RabbitMQ Helper Release Notes

Enhanced user experience during installation, including the ability to install RabbitMQ to a custom directory.

Added a PowerShell command to check the expiration date on certificates.

Restricted access to RabbitMQ Management to the system where it is installed. This reduces the risk of unauthorized access and potential security breaches.

Migrated RabbitMQ Helper from .NET 6 to .NET 8.

Pipeline vulnerabilities fixed.

Erlang updated to version 27.1.2.

RabbitMQ updated to version 4.0.3.

The usability of the user interface has been improved to facilitate the upgrade process.

Helper has been updated to RabbitMQ v4.0.2.

The creation of an admin user has become mandatory during the installation process when using the RabbitMQ Helper.

The RabbitMQ Helper Installer has been updated to create a desktop shortcut during installation.

Fixed update commands for offline upgrading.

Removed the 'New-RabbitMqClusterPolicy' and 'Set-MinMasterToClusterPolicy' commands due to the deprecation of Classic Mirroring Queues in RabbitMQ v4.

Upgraded RabbitMQ Helper to utilize UI-guided installation.

Provided the ability to control log size and rotation.

RabbitMQ Helper now supports Erlang v26.2.5 and RabbitMQ v3.13.2.

TLS support for version 1.3 has been added. Support for TLS version 1.1 has been removed as it was deprecated.

Fixed vulnerabilities for Regular Expression Injection.

Starting from this version, 'Get-ErlangInstaller', and 'Get-RabbitMqInstaller' cmdlets will be used only for the installers downloading.

Optimized the offline installation process.

Admin creation became optional in the Install Connector.

The feature flags prompt was removed from the installation. All flags are enabled by default from RabbitMQ v3.12 and above.

Process extension in 'Install-Connector' and 'Install-ConnectorWithSSCred' installation commands, now incorporating the creation of a RabbitMQ Administration User upon completion of the installation process.

Fixed Update commands for Offline upgradation.

Updated Helper to Erlang v26.2.1.

Updated Helper to RabbitMQ v3.12.12.

Upgraded RabbitMQ to v3.12.8 and Erlang v26.1.2.

Fixed 'New-RabbitMqClusterPolicy' command to default to 'ha-mode: all' and let user customize the policy on creation.

Fixed Installation commands for 'Installer Not Found' Error.

Fixed Get Installer commands to support Offline Installation.

Upgraded the new-rabbitmquser command to enable administrative access.

Upgraded the assert-RabbitMqConnectivity command by adding credential parameter to allow passing of credential objects to the command.

Significantly improved download timings for installation commands.

Added support for offline upgrade with Update commands for Erlang and RabbitMQ.

Added command Update-Erlang to manually upgrade to newer version of Erlang.

Added command Update-Connector to manually upgrade to newer versions of Erlang and RabbitMq without data loss.

UpdatedRabbitMQ Helper to install the latest stable versions of Erlang and RabbitMQ.

Added command 'Convert-CaCertChainToPem' for conversion of chain of certificates to PEM.

Added command 'Test-RabbitMqPort' to check whether RabbitMQ Port is open or not.

Added command ‘Install-ConnectorWithSSCred’ to Install RabbitMQ with Basic User by fetching credentials Secret Server.

Now ‘Install-Connector’ command will not create an Admin User.

Added ‘Set-RabbitMqUserAdmin’ command to set Basic User as Admin.

Made OpenSSL an optional prerequisite (for example, it is not needed for a successful Helper Installation).

ErLang and RabbitMQ installation now use Delinea Marketplace links for download.

The default admin user of RabbitMQ (named as ‘guest’) is removed. The User will set the admin by providing the credentials during the installation.

Made links in prerequisites popups clickable during the RabbitMQ Helper Installation.

Upgraded to the most recent versions of .NET Core.

Upgraded from PowerShell 5 to PowerShell 7.

Integrated OpenSSL commands with RabbitMQ Helper Installer to convert CNG and/or ECC key certificates to PEM file format which will help in the conversion through the RabbitMQ Helper itself.

In this release onwards, RabbitMQ Helper will not set the min-master policy by default. * Added command to set min-master definition to the existing cluster policy.

Added command to enable feature flags for Direct Exchanges.

'Set-RabbitMqBalancedClusterPolicy' had the wrong naming convention. It was renamed to 'New-RabbitMqClusterPolicy'.

Removed Federation Support from RabbitMQ Helper.

RabbitMQ 3.9.5 version updated to 3.11.2.

ErLang 24.0 version updated to 25.1.2.