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RabbitMQ Tutorials

These tutorials cover the basics of creating messaging applications using RabbitMQ.

You need to have the RabbitMQ server installed to go through the tutorials, please see the installation guide or use the Docker image.

Executable versions of these tutorials are open source, as is this website.

These tutorials focus on just one (the original) protocol supported by RabbitMQ. Examples for RabbitMQ streams on the RabbitMQ blog.

1. "Hello World!"​

The simplest thing that does something

2. Work Queues​

Distributing tasks among workers (the competing consumers pattern)

3. Publish/Subscribe​

Sending messages to many consumers at once

4. Routing​

Receiving messages selectively

5. Topics​

Receiving messages based on a pattern (topics)

6. RPC​

Request/reply pattern example

7. Publisher Confirms​

Reliable publishing with publisher confirms

Getting Help​

If you have any questions or comments regarding RabbitMQ, feel free to ask them on RabbitMQ mailing list, RabbitMQ community Discord server, or the public RabbitMQ community Slack.

AMQP 0-9-1 Overview and Quick Reference​

Once you have been through the tutorials (or if you want to skip ahead), you may wish to read an Introduction to RabbitMQ Concepts and browse our AMQP 0-9-1 Quick Reference Guide.

Tutorials in Other Languages​

The tutorials here use a number of popular technologies, however, there are ports available for many more languages and client libraries, for example:

We also maintain a list of community-developed clients and developer tools for a range of platforms.