Set up RabbitMQ message-broker

RabbitMQ is an open-source message-broker software, used for sending and receiving messages using a queue in order to process them asynchronously.

1 Install

1.1 If using MacOS with Homebrew

Execute on the command line:

brew install rabbitmq

1.2 If using MacOS with MacPorts

Execute on the command line:

sudo port install rabbitmq-server

2 Enable plugins

Note: This step is needed only if you are using MacOS with MacPorts

2.1 If using MacOS with MacPorts

To enable web management UI, enable rabbitmq_management plugin by executing on the command line:

rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

3 Start

Since it’s not needed every project, and it takes up valuable system resources, it’s preferred to start RabbitMQ manually when needed.

3.1 Start manually (recommended)

3.1.1 If using MacOS with MacPorts

Execute on the command line:

sudo rabbitmq-server

The server will run in the foreground, and you can stop it when needed with Control-C.

3.1.2 If using MacOS with Homebrew

Execute on the command line:

rabbitmq-server

3.2 Start automatically

If wanted, you can also set it up to start automatically after a reboot.

3.2.1 If using MacOS with MacPorts

Execute on the command line:

sudo port load rabbitmq-server

To stop the server and prevent it from running after a reboot, execute:

sudo port unload rabbitmq-server

3.2.2 If using MacOS with Homebrew

Execute on the command line:

sudo brew services start rabbitmq

To stop the server and prevent it from running after a reboot, execute:

sudo brew services stop rabbitmq

4 Test

Test the server works by opening web management UI at http://localhost:15672.

Login into the UI with user guest and password guest.

5 Configure in a project

If you need to configure it for a project, API will be available at http://localhost:5672 with the same credentials as mentioned above: user guest and password guest.