rabbitmq_exchange – Manage rabbitMQ exchanges

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • This module uses rabbitMQ Rest API to create/delete exchanges

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • requests >= 1.0.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
arguments
-
Default:
{}
extra arguments for exchange. If defined this argument is a key/value dictionary
auto_delete
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
if the exchange should delete itself after all queues/exchanges unbound from it
ca_cert
path
added in 2.3
CA certificate to verify SSL connection to management API.

aliases: cacert
client_cert
path
added in 2.3
Client certificate to send on SSL connections to management API.

aliases: cert
client_key
path
added in 2.3
Private key matching the client certificate.

aliases: key
durable
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
whether exchange is durable or not
exchange_type
-
    Choices:
  • fanout
  • direct ←
  • headers
  • topic
type for the exchange

aliases: type
internal
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
exchange is available only for other exchanges
login_host
string
Default:
"localhost"
RabbitMQ host for connection.
login_password
string
RabbitMQ password for connection.
login_port
string
Default:
"15672"
RabbitMQ management API port.
login_protocol
string
added in 2.3
    Choices:
  • http ←
  • https
RabbitMQ management API protocol.
login_user
string
Default:
"guest"
RabbitMQ user for connection.
name
- / required
Name of the exchange to create
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the exchange should be present or absent
vhost
string
Default:
"/"
RabbitMQ virtual host.

Examples

# Create direct exchange
- rabbitmq_exchange:
    name: directExchange

# Create topic exchange on vhost
- rabbitmq_exchange:
    name: topicExchange
    type: topic
    vhost: myVhost

Status

Authors

  • Manuel Sousa (@manuel-sousa)

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