# mq ## Description Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ that makes it easy to set up and operate message brokers in the cloud. A message broker allows software applications and components to communicate using various programming languages, operating systems, and formal messaging protocols. ## Available Commands * [create-broker](create-broker.md) * [create-configuration](create-configuration.md) * [create-tags](create-tags.md) * [create-user](create-user.md) * [delete-broker](delete-broker.md) * [delete-configuration](delete-configuration.md) * [delete-tags](delete-tags.md) * [delete-user](delete-user.md) * [describe-broker](describe-broker.md) * [describe-broker-engine-types](describe-broker-engine-types.md) * [describe-broker-instance-options](describe-broker-instance-options.md) * [describe-configuration](describe-configuration.md) * [describe-configuration-revision](describe-configuration-revision.md) * [describe-shared-resources](describe-shared-resources.md) * [describe-user](describe-user.md) * [list-brokers](list-brokers.md) * [list-configuration-revisions](list-configuration-revisions.md) * [list-configurations](list-configurations.md) * [list-tags](list-tags.md) * [list-users](list-users.md) * [promote](promote.md) * [reboot-broker](reboot-broker.md) * [update-broker](update-broker.md) * [update-configuration](update-configuration.md) * [update-user](update-user.md)