Chapter 9. Extending RabbitMQ Functionality

In this chapter we will present some of the available plugins of RabbitMQ. Then, we will show how to develop new plugins using real-world examples.

  • Enabling and configuring the STOMP plugin
  • Managing a RabbitMQ cluster
  • Monitoring Shovel status
  • Developing new plugins – attaching to a relational database with ODBC

Introduction

RabbitMQ is an extensible platform, thanks to the plugin infrastructure. It provides many general-purpose plugins, part of which were already explained in the previous chapters. For example, Federation and Shovel plugins have been explained in detail in Chapter 7, Developing High-availability Applications.

In the following recipes, we will show how to use other available plugins and how ...

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