Java Tools

This page documents some Java-based utility programs (PerfTest, Tracer).

PerfTest

RabbitMQ has a throughput testing tool, PerfTest, that is based on the Java client and can be configured to simulate basic and advanced workloads as well.

PerfTest documentation is hosted on GitHub Pages:

PerfTest for Streams (RabbitMQ Stream Protocol)

There is a separate version of PerfTest for streams that uses RabbitMQ Stream Protocol internally.

Its documentation is hosted on GitHub Pages:

For the latest stable release

Tracer

The tracer is a very basic, very simple AMQP 0-9-1 protocol analyzer, similar in purpose to Wireshark. Use it with the runtracer or runtracer.bat script:

runtracer [proxy-port] [upstream-host] [upstream-port]

Parameter	Description	Default value
proxy-port	port to listen for incoming client connections on	5673
upstream-host	hostname to use when making an outbound connection in response to an incoming connection	localhost
upstream-port	port number to use when making an outbound connection	5672

Download and Source Code

Releases can be obtained from GitHub.

Source repository is hosted on GitHub.

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