Installing RabbitMQ Offline without TLS PowerShell

An offline RabbitMQ installation is helpful when you are trying to install RabbitMQ on a system without internet access and cannot download any installers directly.

To perform an offline installation without TLS for the version 10.5.0.0 and higher

1. Download the Erlang and RabbitMQ Installers on a computer with internet access using the installation links provided in the Installing RabbitMQ with RabbitMQ Helper section.

   Make sure to verify the compatibility matrix before downloading the installer.

2. Copy the downloaded installers (for Erlang and RabbitMQ) and RabbitMQ-Helper Installer to the target (offline) host computer.

3. Install the RabbitMQ-Helper on the host computer that does not have internet access.

4. Conduct the desired offline installation on the target host by running the commands provided below.

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   #Get the values from your Secret Server Site Connector page for the following:
   $username = "<SITE CONNECTOR USERNAME FROM SECRET SERVER>"
   $password = "<SITE CONNECTOR PASSWORD FROM SECRET SERVER>"

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   #Create a PSCredential object to use for the installation
   $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force))

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   # Insert RabbitMQ Admin User Credentials
   $adminUsername = "<User-defined RabbitMQ admin Username>"
   $adminPassword = "<User-defined RabbitMQ admin Password>"

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   # Create a PSCredential object to use for the installation
   $adminCredential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($adminUsername, (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $adminPassword -AsPlainText -Force))

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   Install-Connector `
   -Credential $credential `
   -AdminCredential $adminCredential `
   -OfflineErlangInstallerPath "<erlang-installer-with-complete-path>" `
   -OfflineRabbitMqInstallerPath "<rabbitmq-installer-with-complete-path>" `
   -Verbose;

To perform an offline installation without TLS for the version 10.4.2.0 and lower:

1. Download the Erlang and RabbitMQ Helper on a computer with internet access. For details about the installation process, see Installing RabbitMQ with RabbitMQ Helper.

   Make sure to verify the compatibility matrix before downloading the installer.

2. Copy the downloaded installers (Erlang and RabbitMQ) and RabbitMQ Helper Installer to the target (offline) host computer.

3. Install the RabbitMQ Helper on the host computer that does not have internet access.

4. Run the scripts listed below on the host computer where RabbitMQ Helper is installed.

   These scripts are a necessary preliminary step for the RabbitMQ installation command, as they prepare the Helper for offline installation.

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   Get-ErlangInstaller ` -PrepareForOfflineInstall ` -OfflineErlangInstallerPath "<erlang-installer-with-complete-path>" ` -Verbose;
   #Use the -Force switch to force download even if the files exist on the system

   
   
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   Get-RabbitMqInstaller ` -PrepareForOfflineInstall ` -OfflineRabbitMqInstallerPath "<rabbitmq-installer-with-complete-path>" ` -Verbose;
   #Use the -Force switch to force download even if the files exist on the system

   5. Conduct the desired offline installation on the target host by running the installation scripts provided below.

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   # Get the values from your Secret Server Site Connector page for the following:
   $username = "<SITE CONNECTOR USERNAME FROM SECRET SERVER>" 
   $password = "<SITE CONNECTOR PASSWORD FROM SECRET SERVER>"

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   # Create a PSCredential object to use for the installation  
   $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force))

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   # Insert RabbitMQ Admin User Credentials 
   $adminUsername = "<User-defined RabbitMQ admin Username>"  
   $adminPassword = "<User-defined RabbitMQ admin Password>"

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   # Create a PSCredential object to use for the installation
   $adminCredential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($adminUsername, (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $adminPassword -AsPlainText -Force)) 

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   # Offline Installation Without TLS 
   Install-Connector `
       -Credential $credential `
       -AdminCredential $adminCredential `
       -OfflineErlangInstallerPath "<erlang-installer-with-complete-path>" `
       -OfflineRabbitMqInstallerPath "<rabbitmq-installer-with-complete-path>" ` 
       -Verbose;

   There are more switches for this Install-Connector cmdlet. For more information, run get-help install-connector when inside the RabbitMQ Helper.