To deploy RabbitMQ, you configure a REST API request and provide the parameters for the RabbitMQ environment.

VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager 1.4 supports RabbitMQ 3.8.6 and 3.8.14.

During the deployment of RabbitMQ, you can specify additional properties.

Property Value Type Mandatory Description
diskMode VC disk mode no The vCenter disk mode for the created virtual disk. Values can be:
  • thick
  • thin
  • eagerZeroedThick
The default configured value is thin.
IbFqdn FQDN yes The FQDN for the RabbitMQ load balancer.
Iblp IP address yes The IP address for the RabbitMQ load balancer.
IbName Hostname no The hostname for the RabbitMQ load balancer.
portAmqpSsl Port number no The AMQP SSL service port.

The default port number is 5671.
portRmqMgmt Port number no The port for the RabbitMQ management service.

The default port number is 15671.
users List with credentials no List with user accounts to be created in RabbitMQ.
users[].username String yes User names
users[].password Password string yes User passwords

Prerequisites

  • You must meet all requirements before deploying RabbitMQ. For information, see Before you deploy RabbitMQ.
  • In the rmq/version-number/ova directory on the VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager host, save the RabbitMQ OVA file.

Procedure

  • ♦ In your Web browser start Postman and configure the following HTTPS request.
    1. On the Headers tab, add the JSON session ID.
      Setting Value
      JSESSIONID vcp_lcm_session_id
    2. To deploy RabbitMQ, configure the following HTTPS request.
      Setting Value
      HTTPS request method POST
      URL https://vcp_lcm_ip_address:port-number/api/api_versionlcm/environment?action=DEPLOY
      Body 
      {
    "environmentName": "{{rmq_env_id}}",
    "products": [
        {
            "productType": "RMQ",
            "productId": "{{rmq_product_id}}",
            "version": "{{version_number}}",
            "adminPassword": "{{password}}",
            "properties": {
                "lbName": "{{rmq_lb_name}}",
                "lbFqdn": "{{rmq_lb_name}}.{{domainName}}",
                "lbIp": "{{rmq_lb_ip}}",
                "portAmqpSsl": "{{rmq_port_amqp_ssl}}",
                "portRmqMgmt": "{{rmq_port_mgmt}}",
                "users": [
                    {
                        "username": " user_name ",
                        "password": "{{password}}"
                    },
                    {
                        "username": " user_name ",
                        "password": "{{password}}"
                    }
                ]
            }, 
            "nodes": [
                {
                    "hostName": "{{rmq_01_name}}.{{domainName}}",
                    "vmName": "{{rmq_01_name}}",
                    "rootPassword": "{{password}}",
                    "cpuNum": "cpu-number",
                    "ramMemory": "ram-value",
                    "nics": [
                        {
                            "ipAddress": "{{rmq_01_ip}}",
                            "networkName": "mgmt-nw-portgroup"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "hostName": "{{rmq_02_name}}.{{domainName}}",
                    "vmName": "{{rmq_02_name}}",
                    "rootPassword": "{{password}}",
                    "cpuNum": "cpu-number",
                    "ramMemory": "ram-value",
                    "nics": [
                        {
                            "ipAddress": "{{rmq_02_ip}}",
                            "networkName": "mgmt-nw-portgroup"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Results

If the request is successful, you see an OK (200) status and "taskId":id-number. To check the status of the deployment, see Retrieve the status of a VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager task.