Learning RabbitMQ

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed the various aspects of security related to RabbitMQ and the types of vulnerabilities that can come up in practice and how to mitigate them. We covered the SASL mechanism provided by RabbitMQ for the purpose of authentication and extended further on this concept by providing an integration of the authentication backend with the OpenLDAP server. Additionally, we discussed how to store and manage permissions in LDAP and provide secure communication with the message broker, management console, and cluster nodes. In the end, we covered several guidelines in establishing a successful penetration testing strategy to verify that the message broker meets the minimum level of security as required by the policy of your ...