Verify rabbitmq credentials are valid

Question

I'd like to write a simple smoke test that runs after deployment to verify that the RabbitMQ credentials are valid. What's the simplest way to check that rabbitmq username/password/vhost are valid?

Edit: Preferably, check using a bash script. Alternatively, using a Python script.

Answer 1

As you haven't provided any details about language, etc.:

You could simply issue a HTTP GET request to the management api.

$ curl -i -u guest:guest http://localhost:15672/api/whoami 

See RabbitMQ Management HTTP API

Answer 2

Here's a way to check using Python:

#!/usr/bin/env python import socket from kombu import Connection host = "localhost" port = 5672 user = "guest" password = "guest" vhost = "/" url = 'amqp://{0}:{1}@{2}:{3}/{4}'.format(user, password, host, port, vhost) with Connection(url) as c:     try:         c.connect()     except socket.error:         raise ValueError("Received socket.error, "                          "rabbitmq server probably isn't running")     except IOError:         raise ValueError("Received IOError, probably bad credentials")     else:         print "Credentials are valid"