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your RabbitMQ connection deserves a name: Go edition

An example on how to assign a name to a RabbitMQ connection in Go.

Get it running

1. Start the RabbitMQ docker container:

$ docker run --rm \
    --publish 15672:15672 \
    --publish 5672:5672 \
    --name ycdan-rabbitmq \
    --detach \
    rabbitmq:3-management

1. Compile the example program:

$ go build -o your-connection-deserves-a-name

1. Start the example program:

$ ./your-connection-deserves-a-name

You should see something like

2021/07/30 19:45:37 Connecting to RabbitMQ on amqp://guest:guest@127.0.0.1:5672/
2021/07/30 19:45:37 Connecting to RabbitMQ on amqp://guest:guest@127.0.0.1:5672/ ... Successful
2021/07/30 19:45:37
2021/07/30 19:45:37 Keeping the connection open ...
2021/07/30 19:45:37 You can connect to the RabbitMQ management UI: http://127.0.0.1:15672/#/connections (Username: guest, Password: guest)
2021/07/30 19:45:37 	-> Check the Connections Tab and see the Connection Name
2021/07/30 19:45:37 Hit CTRL + C or cancel the process to stop.
2021/07/30 19:45:37

1. Visit the RabbitMQ Management UI at http://127.0.0.1:15672/#/connections (Username: guest, Password: guest) and confirm the connection name.

Don't know what this is all about?

Read the original blog post your database connection deserves a name @ andygrunwald.com.

Additionally, you can check out the projects README.