Introduction

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The following sections provide an overview of RabbitMQ and the AMQP: RabbitMQ PowerPack:

This section covers the following topics:

What is RabbitMQ?

RabbitMQ is a message broker that uses the Advanced Message Queueing Protocol. RabbitMQ can be installed on servers running Linux or Windows.

What Does the AMPQ: RabbitMQ PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor RabbitMQ using SL1, you must install the AMPQ: RabbitMQ PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to collect data about the RabbitMQ application. The AMPQ: RabbitMQ PowerPack can monitor RabbitMQ systems running version 3.5.1 and later.

The AMPQ: RabbitMQ PowerPack includes:

  • An example credential you can use as a template to create a Basic/Snippet credential to connect to the RabbitMQ API

  • Dynamic Applications to monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for RabbitMQ
  • A Device Class that can be manually aligned to a device on which a RabbitMQ system is installed
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when a RabbitMQ system meets certain status criteria

Installing the AMPQ: RabbitMQ PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the AMQP: RabbitMQ PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.