//jolokia-access.xml org.apache.activemq.artemis.boot.Artemis run
2020-09-07 12:30:47,081 DEBUG - Completed. Exit code is 0

Answer 1

The Artemis ActiveMQ service is known to start and immediately stop (without any errors shown on command line) if %JAVA_HOME% is not set, as Apurv Adarsh's comment mentions.
The solution is to set the env var and then run the service as normal, as follows:
(1) Set JAVA_HOME
Verify %JAVA_HOME% system environment variable exists:
echo $Env:JAVA_HOME # from PowerShell
echo %JAVA_HOME% # from cmd
# e.g. 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\'
# or blank if not set.
if not, find java.exe (download/install, if necessary):
> where.exe java.exe # from PowerShell
> where java.exe # from cmd
# C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
# C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\bin\java.exe
Set JAVA_HOME env var, I'll choose the jdk-10.0.2 version. /M will set as system variable, instead of user var. btw, no need to include '/bin/java.exe'
> setx /M JAVA_HOME "C:\Program Files\Java\"
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
(Restart the prompt to load the newly set env variable.)
(2) Install & Start Artemis Windows Service
cd into Artemis ActiveMQ root directory. Let my_broker be the name of the broker instance already created.
Ensure service is installed, then start:
> "my_broker/bin/artemis-service" install
...
> "my_broker/bin/artemis-service" start
2021-01-01 12:00:00,000 INFO - Starting the service with id 'artemis-my_broker-0.0.0.0'
(3) Check Running Status:
Verify service status is running:
> "my_broker/bin/artemis-service" status
Started