Zero-dependency Erlang RPM for RabbitMQ

This is a (virtually) zero dependency 64-bit Erlang RPM package that provides just enough to run RabbitMQ. It may be easier to install than other Erlang RPMs in most environments. It may or may not be suitable for running other Erlang-based software or 3rd party RabbitMQ plugins.

This package has an implicit OpenSSL/libcrypto dependency (see below).

Team RabbitMQ also packages recent Erlang/OTP releases for Debian.

Provided Erlang/OTP Versions

The package currently targets Erlang/OTP release series 23.x and 22.x. Only 64-bit (x86-64) packages are provided.

Older series such as 21.3.x are not updated frequently by the upstream Erlang/OTP team and should be considered unmaintained.

RabbitMQ Version Compatibility

See Supported Erlang Versions in RabbitMQ documentation for an up-to-date compatibility matrix.

Erlang 23

Erlang 23 is supported by RabbitMQ starting with 3.8.4.

Erlang 22

Erlang 22 is supported by RabbitMQ starting with 3.7.15.

RabbitMQ Erlang Version Requirements guide explains what Erlang/OTP releases are supported by a given RabbitMQ release. We highly recommend following the recommendations from that guide and using the most recent release in the supported series.

Implicit OpenSSL/libcrypto Dependency

This package intentionally does not include OpenSSL/libcrypto. It must be provisioned separately. Recent Erlang versions require a modern OpenSSL version, currently this means 1.0.2, 1.1.x, or later.

Supported CentOS Versions

Please note the implicit OpenSSL/libcrypto dependency section above.

• CentOS 8
• CentOS 7

Release Artifacts

Yum repositories are available at rabbitmq/erlang on Package Cloud and rabbitmq-erlang org on Bintray. See the repository setup instructions below.

For direct RPM package downloads, see GitHub releases.

Signing Keys

Packages provisioned from PackageCloud are signed by the PackageCloud repository key. Other sources use the standard RabbitMQ signing key.

Erlang 22.x from PackageCloud

Note that Erlang/OTP 22 is supported by RabbitMQ starting with version 3.7.15.

Package Cloud supports a variety of options for RPM package installation: from Yum configuration to shell scripts to Chef and Puppet.

See Package Cloud repository installation page for details.

To use the most recent version on CentOS 8:

# In /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq_erlang.repo
[rabbitmq_erlang]
name=rabbitmq_erlang
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/el/8/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
# PackageCloud's repository key and RabbitMQ package signing key
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/gpgkey
       https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq/Keys/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

[rabbitmq_erlang-source]
name=rabbitmq_erlang-source
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/el/8/SRPMS
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
# PackageCloud's repository key and RabbitMQ package signing key
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/gpgkey
       https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq/Keys/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

To install the package:

yum install erlang

To use the most recent version on CentOS 7:

# In /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq_erlang.repo
[rabbitmq_erlang]
name=rabbitmq_erlang
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/el/7/$basearch
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
# PackageCloud's repository key and RabbitMQ package signing key
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/gpgkey
       https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq/Keys/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

[rabbitmq_erlang-source]
name=rabbitmq_erlang-source
baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/el/7/SRPMS
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
# PackageCloud's repository key and RabbitMQ package signing key
gpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/gpgkey
       https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq/Keys/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc
sslverify=1
sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
metadata_expire=300

To install the package:

yum install erlang

Yum Repositories

To use the Bintray Yum repositories, use the .repo configuration files demonstrated in the following few sections.

Erlang 22.x from Bintray

Note that Erlang/OTP 22 is supported by RabbitMQ starting with version 3.7.15.

