AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol) er den standardmeddelelseprotokol, som RabbitMQ primært implementerer — den definerer, hvordan meddelelser formateres og udveksles mellem klienter og broker'en. At forstå AMQP præciserer den protokol, der ligger til grund for RabbitMQ.
Hvad AMQP er
AMQP = a standardized, open PROTOCOL for message-oriented middleware:
→ defines the format of messages and the rules for exchanging them (between clients and
brokers)
→ an open standard → interoperability (different clients/brokers can communicate)
→ RabbitMQ's primary protocol (AMQP 0-9-1) → the model of exchanges, queues, bindings is
AMQP's model
→ AMQP is the protocol; RabbitMQ is a broker that implements it
