librabbitmq-tools - Man Page

Command line AMQP tools

Description

A set of command line AMQP tools based on librabbitmq​. This page describes common options and conventions used by all of the tools​.

Common Options

-u,  --url=amqp://​.​.​.

The AMQP URL to connect to​. Takes precedence over the AMQP_URL environment variable​. If neither is given, the default connection parameters are used​.

-s,  --server=hostname:port

The host name (or address) to connect to​. Defaults to localhost​. The port number may also be specified; if omitted, it defaults to the standard AMQP port number (5672)​.

--vhost=vhost

The AMQP vhost to specify when connecting​. Defaults to /​.

--username=username

The username to authenticate to the AMQP server with​. Defaults to guest​.

--password=password

The password to authenticate to the AMQP server with​. Defaults to guest​.

Environment Variables

AMQP_URL

Specifies the default AMQP URL to connect to​. Ignored if any connection option (--url, --server, --port, --username, --password, or --vhost) is given on the command line​.

See Also

amqp-publish(1), amqp-consume(1), amqp-get(1)

Author

The RabbitMQ Team <<info@rabbitmq​.com>>

Info

2026-09-15 RabbitMQ C Client