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blog_post: true
title: Apollo 1.0 Beta 5 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 5. 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-67 - Support an `auto-delete:true` header on the STOMP subscribe frame to auto delete queues when the subscription ends
 * APLO-70 - Add per-destination queue quota
 * APLO-34 - Allow a STOMP subscription to control message flow using a credit window
 * APLO-68 - Add support for TCP-level keepalive
 * APLO-74 - Support setting the timestamp header on received messages
 * APLO-75 - Support setting the redelivered header on redelivered messages
 * APLO-56 - Change to a terser configuration scheme for ACL definitions
 * APLO-81 - Include message counters on the producer/consumer links on the destination stats in the REST API.
 * APLO-80 - Separate message statistics for durable subs from queues.
 * APLO-82 - Add a new /dest-metrics REST route which collects the metrics for queues, topics and dsubs.
 * APLO-83 - Apollo REST API should support cookie/session based authentication
 * APLO-71 - Apollo plugins should be easy to configure
 * APLO-77 - Provide connection aggregation in the REST API
 * APLO-78 - Provide message statistics (for topics) in the REST API

Migration Notes:

The way access control is configured substantially changed sine the Beta 4 release.  It's 
recommend you generate a new apollo configuration if upgrade to this release.

Further information:

* [Download](${website_base_url}/download.html)
* [Issues Fixed](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12317041&styleName=Text&projectId=12311310&Create=Create)
* [Documentation](${website_base_url}/versions/1.0-beta5/website/documentation)

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