To use Erlang 22.x on CentOS 8:

# In /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq-erlang.repo
[rabbitmq-erlang]
name=rabbitmq-erlang
baseurl=https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq-erlang/rpm/erlang/22/el/8
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq/Keys/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc
repo_gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

To use Erlang 22.x on CentOS 7:

# In /etc/yum.repos.d/rabbitmq-erlang.repo
[rabbitmq-erlang]
name=rabbitmq-erlang
baseurl=https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq-erlang/rpm/erlang/22/el/7
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl.bintray.com/rabbitmq/Keys/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc
repo_gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

Available Erlang Applications

This package removes certain Erlang/OTP components that are non-essential for running RabbitMQ but can greatly complicate installation process by bringing in complicated dependencies.

Only the following OTP applications are provided:

• asn1
• compiler
• crypto
• eldap
• erl_interface
• erts
• hipe
• inets
• kernel
• mnesia
• os_mon
• public_key
• reltool
• runtime_tools
• sasl
• snmp
• ssl
• stdlib
• syntax_tools
• xmerl

Building from Source

With Docker

cd docker

#
# Use build-image-and-rpm.sh to execute all scripts:
# build a Centos 8 image and build the RPM using it
#
./build-image-and-rpm.sh 8 --no-cache

#
# To only build a CentOS 8 Docker image with necessary toolchain
#
 ./build-docker-image.sh 8 --no-cache

#
# To only build the RPM using an already built and available image
#
./build-rpm-in-docker 8

then find the result under docker/build-dir-{CentOSVersion}/RPMS/x86_64/, e.g. build-dir-8/RPMS/x86_64/.

For CentOS 7, replace the 8 in the examples above with a 7.

Without Docker

You must be running an RPM-based distro (CentOS 8, 7 or equivalent RHEL is highly recommended) for this to work.

# add sudo if required by the local Docker installation
make

and see RPMS/x86_64/. Note that all artifacts created this way may be owned by root due to the use of sudo.

Patched Files

The patches applied affect the following files:

• erts/etc/common/Makefile.in
• erts/etc/unix/Install.src
• erts/preloaded/src/Makefile
• lib/asn1/c_src/Makefile
• lib/asn1/src/Makefile
• lib/compiler/src/Makefile
• lib/crypto/c_src/crypto.c
• lib/crypto/c_src/Makefile.in
• lib/crypto/src/Makefile
• lib/crypto/priv/Makefile
• lib/debugger/src/Makefile
• lib/edoc/src/Makefile
• lib/erl_docgen/src/Makefile
• lib/erl_interface/src/Makefile.in
• lib/hipe/cerl/Makefile
• lib/hipe/flow/Makefile
• lib/hipe/icode/Makefile
• lib/hipe/main/Makefile
• lib/hipe/misc/Makefile
• lib/hipe/rtl/Makefile
• lib/hipe/util/Makefile
• lib/inets/src/http_client/Makefile
• lib/inets/src/http_lib/Makefile
• lib/inets/src/http_server/Makefile
• lib/inets/src/inets_app/Makefile
• lib/kernel/src/Makefile
• lib/mnesia/src/Makefile
• lib/os_mon/c_src/Makefile.in
• lib/os_mon/src/Makefile
• lib/parsetools/src/Makefile
• lib/public_key/src/Makefile
• lib/reltool/src/Makefile
• lib/runtime_tools/src/Makefile
• lib/sasl/src/Makefile
• lib/snmp/src/agent/Makefile
• lib/snmp/src/app/Makefile
• lib/snmp/src/compile/Makefile
• lib/snmp/src/manager/Makefile
• lib/snmp/src/misc/Makefile
• lib/ssl/src/Makefile
• lib/stdlib/src/Makefile
• lib/syntax_tools/src/Makefile
• lib/tools/c_src/Makefile.in
• lib/tools/src/Makefile
• lib/xmerl/src/Makefile

Older Versions

The directory versions contains the patch files used for the older versions. Git repository history can be useful as well.

Copyright and License

Copyright VMware, Inc and its affiliates, 2011-2020. All Rights Reserved.

Released under the Apache Software License 2.0, same as Erlang/OTP starting with 18.0.