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).

Figure C.1. Downloading the Erlang for Windows installer

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