6.1 Installing RabbitMQ

  1. (Conditional) Install the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013.

    The Erlang runtime for RabbitMQ requires the Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013. This is a common dependency for many applications, so it might already be present on the machine where RabbitMQ is to be installed.

    If this package is not currently installed, it may be found at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784.

  2. At the root of the FileReporter_3_5_0.iso image, double-click the RabbitMQ folder.

  3. Unzip the RabbitMQ-3.7.5.zip file to the root of a drive.

  4. From the extracted files, double-click the rabbitmq folder.

  5. Double-click install-rabbitmq-service.bat.

    RabbitMQ is installed.

    In the graphic above, the error: The handle is invalid is normal during an installation and can be ignored.