Ubuntu 26.04

How to Install RabbitMQ on Ubuntu 26.04

To install RabbitMQ on Ubuntu 26.04, follow these steps.

Step 1 : Update.

sudo apt update

Step 2 : Install RabbitMQ.

sudo apt install rabbitmq-server

Step 3 : Enable and start.

sudo systemctl enable --now rabbitmq-server
sudo systemctl status rabbitmq-server

Step 4 : Enable the management plugin.

sudo rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

Step 5 : Restart.

sudo systemctl restart rabbitmq-server

Step 6 : Create an admin user. Change changeme. The guest user is localhost-only.

sudo rabbitmqctl add_user admin changeme
sudo rabbitmqctl set_user_tags admin administrator
sudo rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / admin ".*" ".*" ".*"

Step 7 : Allow the UI port.

sudo ufw allow 15672/tcp

Step 8 : Open the UI.

http://192.168.1.50:15672

Log in as admin with the password from step 6, then Login.

You have installed RabbitMQ on Ubuntu 26.04.