Linux

Info

RabbitMQ version 3.13.0 or higher is required.

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

Ubuntu, Debian

Install Dependencies

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get install curl gnupg apt-transport-https wget -y

sudo apt-get install logrotate init-system-helpers adduser -y

Add Repository Signing Key

## Team RabbitMQ's signing key

curl -1sLf "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg > /dev/null

Install Erlang/OTP

Add a repository file.

Ubuntu 24.4

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 main

deb [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 main

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/noble noble main

EOF

Debian Bookworm

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 main

deb [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 main

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg] https://deb2.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/debian/bookworm bookworm main

EOF

After updating the list of apt sources, it is necessary to run apt-get update .

sudo apt-get update -y

Install Erlang.

## Install Erlang packages

sudo 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

Install RabbitMQ

Run the following commands.

# download the package

sudo apt-get -y install wget

sudo wget https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v4.2.5/rabbitmq-server_4.2.5-1_all.deb

# install the package with dpkg

sudo 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-server

sudo systemctl status rabbitmq-server

Set up user.

sudo rabbitmqctl add_user <username> <password>

sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / <username> "." "." "."

sudo rabbitmqctl set_user_tags <username> administrator

Rocky, RHEL 9

Install Dependencies

sudo dnf install -y logrotate wget

Import the Signing Keys

## primary RabbitMQ signing key

sudo rpm --import 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc'

## modern Erlang repository

sudo rpm --import 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-erlang.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.key'

## RabbitMQ server repository

sudo rpm --import 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-server.9F4587F226208342.key'

Add Yum Repositories

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

# 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/$basearch

repo_gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

gpgkey=https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-erlang.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.key

gpgcheck=1

sslverify=1

sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt

metadata_expire=300

pkg_gpgcheck=1

autorefresh=1

type=rpm-md

[modern-erlang-noarch]

name=modern-erlang-el9-noarch

# Use a set of mirrors maintained by the RabbitMQ core team.

Install Erlang

sudo dnf update -y

sudo dnf install -y erlang

Install RabbitMQ

Run the following commands.

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.rpm

sudo rm abbitmq-server-4.2.5-1.el8.noarch.rpm

sudo systemctl enable --now rabbitmq-server

sudo systemctl status rabbitmq-server

Set up user.

sudo rabbitmqctl add_user <username> <password>

sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / <username> "." "." "."

sudo rabbitmqctl set_user_tags <username> administrator

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