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All about RabbitMQ message broker
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RabbitMQ is the most widely deployed open source message broker. Sources are available on GitHub.
It runs on many operating systems and cloud environments including:
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Windows, Linux, macOS
Development support is available for wide range of toolchains including:
- Java and Spring and other JVM languages
- .NET
- Ruby
- Python
- PHP
- Javascript and Node
- Go
- iOS and Android
- Objective-C and Swift
- Rust
- Crystal
- Julia
- C and C++
- Unity 3D
- Erlang
- Haskell
- OCaml
macOS installation with HomeBrew
See The Homebrew RabbitMQ Formula for installation guide.
Installing the formula will not start the service:
brew install rabbitmq
On Apple Silicon Macs, RabbitMQ configuration file located at /opt/homebrew/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf. The file does not exist by default and must be created by the user. It does not need to be created in order to start a node with default configuration. NB: default credentials are guest/guest
Starting a Node In the Foreground
$ CONF_ENV_FILE="/opt/homebrew/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-env.conf" /opt/homebrew/opt/rabbitmq/sbin/rabbitmq-server
$ /opt/homebrew/sbin/rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all
Management Plugin enabled by default at http://localhost:15672
Using with Docker
Docker Images are piublished on Docker Hub
The latest v3 image is available tagged as rabbitmq:3.
A version of the image with the management plugin enabled is available tagged as rabbitmq:3-management.
See a basic docker-compose.yml configuration. Startup:
$ docker-compose up
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db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.003426+00:00 [info] <0.230.0>
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.003426+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> Starting RabbitMQ 3.12.12 on Erlang 25.3.2.8 [jit]
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.003426+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> Copyright (c) 2007-2023 Broadcom Inc and/or its subsidiaries
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.003426+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> Licensed under the MPL 2.0. Website: https://rabbitmq.com
db-1 |
db-1 | ## ## RabbitMQ 3.12.12
db-1 | ## ##
db-1 | ########## Copyright (c) 2007-2023 Broadcom Inc and/or its subsidiaries
db-1 | ###### ##
db-1 | ########## Licensed under the MPL 2.0. Website: https://rabbitmq.com
db-1 |
db-1 | Erlang: 25.3.2.8 [jit]
db-1 | TLS Library: OpenSSL - OpenSSL 3.1.4 24 Oct 2023
db-1 | Release series support status: supported
db-1 |
db-1 | Doc guides: https://rabbitmq.com/documentation.html
db-1 | Support: https://rabbitmq.com/contact.html
db-1 | Tutorials: https://rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html
db-1 | Monitoring: https://rabbitmq.com/monitoring.html
db-1 |
db-1 | Logs: <stdout>
db-1 |
db-1 | Config file(s): /etc/rabbitmq/conf.d/10-defaults.conf
db-1 |
db-1 | Starting broker...2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0>
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> node : rabbit@4e69e7e0a1e8
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> home dir : /var/lib/rabbitmq
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> config file(s) : /etc/rabbitmq/conf.d/10-defaults.conf
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> cookie hash : 5d3MZStA2V7DYSBdxf9Z+g==
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> log(s) : <stdout>
db-1 | 2024-01-14 04:08:53.006760+00:00 [info] <0.230.0> data dir : /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@4e69e7e0a1e8
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Simple Ruby Example
Using the Bunny gem for a simple sender/receiver example. The rabbitmq-tutorials contain examples like this in many languages.
$ cd examples/ruby
$ ./send.rb
[√] Sent message:'Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:04 +0800' on queue:hello
$ ./send.rb
[√] Sent message:'Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:05 +0800' on queue:hello
$ ./send.rb
[√] Sent message:'Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:05 +0800' on queue:hello
$ ./send.rb
[√] Sent message:'Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:05 +0800' on queue:hello
$ cd examples/ruby
$ ./receive.rb
[*] Waiting for messages. To exit press CTRL+C
[√] Received Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:04 +0800
[√] Received Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:05 +0800
[√] Received Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:05 +0800
[√] Received Hello World! 2024-01-14 09:03:05 +0800