Viewing RabbitMQ Messages

Notes and Constraints

Available only for RabbitMQ AMQP-0-9-1.

Viewing RabbitMQ Messages

1. Log in to the RabbitMQ console.
2. Click in the upper left corner to select the region where your instance is located.
3. Click a RabbitMQ instance name to go to the instance details page.
4. In the left navigation pane, choose Message Query.
5. Set the query parameters by referring to Table 1.

   Table 1 Message query parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Vhost	Select the virtual host that has the messages to be queried.
   Queue	Select the queue that has the messages to be queried.
   Stored	Specify the time when messages were stored in the queue.

6. Click Search.

   The query result is as follows.

   Figure 1 Searching for messages
   

   Table 2 lists the message parameters.

   Table 2 Message parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Message ID	Message identifier.
   Exchange	Exchange to which a message belongs.
   Routing Key	Keyword for routing messages from an exchange to a queue.
   Stored	Time when messages were stored in the queue.

7. Click Message Query in the row containing the desired message. The View Details page is displayed. View the message size, storage time, and content on the Message Body tab page.
   The console displays messages smaller than 4 KB. To view messages larger than 4 KB, click Download Message.

   Figure 2 Message body
   

8. Click View Message Trace in the row containing the desired message. The View Details page is displayed. Check whether messages are consumed on the View Message Trace tab page.
   Figure 3 Viewing message trace
   

   Table 3 describes message trace parameters.

   Table 3 Message trace parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Producer status	A producer can be in the following state: Sent: The message is sent successfully, and the server has successfully stored the message.
   Creation duration	Time taken to send the message by the producer, in milliseconds.
   Address	IP address of the producer.
   Consumer status	A consumer can be in one of the following states: Retrieved Retrieval timed out Abnormal retrieval NULL returned Retrieval failed
   Retrieved	Time when the message is retrieved.
   Retrieval duration	Time taken to consume the message by the consumer, in milliseconds.
   Address	IP address of the consumer.