[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMQ instances

Wed Apr 25 17:43:54 BST 2012

Hi Nabeel,

On 25/04/12 14:11, Nabeel Akhtar wrote:
> If I want to collect logs from multiple machines, would I need to run
> RabbitMQ broker on all machines, or just one? If I run it on just one
> machine, then which component should I run on all nodes?

You only need one broker. You will need a RabbitMQ client, or some
software that can speak a suitable protocol (such as STOMP) on all
machines that produce logs.

This post by Peter Ledbrook has some background that you may find useful:
http://blog.cloudfoundry.com/post/13481011156/rethink-application-logging-with-rabbitmq

-Emile