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>>

Referenced By

amqp-consume(1), amqp-declare-queue(1), amqp-delete-queue(1), amqp-get(1), amqp-publish(1).

2026-07-16 RabbitMQ C Client