RabbitMQ: Handling the CLIENT ALERT: Fatal - Handshake Failure error with Elixir

This documentation is part of the Getting Started guide. You can view the complete guide here: How to use Stackhero for RabbitMQ.

If you are connecting from Elixir and see the error message

CLIENT ALERT: Fatal - Handshake Failure

this usually indicates a bug in the AMQP library's support for TLS 1.3. A reliable workaround is to force the use of TLS 1.2 by adding this option when opening the connection:

AMQP.Connection.open("amqps://admin:<PASSWORD>@<XXXXXX>.stackhero-network.com:<AMQP_PORT_TLS>", :undefined, ssl_options: [ versions: [ :"tlsv1.2" ] ])

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: Getting Started
    How to use Stackhero for RabbitMQ
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  3. Using GoLang to connect to RabbitMQ
  4. Using PHP to connect to RabbitMQ
  5. Using PHP/Symfony to connect to RabbitMQ
  6. Using Spring Boot to connect to RabbitMQ
  7. Using .NET and MassTransit to connect to RabbitMQ
  8. Handling the Error: Socket closed abruptly during opening handshake error with Node.js

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