Linux

RabbitMQ version 3.13.0 or higher is required.

Please refer to the link for the Erlang-RabbitMQ compatibility matrix.

Prerequisites

Before installing the RabbitMQ service, ensure the following requirements are met.

Requirement	Description
Operating System	Debian 12+, Ubuntu 22.04+, Rocky Linux 9+, or RHEL 9+.
Privileges	`root` or `sudo` privileges.
Hardware	4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM.
Disk space	At least 100 GB of available storage.
Network access	Required ports are open: 5672 — AMQP client connections (default). 15672 — Management UI (optional). A minimum network bandwidth of 1 Gbps is required.

Ubuntu, Debian

Install Dependencies

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sudo apt-get update -ysudo apt-get install curl gnupg apt-transport-https wget -ysudo apt-get install logrotate init-system-helpers adduser -y
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Add Repository Signing Key

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## Team RabbitMQ's signing keycurl -1sLf "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg > /dev/null
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Install Erlang/OTP

Add a repository file.

Ubuntu 24.4

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sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list <<EOF## Modern Erlang/OTP releases##deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb1.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-erlang/ubuntu/noble noble maindeb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-erlang/ubuntu/noble noble main ## Provides modern RabbitMQ releases##deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb1.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/noble noble maindeb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/noble noble mainEOF
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Debian Bookworm

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sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list <<EOF## Modern Erlang/OTP releases##deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb1.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-erlang/debian/bookworm bookworm maindeb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-erlang/debian/bookworm bookworm main ## Provides modern RabbitMQ releases##deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb1.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/debian/bookworm bookworm maindeb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/debian/bookworm bookworm mainEOF
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After updating the list of apt sources, it is necessary to run apt-get update .

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sudo apt-get update -y
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Install Erlang.

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## Install Erlang packagessudo apt-get install -y erlang-base \                        erlang-asn1 \                        erlang-crypto \                        erlang-eldap \                        erlang-ftp \                        erlang-inets \                        erlang-mnesia \                        erlang-os-mon \                        erlang-parsetools \                        erlang-public-key \                        erlang-runtime-tools \                        erlang-snmp \                        erlang-ssl \                        erlang-syntax-tools \                        erlang-tftp \                        erlang-tools \                        erlang-xmerl
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Install RabbitMQ

Run the following commands.

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# download the packagesudo apt-get -y install wgetsudo wget https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v4.2.5/rabbitmq-server_4.2.5-1_all.deb # install the package with dpkgsudo dpkg -i rabbitmq-server_4.2.5-1_all.deb sudo rm rabbitmq-server_4.2.5-1_all.deb sudo systemctl enable --now rabbitmq-serversudo systemctl status  rabbitmq-server
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Set up user.

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sudo rabbitmqctl add_user <username> <password>sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / <username> "." "." "."sudo rabbitmqctl set_user_tags <username> administrator
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Rocky, RHEL 9

Install Dependencies

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sudo dnf install -y logrotate wget
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Import the Signing Keys

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## primary RabbitMQ signing keysudo rpm --import 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc'## modern Erlang repositorysudo rpm --import 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-erlang.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.key'## RabbitMQ server repositorysudo rpm --import 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-server.9F4587F226208342.key'
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Add Yum Repositories

Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq.repo with the following content.

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# In /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq.repo #### Zero dependency Erlang RPM## [modern-erlang]name=modern-erlang-el9# Use a set of mirrors maintained by the RabbitMQ core team.# The mirrors have significantly higher bandwidth quotas.baseurl=https://yum1.rabbitmq.com/erlang/el/9/$basearch        https://yum2.rabbitmq.com/erlang/el/9/$basearchrepo_gpgcheck=1enabled=1gpgkey=https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-erlang.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.keygpgcheck=1sslverify=1sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crtmetadata_expire=300pkg_gpgcheck=1autorefresh=1type=rpm-md [modern-erlang-noarch]name=modern-erlang-el9-noarch# Use a set of mirrors maintained by the RabbitMQ core team.# The mirrors have significantly higher bandwidth quotas.baseurl=https://yum1.rabbitmq.com/erlang/el/9/noarch        https://yum2.rabbitmq.com/erlang/el/9/noarchrepo_gpgcheck=1enabled=1gpgkey=https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-erlang.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.key       https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.ascgpgcheck=1sslverify=1sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crtmetadata_expire=300pkg_gpgcheck=1autorefresh=1type=rpm-md  #### RabbitMQ Server## [rabbitmq-el9]name=rabbitmq-el9baseurl=https://yum2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq/el/9/$basearch        https://yum1.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq/el/9/$basearchrepo_gpgcheck=1enabled=1# Cloudsmith's repository key and RabbitMQ package signing keygpgkey=https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-server.9F4587F226208342.key       https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.ascgpgcheck=1sslverify=1sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crtmetadata_expire=300pkg_gpgcheck=1autorefresh=1type=rpm-md [rabbitmq-el9-noarch]name=rabbitmq-el9-noarchbaseurl=https://yum2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq/el/9/noarch        https://yum1.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq/el/9/noarchrepo_gpgcheck=1enabled=1# Cloudsmith's repository key and RabbitMQ package signing keygpgkey=https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-server.9F4587F226208342.key       https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.ascgpgcheck=1sslverify=1sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crtmetadata_expire=300pkg_gpgcheck=1autorefresh=1type=rpm-md
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Install Erlang

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sudo dnf update -ysudo dnf install -y erlang
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Install RabbitMQ

Run the following commands.

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rpm --import https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc sudo wget https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v4.2.5/rabbitmq-server-4.2.5-1.el8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf install -y rabbitmq-server-4.2.5-1.el8.noarch.rpmsudo rm abbitmq-server-4.2.5-1.el8.noarch.rpm sudo systemctl enable --now rabbitmq-serversudo systemctl status  rabbitmq-server
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Set up user.

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sudo rabbitmqctl add_user <username> <password>sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / <username> "." "." "."sudo rabbitmqctl set_user_tags <username> administrator
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