---
title: "How to Configure RabbitMQ Connections with Retrace"
slug: "connections-rabbitmq"
description: "Monitor RabbitMQ queues with Retrace. Set up connections, enable management plugin, and create RabbitMQ resource monitors for your apps and servers."
updated: 2020-04-07T15:47:25Z
published: 2020-04-07T15:47:25Z
---

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# Setting up a RabbitMQ Connection

Retrace supports monitoring RabbitMQ queues. To do so, you must first setup a connection that can be used to connect to them.

RabbitMQ is monitored using the management plugin, ensure this is enabled and accessible (https://www.rabbitmq.com/management.html).

To get to the RabbitMQ connections screen, navigate to **Settings** > **RabbitMQ Connections**.

> Note: RabbitMQ connections are only supported with the Linux Agent. In order to set up a connection for RabbitMQ running on Windows, you will need to have an agent installed on a Linux box to facilitate the connection.

1. Name your RabbitMQ connection in the Connection Description box.
2. Enter your Connection Address. An example of a standard connection address would be:

```
http://your_hostname:your_port
```

1. If the connection is authenticated, choose the password for your connection in the Password dropdown box. (To learn how to setup passwords within Stackify, see the article on [Passwords](/docs/security-passwords))
2. Finally, click "Insert" to save the connection.

## **Creating RabbitMQ Monitors**

Once you have created a connection, you will be able to associate a RabbitMQ resource monitor with an app through [Configuring App Monitors](/docs/app-monitors-configure) or a server through [Server Monitoring Templates](/docs/server-monitoring-templates).

From there, you can add thresholds and set up alerts just like any other monitor.