rabbitmq_delayed_message_exchange Plugin

[3rk1n]

Hi,

We have an AKS ecosystem and we are using RabbitMQ as a cluster operator (https://github.com/rabbitmq/cluster-operator)
The development team wants to use rabbitmq_delayed_message_exchange plugin.

I added additionalPlugins in RabbitmqCluster and restart the deployment.

apiVersion: rabbitmq.com/v1beta1
kind: RabbitmqCluster
metadata:
...
spec:
  rabbitmq:
    additionalPlugins:
    - rabbitmq_delayed_message_exchange

I can not see that plugin in POD plugin folders and in the plugin list.

I checked that link (https://github.com/rabbitmq/cluster-operator/blob/main/docs/examples/community-plugins/rabbitmq.yaml) but I am not sure this is the best/correct answer.

What I am missing?

Thank you.

[mkuratczyk]

Delayed message exchange is indeed what we consider a community plugin. It is not shipped with RabbitMQ, it also has serious limitation, so make sure you are ok with them (if you want to follow a rewrite of this plugin, check out rabbitmq/rabbitmq-delayed-message-exchange#253).

To install a community plugin, you need to make their file available to RMQ. The example you found is one way to do it, but check how it works and the warning in the README to make sure you want to use this approach. You can do it differently - it's up to you.