smac89
12/20/2017 - 8:01 PM

Get started with running a simple rabbitmq server on Ubuntu. Example taken from https://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-one-python.html

Get started with running a simple rabbitmq server on Ubuntu. Example taken from https://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-one-python.html

send.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import pika

connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(
        host='localhost'))
channel = connection.channel()


channel.queue_declare(queue='hello')

channel.basic_publish(exchange='',
                      routing_key='hello',
                      body='Hello World!')
print(" [x] Sent 'Hello World!'")
connection.close()
receive.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import pika

connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(
        host='localhost'))
channel = connection.channel()


channel.queue_declare(queue='hello')

def callback(ch, method, properties, body):
    print(" [x] Received %r" % body)

channel.basic_consume(callback,
                      queue='hello',
                      no_ack=True)

print(' [*] Waiting for messages. To exit press CTRL+C')
channel.start_consuming()
RabbitMQ tutorial.md
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Installation

  • Download the erland deb here
  • Download the server deb here
  • sudo dpkg -i <erlang.deb> <server.deb>

Start the server

sudo service rabbitmq-server start

Check server status

sudo service rabbitmq-server status

Create a virtual environment (I use virtualenvwrapper)

  • mkdir -p /tmp/rabbitmq-helloworld
  • cd /tmp/rabbitmq-helloworld
  • mkvirtualenv -i pika rabbitmq

Create the scripts (see the other files)

Start the reciever

python receiver.py

Open a new tab/terminal and start the sender

python send.py

Stop the server

sudo service rabbitmq-server stop