Osnovni koncepti RabbitMQ vključujejo proizvajalce (pošiljajo sporočila), izmenjave (usmerjajo sporočila), vrste čakanja (hranijo sporočila), vezave (pravila, ki povezujejo izmenjave s vrstami čakanja), in porabnike (prejemajo sporočila). Razumevanje pretoka sporočil skozi njih je temeljno.
Osnovne komponente
PRODUCER → sends messages (to an EXCHANGE, not directly to a queue)
EXCHANGE → receives messages and ROUTES them to queues (based on rules/type)
QUEUE → holds messages until consumed (a buffer; FIFO-ish)
BINDING → a rule linking an exchange to a queue (how/when to route there)
CONSUMER → receives and processes messages from a queue
→ producer → exchange → (binding rules) → queue(s) → consumer
