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/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-upgrade

Open source RabbitMQ. core server and tier 1 (built-in) plugins

From rabbitmq-server-4.3 4.3.7-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running rabbitmq-upgrade --help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

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Usage

rabbitmq-upgrade [--node <node>] [--timeout <timeout>] [--longnames] [--quiet] <command> [<command options>]

Available commands:

Help:

   help                             Displays usage information for a command

Upgrade:

   await_online_quorum_plus_one     Waits for all quorum queues and streams to have an above minimum online quorum. This makes sure that no queues/streams would lose their quorum if the target node is shut down
   drain                            Puts the node in maintenance mode. Such nodes will not serve any client traffic or host any primary queue replicas
   has_reached_target_cluster_size  Health check that exits with a non-zero code if the cluster has not yet reached its target size
   post_upgrade                     Runs post-upgrade tasks
   revive                           Puts the node out of maintenance and into regular operating mode. Such nodes will again serve client traffic and host primary queue replicas

Use 'rabbitmq-upgrade help <command>' to learn more about a specific command
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-n nodeDefault node is "rabbit@target-hostname", where target-hostname is the local host.man
-q, --quietQuiet output mode is selected.man
-s, --silentSilent output mode is selected.man
-t, --timeout timeoutOperation timeout in seconds.man
-l, --longnamesMust be specified when the cluster is configured to use long (FQDN) node names.man
--erlang-cookie cookieShared secret to use to authenticate to the target node.man

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