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Category: Amazon MQ

IAM authentication with OAuth 2.0 for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ

IAM authentication with OAuth 2.0 lets clients connect to Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ using their existing IAM identity instead of static broker-local credentials. This post covers the key rabbitmq.conf configuration for using AWS IAM as an OAuth 2.0 provider and shows a multi-tenant example with vhost isolation enforced by IAM roles and broker scope aliases.

Mutual TLS and SSL certificate authentication for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ

Mutual TLS and SSL certificate authentication for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ

Learn how to add certificate-based identity verification to Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ. This post explains SSL certificate authentication for passwordless login through the EXTERNAL SASL mechanism and mutual TLS (mTLS) for two-way certificate verification, highlights the key rabbitmq.conf settings, and helps you decide which approach fits your compliance requirements.

Introducing Private Networking for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ

In this post, we explain how Private Networking for Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ works and walk through the setup process. Whether you’re securing a private identity provider, federating messages between brokers, or connecting to self-hosted RabbitMQ, your broker can now reach private destinations without exposing them publicly.

Migrate JMS applications to Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ with minimal changes

This post shows you how to migrate your JMS applications and walks through a complete setup, from creating the broker to sending and receiving messages. You will also see a real-world scenario: migrating an existing Apache ActiveMQ workload to an Amazon MQ broker running RabbitMQ. The post covers configuration changes, monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch, and validation steps to make sure that your migration succeeds.

Improve RabbitMQ performance on Amazon MQ with AWS Graviton3-based M7g instances

Amazon MQ is a fully managed service for open-source message brokers such as RabbitMQ and Apache ActiveMQ. Today, we are announcing the availability of AWS Graviton3-based Rabbit MQ brokers on Amazon MQ, which runs on Amazon EC2 M7g instances. AWS Graviton processors are custom designed server processors developed by AWS to provide the best price performance for cloud workloads running on Amazon EC2.