Having trouble shutting down ActiveMQ? - Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception

# service activemq stop
INFO: Loading '/etc/sysconfig/activemq'
INFO: Using java 'java'
INFO: changing to user 'activemq' to invoke java
INFO: Waiting at least 30 seconds for regular process termination of pid '32766' :
Java Runtime: Oracle Corporation 1.7.0_75 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.75.x86_64/jre
  Heap sizes: current=503296k  free=498011k  max=503296k
    JVM args: -Xms512m -Xmx512m -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -Dhawtio.realm=activemq -Dhawtio.role=admins -Dhawtio.rolePrincipalClasses=org.apache.activemq.jaas.GroupPrincipal -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/etc/activemq/login.config -Dactivemq.classpath=/etc/activemq; -Dactivemq.home=/usr/share/activemq -Dactivemq.base=/usr/share/activemq -Dactivemq.conf=/etc/activemq -Dactivemq.data=/usr/share/activemq/data
Extensions classpath:
  [/usr/share/activemq/lib,/usr/share/activemq/lib/camel,/usr/share/activemq/lib/optional,/usr/share/activemq/lib/web,/usr/share/activemq/lib/extra]
ACTIVEMQ_HOME: /usr/share/activemq
ACTIVEMQ_BASE: /usr/share/activemq
ACTIVEMQ_CONF: /etc/activemq
ACTIVEMQ_DATA: /usr/share/activemq/data
Connecting to pid: 32766
INFO: failed to resolve jmxUrl for pid:32766, using default JMX url
Connecting to JMX URL: service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/jmxrmi
ERROR: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to execute stop task. Reason: java.io.IOException: Failed to retrieve RMIServer stub: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to execute stop task. Reason: java.io.IOException: Failed to retrieve RMIServer stub: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShutdownCommand.runTask(ShutdownCommand.java:116)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractJmxCommand.execute(AbstractJmxCommand.java:387)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.runTask(ShellCommand.java:150)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.main(ShellCommand.java:104)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.runTaskClass(Main.java:262)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.main(Main.java:115)
ERROR: java.lang.Exception: java.io.IOException: Failed to retrieve RMIServer stub: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
java.lang.Exception: java.io.IOException: Failed to retrieve RMIServer stub: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShutdownCommand.runTask(ShutdownCommand.java:117)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractJmxCommand.execute(AbstractJmxCommand.java:387)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.runTask(ShellCommand.java:150)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:57)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShellCommand.main(ShellCommand.java:104)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.runTaskClass(Main.java:262)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.Main.main(Main.java:115)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to retrieve RMIServer stub: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
        at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.connect(RMIConnector.java:369)
        at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(JMXConnectorFactory.java:268)
        at javax.management.remote.JMXConnectorFactory.connect(JMXConnectorFactory.java:227)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractJmxCommand.createJmxConnector(AbstractJmxCommand.java:279)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.AbstractJmxCommand.createJmxConnection(AbstractJmxCommand.java:302)
        at org.apache.activemq.console.command.ShutdownCommand.runTask(ShutdownCommand.java:81)
        ... 11 more
Caused by: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException [Root exception is java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
        at com.sun.jndi.rmi.registry.RegistryContext.lookup(RegistryContext.java:118)
        at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.url.GenericURLContext.lookup(GenericURLContext.java:203)
        at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411)
        at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.findRMIServerJNDI(RMIConnector.java:1929)
        at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.findRMIServer(RMIConnector.java:1896)
        at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector.connect(RMIConnector.java:286)
        ... 16 more
Caused by: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:619)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:216)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:202)
        at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:341)
        at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.jndi.rmi.registry.RegistryContext.lookup(RegistryContext.java:114)
        ... 21 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
        at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
        at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
        at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
        at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
        at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
        at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:528)
        at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:425)
        at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:208)
        at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirectSocketFactory.java:40)
        at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMasterSocketFactory.java:147)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:613)
        ... 26 more
.............................
INFO: Regular shutdown not successful,  sending SIGKILL to process with pid '32766'

Edit the activemq.xml file and change the following createConnector="false" to true: