#273 RabbitMQ
All about RabbitMQ message broker
Notes
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