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/usr/lib/rabbitmq/bin/rabbitmq-queues

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

From rabbitmq-server-fips-4.0 4.0.9-r7 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running rabbitmq-queues --help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

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Usage

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

Available commands:

Help:

   autocomplete                                                   Provides command name autocomplete variants
   help                                                           Displays usage information for a command

Cluster:

   grow                                                           Grows quorum queue clusters by adding a member (replica) on the specified node for all matching queues
   rebalance                                                      Re-balances leaders of replicated queues across up-and-running cluster nodes
   shrink                                                         Shrinks quorum queue clusters by removing any members (replicas) on the given node.

Replication:

   add_member                                                     Adds a quorum queue member (replica) on the given node.
   delete_member                                                  Removes a quorum queue member (replica) on the given node.

Monitoring, observability and health checks:

   check_if_cluster_has_classic_queue_mirroring_policy            Health check that exits with a non-zero code if there are policies that enable classic queue mirroring
   check_if_new_quorum_queue_replicas_have_finished_initial_sync  Health check that exits with a non-zero code if there are queues that run promotable replicas on the current node.
   check_if_node_is_quorum_critical                               Health check that exits with a non-zero code if there are queues/streams with minimum online quorum (queues/streams that will lose their quorum if the target node shuts down)
   list_operator_policies_with_classic_queue_mirroring            List all operator policies that enable classic queue mirroring
   list_policies_with_classic_queue_mirroring                     List all policies that enable classic queue mirroring
   peek                                                           Peeks at the given position of a quorum queue
   quorum_status                                                  Displays quorum status of a quorum queue
   stream_status                                                  Displays the status of a stream

Operations:

   reclaim_quorum_memory                                          Flushes quorum queue processes WAL, performs a full sweep GC on all of its local Erlang processes

Deprecated:

   check_if_node_is_mirror_sync_critical                          DEPRECATED. Mirrored queues were removed in RabbitMQ 4.0. This command is a no-op.

Use 'rabbitmq-queues 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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