rabbitmqadmin

rabbitmqadmin

Command-line interface for RabbitMQ Management HTTP API (rabbitmqadmin-ng). Read-only inspection of vhosts, queues, exchanges, and bindings.

First Step: List Available Connections

Always start by listing configured connections:

rabbitmqadmin config_file show

This shows all configured RabbitMQ instances (passwords masked). Present the list to the user and ask which one to use. If the user's request already implies a specific connection, use it directly.

All commands below use <NODE> as a placeholder — replace it with the actual connection name from the config.

Virtual Hosts

After selecting a connection, list available vhosts to determine the --vhost value:

rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> vhosts list

All commands below use <VHOST> as a placeholder — replace it with the actual vhost name from the list.

Queues

List Queues

rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> queues list --vhost <VHOST>

Inspect a Queue

rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> queues show --name <QUEUE> --vhost <VHOST>

Exchanges

rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> exchanges list --vhost <VHOST>

Bindings

rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> bindings list --vhost <VHOST>

Filtering and Output

The CLI has no built-in name filtering. To filter or limit output, use only these pipe targets — they are auto-approved by the permission hook:

• | grep — filter lines by pattern (supports -i, -v, -E, -c, etc.)
• | head — show first N lines
• | tail — show last N lines
• > /path/to/file or >> /path/to/file — redirect output to a file
• 2>&1 — redirect stderr to stdout

Do not use sort, wc, awk, sed, tee, or other commands in pipes — they will require manual approval. Prefer grep/head/tail for all filtering needs.

rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> --vhost <VHOST> queues list | grep <PATTERN>
rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> --vhost <VHOST> exchanges list | grep -i <PATTERN>
rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> --vhost <VHOST> queues list | head -20
rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> --vhost <VHOST> queues list | grep <PATTERN> | tail -5
rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> --vhost <VHOST> queues list > /tmp/queues.txt
rabbitmqadmin --node <NODE> --vhost <VHOST> queues list 2>&1 | grep <PATTERN>