Verify version of rabbitmq

Question

How can I verify which version of rabbitmq is running on a server?

Is there a command to verify that rabbitmq is running?

Answer 1

You can simply execute from the command line:

sudo rabbitmqctl status | grep rabbit

Answer 2

As Marek said on a local server, or, on a remote server (using amqplib):

from amqplib import client_0_8 as amqp
import sys

conn = amqp.Connection(host=sys.argv[1], userid="guest", password="guest", virtual_host="/", insist=False)

for k, v in conn.server_properties.items():
    print k, v

Save as checkVersion.py and run with python checkVersion.py dev.rabbitmq.com:

% python checkVersion.py dev.rabbitmq.com
information Licensed under the MPL.  See http://www.rabbitmq.com/
product RabbitMQ
copyright Copyright (C) 2007-2011 VMware, Inc.
capabilities {}
platform Erlang/OTP
version 2.6.0

Answer 3

In the likely event you're using the "management" (web) plug-in, the RabbitMQ version appears in the upper-right corner of every web page, along with the version of the Erlang run-time.

Answer 4

Since I was looking to do this in C# on a Windows machine and all the current answers are for *nix, I'll post the code that I ended up using:

    public string GetRabbitMqVersion()
    {
        string prefix = "rabbitmq_server-";
        var dirs = System.IO.Directory.EnumerateDirectories(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\RabbitMQ Server", string.Format("{0}*",prefix));

        foreach (var dir in dirs)
        {
            //Just grab the text after 'rabbitmq_server-' and return the first item found
            var i = dir.LastIndexOf(prefix);
            return dir.Substring(i+16);
        }
        return "Unknown";
    }

Answer 5

If rabbitimq can not start I found the only way to determine version is via installer system.

Eample Debian/Ubuntu:

dpkg -s rabbitmq-server | grep Version