Most recent blog posts

Connection alarms

We are happy to announce that we have implemented one of your most requested features. It is now possible to set an alarm to trigger when the number of connection reaches over a certain threshold. The alarms can be activated from the Alarms tab from the CloudAMQP Console.

RabbitMQ: How to handle and avoid high CPU or Memory usage

Out of memory and high CPU usage are common reasons for unresponsive RabbitMQ servers. Find out how to solve it!.

RabbitMQ 3.6

RabbitMQ 3.6 is released! From this point, all new created clusters will be running RabbitMQ 3.6. Already running dedicated clusters can be upgraded from our console page.

One, two or three nodes in CloudAMQP

The different setup options between one, two and three nodes in CloudAMQP. Find out how to maximize consistency, performance and availability for your specific application.

Why a database is not always the right tool for a queue based system

When is the right time to use a message queue and why is a database not always the right tool for a queue based system?

New high performance plan - Loud Lion

We are happy to announce a new high performance plan for the public, Loud Lion! This is a plan that allow a very high message rate.

Receive CloudAMQP alarms via webhooks

You can activate alarms to be triggered when part of the system is heavily used, when there is lot of messages in a queue or few consumers consuming from a queue.

Handle RabbitMQ plugins from the Control Panel

Common plugins can now be enabled and disabled from the control panel for your dedicated instances. To enable/disable a plugin, simply enter the details view of the instance and press the plugin tab. You will see a list of the most common used plugins.

American Express credit cards now supported

Finally! We are happy to announce that we now supports American Express (AMEX) corporate credit cards. From now on we support Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, JCB and Diners Club. You can also use a PayPal account and for larger accounts we offer invoicing.

CloudAMQP API

An Instance API which allows you to list, create, update and delete CloudAMQP instances programmatically is now available. You can find your API key and futher API documentation under the API tab from the control panel.