---
title: RabbitMQ fields
description: RabbitMQ module connection exchange node queue shovel 
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-rabbitmq
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# RabbitMQ fields
RabbitMQ module

## rabbitmq

<definitions>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.vhost">
    Virtual host name with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
</definitions>


## connection

connection
<definitions>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.name">
    The name of the connection with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.vhost">
    Virtual host name with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.vhost
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.user">
    User name.
    type: alias
    alias to: user.name
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.node">
    Node name.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.node.name
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.state">
    Connection state.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.channels">
    The number of channels on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.channel_max">
    The maximum number of channels allowed on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.frame_max">
    Maximum permissible size of a frame (in bytes) to negotiate with clients.
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.type">
    Type of the connection.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.host">
    Server hostname obtained via reverse DNS, or its IP address if reverse DNS failed or was disabled.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.peer.host">
    Peer hostname obtained via reverse DNS, or its IP address if reverse DNS failed or was not enabled.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.port">
    Server port.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.peer.port">
    Peer port.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.packet_count.sent">
    Number of packets sent on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.packet_count.received">
    Number of packets received on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.packet_count.pending">
    Number of packets pending on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.octet_count.sent">
    Number of octets sent on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.octet_count.received">
    Number of octets received on the connection.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.connection.client_provided.name">
    User specified connection name.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
</definitions>


## exchange

exchange
<definitions>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.name">
    The name of the queue with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.vhost">
    Virtual host name with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.vhost
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.durable">
    Whether or not the queue survives server restarts.
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.auto_delete">
    Whether the queue will be deleted automatically when no longer used.
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.internal">
    Whether the exchange is internal, i.e. cannot be directly published to by a client.
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.user">
    User who created the exchange.
    type: alias
    alias to: user.name
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_in.count">
    Count of messages published "in" to an exchange, i.e. not taking account of routing.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_in.details.rate">
    How much the exchange publish-in count has changed per second in the most recent sampling interval.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_out.count">
    Count of messages published "out" of an exchange, i.e. taking account of routing.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.exchange.messages.publish_out.details.rate">
    How much the exchange publish-out count has changed per second in the most recent sampling interval.
    type: float
  </definition>
</definitions>


## node

node
<definitions>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.disk.free.bytes">
    Disk free space in bytes.
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.disk.free.limit.bytes">
    Point at which the disk alarm will go off.
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.fd.total">
    File descriptors available.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.fd.used">
    Used file descriptors.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.gc.num.count">
    Number of GC operations.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.gc.reclaimed.bytes">
    GC bytes reclaimed.
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.file_handle.open_attempt.avg.ms">
    File handle open avg time
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.file_handle.open_attempt.count">
    File handle open attempts
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.read.avg.ms">
    File handle read avg time
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.read.bytes">
    Data read in bytes
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.read.count">
    Data read operations
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.reopen.count">
    Data reopen operations
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.seek.avg.ms">
    Data seek avg time
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.seek.count">
    Data seek operations
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.sync.avg.ms">
    Data sync avg time
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.sync.count">
    Data sync operations
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.write.avg.ms">
    Data write avg time
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.write.bytes">
    Data write in bytes
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.io.write.count">
    Data write operations
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.mem.limit.bytes">
    Point at which the memory alarm will go off.
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.mem.used.bytes">
    Memory used in bytes.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.mnesia.disk.tx.count">
    Number of Mnesia transactions which have been performed that required writes to disk.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.mnesia.ram.tx.count">
    Number of Mnesia transactions which have been performed that did not require writes to disk.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.msg.store_read.count">
    Number of messages which have been read from the message store.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.msg.store_write.count">
    Number of messages which have been written to the message store.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.name">
    Node name
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.proc.total">
    Maximum number of Erlang processes.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.proc.used">
    Number of Erlang processes in use.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.processors">
    Number of cores detected and usable by Erlang.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.queue.index.journal_write.count">
    Number of records written to the queue index journal.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.queue.index.read.count">
    Number of records read from the queue index.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.queue.index.write.count">
    Number of records written to the queue index.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.run.queue">
    Average number of Erlang processes waiting to run.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.socket.total">
    File descriptors available for use as sockets.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.socket.used">
    File descriptors used as sockets.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.type">
    Node type.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.node.uptime">
    Node uptime.
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>


## queue

queue
<definitions>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.name">
    The name of the queue with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.vhost">
    Virtual host name with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.vhost
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.durable">
    Whether or not the queue survives server restarts.
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.auto_delete">
    Whether the queue will be deleted automatically when no longer used.
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.exclusive">
    Whether the queue is exclusive (i.e. has owner_pid).
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.node">
    Node name.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.node.name
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.state">
    The state of the queue. Normally 'running', but may be "{syncing, MsgCount}" if the queue is synchronising. Queues which are located on cluster nodes that are currently down will be shown with a status of 'down'.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.arguments.max_priority">
    Maximum number of priority levels for the queue to support.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.consumers.count">
    Number of consumers.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.consumers.utilisation.pct">
    Fraction of the time (between 0.0 and 1.0) that the queue is able to immediately deliver messages to consumers. This can be less than 1.0 if consumers are limited by network congestion or prefetch count.
    type: scaled_float
    format: percent
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.total.count">
    Sum of ready and unacknowledged messages (queue depth).
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.total.details.rate">
    How much the queue depth has changed per second in the most recent sampling interval.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.ready.count">
    Number of messages ready to be delivered to clients.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.ready.details.rate">
    How much the count of messages ready has changed per second in the most recent sampling interval.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.unacknowledged.count">
    Number of messages delivered to clients but not yet acknowledged.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.unacknowledged.details.rate">
    How much the count of unacknowledged messages has changed per second in the most recent sampling interval.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.messages.persistent.count">
    Total number of persistent messages in the queue (will always be 0 for transient queues).
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.memory.bytes">
    Bytes of memory consumed by the Erlang process associated with the queue, including stack, heap and internal structures.
    type: long
    format: bytes
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.disk.reads.count">
    Total number of times messages have been read from disk by this queue since it started.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.queue.disk.writes.count">
    Total number of times messages have been written to disk by this queue since it started.
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>


## shovel

<applies-to>
  - Elastic Stack: Beta
</applies-to>

shovel
<definitions>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.shovel.name">
    The name of the shovel with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.shovel.vhost">
    Virtual host name with non-ASCII characters escaped as in C.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.vhost
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.shovel.node">
    Node name.
    type: alias
    alias to: rabbitmq.node.name
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.shovel.state">
    The state of the shovel. Normally 'running', but could be 'starting' or 'terminated'.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="rabbitmq.shovel.type">
    The type of the shovel. Either 'static' or 'dynamic'.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
</definitions>