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RabbitMQ Management Commands

RabbitMQ Management Commands

Enabling the Management Plugin

To enable the RabbitMQ Management plugin, use the following command:

rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

This command will:

Enable the main management plugin
Automatically enable required dependencies:
- rabbitmq_management_agent
- rabbitmq_web_dispatch
Changes are offline and require a broker restart

Service Control Commands

To stop the RabbitMQ service:

rabbitmq-service stop

To start the RabbitMQ service:

rabbitmq-service start

These commands should be run from the RabbitMQ sbin directory
Default location on Windows: C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-4.0.5\sbin
The management plugin provides a web interface accessible at http://localhost:15672
Default credentials:
- Username: guest
- Password: guest

Important

After enabling new plugins, you must restart the RabbitMQ service for changes to take effect:

First stop the service
Then start the service again