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rabbitmq_exchange - This module manages 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
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no ←
if the exchange should delete itself after all queues/exchanges unbound from it
durable
    Choices:
  • yes ←
  • no
whether exchange is durable or not
exchange_type
    Choices:
  • fanout
  • direct ←
  • headers
  • topic
type for the exchange

aliases: type
internal
    Choices:
  • yes
  • no ←
exchange is available only for other exchanges
login_host
Default:
localhost
rabbitMQ host for connection
login_password
Default:
no
rabbitMQ password for connection
login_port
Default:
15672
rabbitMQ management api port
login_user
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
Only present implemented atm
vhost
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

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Manuel Sousa (@manuel-sousa)

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