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blog_post: true
title: Apollo 1.0 Beta 4 Released
author: Hiram Chirino
author_url: http://fusesource.com
created_at: 2010-06-29 12:06:40 -0000
--- 

The [Apache ActiveMQ Project](http://activemq.apache.org) is pleased to announce the 
availability of Apollo 1.0 Beta 4. ActiveMQ Apollo is a faster, more reliable, easier 
to maintain messaging broker built from the foundations of the original ActiveMQ. It is
focused on being the fastest most reliable STOMP 1.1 and 1.0 server available.

Apollo Features:

* [Stomp 1.0](http://stomp.github.com/stomp-specification-1.0.html) Protocol
  Support
* [Stomp 1.1](http://stomp.github.com/stomp-specification-1.1.html) Protocol
  Support
* [Topics and Queues](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Destination_Types)
* [Queue Browsers](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Browsing_Subscriptions)
* [Durable Subscriptions on Topics](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Topic_Durable_Subscriptions)
* [Reliable Messaging](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Reliable_Messaging)
* Message swapping
* [Message Selectors](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Message_Selectors)
* [JAAS Authentication](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Authentication)
* [ACL Authorization](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Authorization)
* [SSL/TLS Support](${website_base_url}/documentation/user-manual.html#Using_SSL_TLS)
* [REST Based Management](${website_base_url}/documentation/architecture.html#REST_Based_Management)
  
Noteworthy changes since the last beta include:

 * APLO-17 - Support message expiration
 * APLO-39 - Apply configuration updates to a broker without needing a restart
 * APLO-40 - Web interface should support editing all the apollo configuration files (log4j, jaas, etc.)
 * APLO-41 - Expose JVM Status/Metrics via REST API
 * APLO-43 - Create an XSD to validate the apollo.xml configuration file.
 * APLO-45 - Support auto deleting idle queues and topics
 * APLO-47 - Add connection_counter, consumer_counter, and producer_counter metrics to the management interface
 * APLO-50 - Support pre-creating durable subscriptions via the broker config file
 * APLO-55 - Add an option to enable strict validation of the configuration XML
 * APLO-57 - Track desired service state so you can stop a service which is still starting
 * APLO-60 - Support regular expressions in destination wildcards.
 * APLO-42 - File based JAAS login modules should cache file contents until changed.
 * APLO-44 - Eagerly create destinations which are explicitly defined in the server configuration file.
 * APLO-46 - Include current/total page info when the REST interface returns a paged result set

Further information:

* [Download](${website_base_url}/download.html)
* [Issues Fixed](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12316522&styleName=Text&projectId=12311310&Create=Create)
* [Documentation](${website_base_url}/versions/1.0-beta4/website/documentation)

[Feedback](http://activemq.apache.org/community/index.html) is always welcome!