Running RabbitMQ and the Management UI

Your first broker

The quickest way to try RabbitMQ is the official container image with the management plugin, which adds a web UI and HTTP API. Port 5672 serves AMQP, 15672 the management UI, and 15692 Prometheus metrics when the Prometheus plugin is enabled (it is in the official image). The default guest user can only connect from localhost; create real users with passwords and vhost permissions for anything else. The management UI shows connections, channels, exchanges, queues with message rates and depths, and lets you publish and fetch test messages. On servers, use the CLI tools: rabbitmqctl for administration (users, vhosts, permissions, policies), rabbitmq-diagnostics for health checks and status, rabbitmq-plugins to enable plugins and rabbitmqadmin for scripting management API calls. In production on Kubernetes, the RabbitMQ Cluster Operator manages clusters declaratively.

A local broker and basic administration

Container ports: 5672 for AMQP, 15672 for the UI.

docker run -d --name rabbit -p 5672:5672 -p 15672:15672 rabbitmq:4-management
# UI: http://localhost:15672  (guest/guest works only from localhost)

docker exec rabbit rabbitmqctl add_vhost shop
docker exec rabbit rabbitmqctl add_user app 'change-me'
docker exec rabbit rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p shop app '.*' '.*' '.*'

docker exec rabbit rabbitmq-diagnostics status
docker exec rabbit rabbitmq-diagnostics check_port_connectivity
docker exec rabbit rabbitmqctl list_queues -p shop name type messages consumers

Never expose guest or the UI publicly

The management UI and default credentials are common targets. Remove or disable guest in non-local environments, put the UI behind a VPN or SSO, and use TLS for client connections.

त्वरित जाँच: Which port does the RabbitMQ management web UI use by default?

• 5672
• 8080
• 15672
• 443