Server Documentation

RabbitMQ ships in a state where it can be used straight away in simple cases - just start the server and it's ready to go. If you have more complex needs you may need to adjust your server configuration.

Configuring your Server

How to configure RabbitMQ: configuration files and environment variables.
Configuring RabbitMQ to accept SSL connections.

Management and Monitoring

RabbitMQ ships with:

The management plugin: a web UI and HTTP API for managing and monitoring RabbitMQ.
See its HTTP API documentation and its command line interface, rabbitmqadmin.
rabbitmqctl: a simpler command line tool for managing RabbitMQ.

Clustering and High Availability

The different ways to run RabbitMQ in a distributed environment.
How to achieve reliable message delivery.
How to set up a RabbitMQ cluster.
Configuring a RabbitMQ cluster to use active-active highly available queues.
Configuring a pair of RabbitMQ brokers in an active-passive highly available configuration (legacy).

Authentication and Authorisation

How to set up access control for the objects in your broker.
Configuring SASL authentication.

Other Documentation

Documentation on how RabbitMQ manages memory.
The Firehose - trace messages as they pass through your RabbitMQ server.