Overview
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS RABBITMQ
RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker from Team RabbitMQ (Broadcom), implemented in Erlang/OTP and one of the most widely deployed brokers for the AMQP 0-9-1 protocol, with STOMP, MQTT, and WebSocket support via plugins. It routes messages between producers and consumers through exchanges, queues, and bindings, supporting work queues, publish/subscribe, routing, topics, and request/reply, with durable queues, publisher confirms, consumer acknowledgements, dead-lettering, TTLs, and quorum queues for replicated, fault-tolerant delivery. A bundled web management UI provides queue, exchange, connection, and user administration plus live metrics over an HTTP API. Broker state (virtual hosts, queues, users, and persistent messages) is stored on the local filesystem. This image runs a single node on Erlang/OTP 27. MPL-2.0 license - a self-hosted alternative to hosted queue services, with no per-message fees and no vendor lock-in.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Unique admin user (administrator tag) generated per instance at first boot; the default guest/guest account is deleted
- A per-instance Erlang cookie generated at first boot (not a shared baked-in secret)
- Management UI bound to 127.0.0.1 only, behind an nginx TLS reverse proxy on 443; RabbitMQ enforces its own login
- Native AMQPS (TLS) on 5671 with a per-instance self-signed certificate; plaintext AMQP on 5672
- UFW firewall - ports 22 (SSH), 443 (management UI), 5672 (AMQP), 5671 (AMQPS) only
- fail2ban, AppArmor
- CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, Kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
- RabbitMQ security baked in: a unique admin user at first boot with the default guest/guest account deleted, the management UI bound to loopback behind an nginx TLS reverse proxy, and native AMQPS (TLS)
- CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
- Reliable AMQP messaging on Erlang/OTP: durable and quorum queues, publisher confirms, dead-lettering, and a bundled management UI with live metrics. MPL-2.0 license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | $0.02 |
t3.large | $0.03 |
t3.small | $0.02 |
m6i.xlarge | $0.05 |
m6i.large | $0.03 |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
RabbitMQ 4.3.2 - Initial release (June 2026)
- RabbitMQ 4.3.2 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- CIS Level 1 hardening applied (ansible-lockdown/UBUNTU24-CIS)
- CVE-scanned before every release
- Unique admin user generated at first boot; default guest/guest account deleted
- Per-instance Erlang cookie generated at first boot
- Management UI bound to 127.0.0.1; TLS terminated by nginx on 443
- Native AMQPS (TLS) on 5671 with a per-instance self-signed certificate
- Bundled rabbitmq_management plugin; single node on Erlang/OTP 27
- UFW firewall pre-configured (ports 22, 443, 5672, 5671 only)
- fail2ban, auditd, AppArmor pre-configured
- SBOM (CycloneDX 1.6) at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report (OpenSCAP) at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- IMDSv2 enforced
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Usage instructions
- Launch instance (t3.medium recommended)
- Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 (management UI) and TCP 5672/5671 (AMQP) from your IP
- SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
- Read credentials: sudo cat /root/rabbitmq-credentials.txt
- Open https://<PUBLIC_IP>/ in your browser - accept the self-signed certificate warning
- Log in to the management UI with the admin user and password from the credentials file
Connect your AMQP clients with the same admin credential: amqp://admin:<password>@<PUBLIC_IP>:5672/ (plaintext) amqps://admin:<password>@<PUBLIC_IP>:5671/ (TLS, self-signed certificate)
The default guest/guest account has been deleted. The management UI listens on 127.0.0.1:15672 only; nginx is the TLS perimeter on 443 - do not expose 15672 directly. Credentials are saved to /root/rabbitmq-credentials.txt at first boot. Replace the self-signed TLS certificate with a CA-signed certificate (certbot is pre-installed): sudo certbot --nginx -d your-domain.example.com
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