You are right that federation configuration is not part of the configuration reload process. As noted in the documentation [1], these are the only configurations processed during reload: - Address Settings - Security Settings - Diverts - Addresses & queues
I recently added bridges to that via ARTEMIS-3685 [2]. Justin [1] https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation/latest/config-reload.html [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-3685 On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 9:19 AM Daniel Eichinger < daniel.eichin...@brainlab.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm currently playing around with the Federation concept of ActiveMQ > Artemis. > > From the examples and my own experience I came to the conclusion that its > currently not possible to dynamically create an address federation< > https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation/latest/federation-address.html> > on a running ActiveMQ Artemis broker. > E.g., if the <federations> configuration in the broker.xml is modified, > the modification does not take effect after the configuration is reloaded > (Configuration Reload< > https://activemq.apache.org/components/artemis/documentation/latest/config-reload.html > >). > > Am I right with my conclusion that setting up address federation > dynamically on a "running" broker is currently not possible? > > Best regards, > Daniel Eichinger >