Amazon MQ now supports certificate based authentication with mutual TLS for RabbitMQ brokers
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This article announces certificate-based authentication support for Amazon MQ RabbitMQ brokers using mutual TLS.
- RabbitMQ brokers can now authenticate using X.509 client certificates with mTLS
- Requires RabbitMQ version 4.2 and above on M7g instance types
- Configure auth_mechanism_ssl plugin via the broker configuration file
- Available in all regions where Amazon MQ RabbitMQ 4 is supported
- Enable through AWS Management Console, CLI, or SDKs
Amazon MQ now provides certificate-based authentication for enhanced security in RabbitMQ deployments.
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