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I'm new to RabbitMQ and I decided to start with console tools for better management understanding. Then I'm going to use web console and then Java client.

I faced some operations can be executed both with rabbitmqctl:

rabbitmqctl add_vhost test_vhost

and with rabbitmqadmin:

rabbitmqadmin declare vhost name="test_vhost"

But I did not succeed in, for instance, creating new exchange with rabbitmqctl. What's the difference between these two tools?

awfun
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  • rabbitmqctl is native command line tool written in Erlang, in general, it is used inside the same server where RabbitMQ is running.

  • rabbitmqadmin is a Python interface for the HTTP management UI. You cannot use it if management UI plugin is not installed.

There is an overlap between the two tools, but there are a few features that you can use only with one of them.

With rabbitmqctl you can:

  • manage the rabbitmq clustuer, by adding/removing nodes.
  • reset the node
  • handle logs files rotation
  • stop the node

rabbitmqadmin is more for general admin, you have the same features you have in the management UI, you can also retrieve the node statistics.

Gabriele Santomaggio
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