where is rabbitmq config file?

Question

Documentation says that rabbitmq has config: /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf but I have nothing there, but rabbitmq-server is running and consuming messages.

Where is my config file?

Answer 1

It depends in which way you install RabbitMQ. The file usually is not present. If you need it, you have to create it.

For example if you use the package:

rabbitmq-server-mac-standalone-3.4.2.tar.gz

You can find the example file:

etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config.example

and not the file.

Using RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE you can specify the rabbitmq.config file, to be sure you can check this variable.

Answer 2

On Windows:

RabbitMQ 3.7.0+

%APPDATA%\RabbitMQ\rabbitmq.conf

In RabbitMQ 3.7.0+, the main configuration file is rabbitmq.conf. An additional config file named advanced.config is also used for some advanced configuration settings; it uses the classic format.

Prior to 3.7.0:

%APPDATA%\RabbitMQ\rabbitmq.config

The configuration file is named rabbitmq.config and uses the Erlang term format (aka the "classic format" for RabbitMQ config files).

Example files:

• rabbitmq.conf.example
• advanced.config.example
• rabbitmq.config.example