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RabbitMQ - Installation
RabbitMQ is built on Erlang runtime so before installing RabbitMQ, we need to download Erlang and install it. Make sure, you are using administrative priviledge to install Erlang and RabbitMQ.
Erlang
Erlang is a general-purpose programming language and runtime environment. You can download the latest version of Erlang from its home page − Download Erlang/OTP.. We are installing Erlang on Windows and downloaded Erlang/OTP 24.2.2 Installer - otp_win64_24.2.2.exe for windows.
Now install the Erlang using the installer by double clicking on it and follow the default selections and finish the setup.
RabbitMQ Installation
Download the RabbitMQ Latest binary from its official downloads page We've downloaded 3.9.13 as rabbitmq-server-3.9.13.exe for windows.
Now install the RabbitMQ using the installer by double clicking on it and follow the default selections and finish the setup.
By default, RabbitMQ works as windows service. To enable Web based Administration UI, following step are needed.
Go to RabbitMQ Installation directory and type the commands as shown below −
C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.9.13\sbin>rabbitmq-plugins.bat enable rabbitmq_management Enabling plugins on node rabbit@DESKTOP-86KD9FC: rabbitmq_management The following plugins have been configured: rabbitmq_management rabbitmq_management_agent rabbitmq_web_dispatch Applying plugin configuration to rabbit@DESKTOP-86KD9FC... The following plugins have been enabled: rabbitmq_management rabbitmq_management_agent rabbitmq_web_dispatch started 3 plugins. C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.9.13\sbin>rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_shovel rabbitmq_shovel_management Enabling plugins on node rabbit@DESKTOP-86KD9FC: rabbitmq_shovel rabbitmq_shovel_management The following plugins have been configured: rabbitmq_management rabbitmq_management_agent rabbitmq_shovel rabbitmq_shovel_management rabbitmq_web_dispatch Applying plugin configuration to rabbit@DESKTOP-86KD9FC... The following plugins have been enabled: rabbitmq_shovel rabbitmq_shovel_management started 2 plugins. C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.9.13\sbin>
Edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file using administrative priviledge and add following line to it −
127.0.0.1 rabbitmq
Verify the Installation
Now open http://rabbitmq:15672/ to open Management console. Login using guest/guest.
