Appendix C. Installing RabbitMQ on Windows

As with most programs that originate on UNIX, installing RabbitMQ on Windows is different than the installation instructions we covered in chapter 1. Fortunately, the kind folks at Rabbit HQ have provided MSI-based installers that make the process rather painless. But before you install Rabbit, you must first install a recent version of Erlang from http://www.erlang.org/download.html. Generally, the latest version of Erlang available from erlang.org will work with the latest version of RabbitMQ. So go ahead and grab the download labeled Windows Binary File (see figure C.1).

After you’ve downloaded the Erlang installer (otp_win32_R14B04.exe in this case), you’ll browse to your Downloads directory and run it (see figure C.2).

All of the defaults in the Erlang for Windows installer are acceptable when using Rabbit, so click Next (or Finish) on all the stages of the installer wizard to deploy a default installation of Erlang.

Next, download the RabbitMQ for Windows installer (see figure C.3) from http://www.rabbitmq.com/download.html.

Using the RabbitMQ for Windows installer is as easy as the Erlang installer: run the downloaded installer file (see figure C.4) and click through the stages using the defaults.