Use RabbitMQ Management API to export or import configuration.
RabbitMQ version.
$ sudo rabbitmq-diagnostics server_version Asking node rabbit@buster for its RabbitMQ version... 3.7.18
RabbitMQ Management API
Export
Download, pretty-print and store configuration using RabbitMQ Management API.
$ curl --silent --user admin:password --header "Content-type: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:15672/api/definitions | jq . | tee config.json
{
"rabbit_version": "3.7.18",
"users": [
{
"name": "admin",
"password_hash": "o3i3s4OowPHuaODMFwe3bE/GORgEDI7MrTnRCNX9SRZR0CnS",
"hashing_algorithm": "rabbit_password_hashing_sha256",
"tags": "administrator"
}
],
"vhosts": [
{
"name": "/"
}
],
"permissions": [
{
"user": "admin",
"vhost": "/",
"configure": ".*",
"write": ".*",
"read": ".*"
}
],
"topic_permissions": [],
"parameters": [],
"global_parameters": [
{
"name": "cluster_name",
"value": "rabbit@buster.localdomain"
}
],
"policies": [],
"queues": [],
"exchanges": [],
"bindings": []
}
Import
Imported configuration will be merged. This is important to know. Reset RabbitMQ configuration if you need to.
Create partial configuration.
$ cat << EOF | tee monitoring_user_config.json
{
"users": [
{
"name": "monitoring",
"password": "monitoring",
"tags": "monitoring"
}
],
"permissions": [
{
"user": "monitoring",
"vhost": "/",
"configure": "",
"write": "",
"read": ""
}
],
}
EOF
Import the above-mentioned configuration.
$ curl --user admin:password --data "@monitoring_user_config.json" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --request POST http://127.0.0.1:15672/api/definitions
Verify RabbitMQ configuration.
$ curl -s -u admin:password -H "Content-type: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:15672/api/definitions | jq .
{
"rabbit_version": "3.7.18",
"users": [
{
"name": "admin",
"password_hash": "o3i3s4OowPHuaODMFwe3bE/GORgEDI7MrTnRCNX9SRZR0CnS",
"hashing_algorithm": "rabbit_password_hashing_sha256",
"tags": "administrator"
},
{
"name": "monitoring",
"password_hash": "HI8MXbxtqLOREKdDtkeuO7kA8bPWVnOF+YMhvmSRMSK3ixNI",
"hashing_algorithm": "rabbit_password_hashing_sha256",
"tags": "monitoring"
}
],
"vhosts": [
{
"name": "/"
}
],
"permissions": [
{
"user": "monitoring",
"vhost": "/",
"configure": "",
"write": "",
"read": ""
},
{
"user": "admin",
"vhost": "/",
"configure": ".*",
"write": ".*",
"read": ".*"
}
],
"topic_permissions": [],
"parameters": [],
"global_parameters": [
{
"name": "cluster_name",
"value": "rabbit@buster.localdomain"
}
],
"policies": [],
"queues": [],
"exchanges": [],
"bindings": []
}
RabbitMQ admin utility
This is a simpler solution using Python, but inner API calls are the same.
Notice that RabbitMQ Management plugin needs to be enabled.
Download rabbitmqadmin utility.
$ curl -o rabbitmqadmin http://127.0.0.1:15672/cli/rabbitmqadmin
Ensure that executable bit is set.
$ chmod +x rabbitmqadmin
Inspect application parameters.
$ ./rabbitmqadmin --help
Usage
=====
rabbitmqadmin [options] subcommand
Options
=======
--help, -h show this help message and exit
--config=CONFIG, -c CONFIG
configuration file [default: ~/.rabbitmqadmin.conf]
--node=NODE, -N NODE node described in the configuration file [default:
'default' only if configuration file is specified]
--host=HOST, -H HOST connect to host HOST [default: localhost]
--port=PORT, -P PORT connect to port PORT [default: 15672]
--path-prefix=PATH_PREFIX
use specific URI path prefix for the RabbitMQ HTTP
API. /api and operation path will be appended to it.
(default: blank string) [default: ]
--vhost=VHOST, -V VHOST
connect to vhost VHOST [default: all vhosts for list,
'/' for declare]
--username=USERNAME, -u USERNAME
connect using username USERNAME [default: guest]
--password=PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
connect using password PASSWORD [default: guest]
--base-uri=URI, -U URI connect using a base HTTP API URI. /api and operation
path will be appended to it. Path will be ignored.
--vhost has to be provided separately.
--quiet, -q suppress status messages [default: True]
--ssl, -s connect with ssl [default: False]
--ssl-key-file=SSL_KEY_FILE
PEM format key file for SSL
--ssl-cert-file=SSL_CERT_FILE
PEM format certificate file for SSL
--ssl-ca-cert-file=SSL_CA_CERT_FILE
PEM format CA certificate file for SSL
--ssl-disable-hostname-verification
Disables peer hostname verification
--ssl-insecure, -k Disables all SSL validations like curl's '-k' argument
--request-timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT, -t REQUEST_TIMEOUT
HTTP request timeout in seconds [default: 120]
--format=FORMAT, -f FORMAT
format for listing commands - one of [raw_json, long,
pretty_json, kvp, tsv, table, bash] [default: table]
--sort=SORT, -S SORT sort key for listing queries
--sort-reverse, -R reverse the sort order
--depth=DEPTH, -d DEPTH
maximum depth to recurse for listing tables [default:
1]
--bash-completion Print bash completion script [default: False]
--version Display version and exit
More Help
=========
For more help use the help subcommand:
rabbitmqadmin help subcommands # For a list of available subcommands
rabbitmqadmin help config # For help with the configuration file
Export
Export configuration.
$ ./rabbitmqadmin --username admin --password password export config.json Exported definitions for localhost to "config.json"
Import
Import configuration.
$ ./rabbitmqadmin --username admin --password password import config.json Uploaded definitions from "localhost" to config.json. The import process may take some time. Consult server logs to track progress.