How to reset user for rabbitmq management

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Using rabbitmq, we can install management plugin. Then we access via browser using http://localhost:55672/ using guest:guest. The problem is, I can not login anymore because i changed password and entered blank for role.

Is there any way to reset user for rabbitmq management?

score 203 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 17 '17 at 11:38

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You can access the user-management with rabbitmqctl and use the command:

add_user {username} {password}

or more preferably maybe edit an existing user, or set the permissions for the new user with:

set_permissions [-p vhostpath] {user} {conf} {write} {read}

For example use the following commands: (it is important to perform these three steps even when creating a new user, if you want to be able to login to the UI console and for your programs to work without facing any permission issues)

rabbitmqctl add_user newadmin s0m3p4ssw0rd
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags newadmin administrator
rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / newadmin ".*" ".*" ".*"

...to create a new administrator user with full access to the default / vhost.

You can find all this on the RabbitMQ homepage, and more specifically on this page

edited Apr 17 '17 at 11:38

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answered Feb 05 '13 at 15:11

Daniel Figueroa

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thanks, i try this to set permission: rabbitmqctl set_user_tags khad administrator – Superbiji Feb 06 '13 at 05:18
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@Superbiji you should consider converting this comment into an answer. I know it is old but this was the solution that worked for me. – alexn Apr 27 '16 at 09:32
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```set_permissions -p / newadmin ".*" ".*" ".*"``` this worked perfectly fine!! thanks – ashim888 Sep 19 '16 at 08:51
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You should be logged in as root or use "sudo" – XIII Feb 17 '19 at 15:07
`"/man/rabbitmqctl.1.man.html" not found` received when I clicked on that "...this page" link. It's 27-July-2023 by the way. : ) – Scott Fraley Jul 27 '23 at 20:52

score 57 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '18 at 06:02

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The simplest way I found is to use this command to reset the password for any user in RabbitMQ

rabbitmqctl change_password <USERNAME> <NEWPASSWORD>

answered Feb 02 '18 at 06:02

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Thanks to this answer, I was able to figure out that passwords MUST NOT contain a `$` ... apparently. – Scott Fraley Jul 27 '23 at 21:00

score 26 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '13 at 22:22

This is specifically for aliveness test, but could apply to other apis as well

rabbitmqctl add_vhost statuscheckvhost
rabbitmqctl add_user heartbeat alive
rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p statuscheckvhost heartbeat ".*" ".*" ".*"
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags heartbeat management

curl -i -u heartbeat:alive http://127.0.0.1:55672/api/aliveness-test/statuscheckvhost
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: MochiWeb/1.1 WebMachine/1.9.0 (someone had painted it blue)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:20:10 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 15
Cache-Control: no-cache
{"status":"ok"}

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 22 '20 at 17:35

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If you have RabbitMQ on a docker container, you can first

docker exec -it <YOUR_CONTAINER> /bin/bash

Then you can do

rabbitmqctl change_password <USERNAME> <NEWPASSWORD>

such as @samtoddler pointed out

answered Dec 22 '20 at 17:35

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '22 at 18:33

I was able to reset after this post. Thanks a lot.

rabbitmqctl add_user test password rabbitmqctl set_user_tags test administrator

Then I went to browser console and login with this test account. And from there I was able to reset pwd of admin account & guest account.

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