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Installing RabbitMQ Server

RabbitMQ is a popular open-source message broker that is widely used for building distributed and scalable applications. To install RabbitMQ on your system, follow these general steps. The specific commands may vary depending on your operating system.

Installation on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

1) Update the package repository:
				
					sudo apt update

				
			
2) Install RabbitMQ server:
				
					sudo apt install rabbitmq-server


				
			
3) Start the RabbitMQ service and enable it to start on boot:
				
					sudo systemctl start rabbitmq-server
sudo systemctl enable rabbitmq-server


				
			
4) Check the status to ensure RabbitMQ is running:
				
					sudo systemctl status rabbitmq-server


				
			

Installation on Linux (CentOS/RHEL)

1) Enable the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository:
				
					sudo yum install epel-release

				
			
2) Install RabbitMQ server:
				
					sudo yum install rabbitmq-server

				
			
3) Start the RabbitMQ service and enable it to start on boot:
				
					sudo systemctl start rabbitmq-server
sudo systemctl enable rabbitmq-server

				
			
4) Check the status to ensure RabbitMQ is running:
				
					sudo systemctl status rabbitmq-server

				
			

Installation on macOS

1) You can use Homebrew to install RabbitMQ on macOS. If you don’t have Homebrew installed, you can get it from https://brew.sh/.

2) Install RabbitMQ:
				
					brew install rabbitmq

				
			
3) Start RabbitMQ:
				
					brew services start rabbitmq

				
			

Installation on Windows

1) Download the RabbitMQ installer from the official RabbitMQ website: https://www.rabbitmq.com/download.html.

2) Run the installer and follow the installation instructions.

3) RabbitMQ will be installed as a Windows service and should start automatically. You can also start and stop it using the RabbitMQ Service app in the Windows services manager.

4) You may need to configure firewall rules to allow access to RabbitMQ ports (typically, 5672 for AMQP and 15672 for the management web UI).
After installing RabbitMQ, you can access the management web UI by visiting http://localhost:15672 (default credentials: guest/guest). You can configure users, vhosts, and other settings from the web UI or by using the RabbitMQ command-line tools.
With RabbitMQ installed, you can start using it as a message broker to build distributed systems, message queues, and other messaging applications.