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rabbitmqctl-users — Manage RabbitMQ users, their permissions, and tags. More information: <https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs

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Problem

How to use the rabbitmqctl-users command: Manage RabbitMQ users, their permissions, and tags. More information: <https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/management>.

Solution

rabbitmqctl-users — Manage RabbitMQ users, their permissions, and tags. More information: <https://www.rabbitmq.com/docs/management>.

List all users:

rabbitmqctl list_users

Add a new user with a password:

rabbitmqctl add_user {{username}} {{password}}

Delete an existing user:

rabbitmqctl delete_user {{username}}

Change the password for a user:

rabbitmqctl change_password {{username}} {{new_password}}

Set permissions for a user on a specific virtual host:

rabbitmqctl set_permissions {{[-p|--vhost]}} {{vhost}} {{username}} {{read}} {{write}} {{configure}}

Clear all permissions for a user on a specific virtual host:

rabbitmqctl clear_permissions {{[-p|--vhost]}} {{vhost}} {{username}}

Assign one or more tags (e.g., administrator) to a user:

rabbitmqctl set_user_tags {{username}} {{tag1}} [{{tag2}}]

Code Snippets

List all users

rabbitmqctl list_users

Add a new user with a password

rabbitmqctl add_user {{username}} {{password}}

Delete an existing user

rabbitmqctl delete_user {{username}}

Change the password for a user

rabbitmqctl change_password {{username}} {{new_password}}

Set permissions for a user on a specific virtual host

rabbitmqctl set_permissions {{[-p|--vhost]}} {{vhost}} {{username}} {{read}} {{write}} {{configure}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/rabbitmqctl-users

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