RabbitMQ Deployment (Windows)

  1. Download Erlang/OTP for RabbitMQ. Refer to the following site here; https://www.erlang.org/downloads

Installing RabbitMQ

  1. Install RabbitMQ from here: Release RabbitMQ 3.12.10 · rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server

  2. Open the Rabbitmq download file.

  3. Make sure to install the RabbitMQ as administrator. Run the setup to begin the installation.

  4. Select the Start RabbitMQ service check box from Select Components to Install, then click Finish.

Note

To verify the service is operational, access the Windows search bar typeservices and locate the RabbitMQ service.

RabbitMQ Management Console Configuration

  1. Open the Windows command prompt or PowerShell and navigate to the RabbitMQ installed location. Perform the following steps:

    1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog box.

    2. Type cmd for Command Prompt or PowerShell for PowerShell, and press Enter.

    3. In the opened window, type cd, and then copy and paste the following command to navigate to the RabbitMQ installation directory:

      C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.12.10\sbin

  2. Press Enter, to view the RabbitMQ sbin directory to execute the RabbitMQ commands.

  3. Run the rabbitmq-plugins and execute the following rabbitmq_management command in the Command Prompt:

    • \rabbitmq-plugins.bat enable rabbitmq_management

    • rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

    1. Restart the RabbitMQ server. Run the following commands in the PowerShell or command prompt:

      • .\rabbitmqctl.bat stop

      • .\rabbitmq-server.bat -detached

      • rabbitmqctl.bat stop

      • rabbitmq-server.bat -detached

    2. Open the browser and navigate to http://localhost:15672

      Note

      If you are unable to start the rabbitMQ management in the web browser, then proceed to execute the following commands:

      • rabbitmq-service.bat remove

      • rabbitmq-service.bat install

      • rabbitmq-service.bat start

      • Refer to the RabbitMQ website here for installation instructions.

    3. Login using your default user credentials. For example, the username and password are guest.

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