# @title Ruby AMQP gem: RabbitMQ versions compatibility

h1. Ruby amqp gem and RabbitMQ versions compatibility

h2. About this guide

This guide covers compatibility of the "Ruby amqp gem":http://github.com/ruby-amqp/amqp with various versions of "RabbitMQ":http://rabbitmq.com messaging broker.



h2. Covered versions

This guide covers "Ruby amqp gem":http://github.com/ruby-amqp/amqp v0.6.0 and later.



h2. Using recent versions on Debian and Ubuntu

Ubuntu (even 10.10) and Debian both "ship with old RabbitMQ version":http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/rabbitmq-server,
that only supports AMQP protocol 0.8. Ruby amqp gem 0.8.0 and later *will not work with RabbitMQ versions before 2.0.0*.

We strongly recommend that you use "RabbitMQ apt repository":http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian.html#apt that has recent versions of RabbitMQ.



h2. TLS (SSL) support

Note that "before 1.7.0, RabbitMQ did not support TLS":http://www.rabbitmq.com/ssl.html. In order to have TLS
support, RabbitMQ 1.7.0 requires

 * Erlang/OTP R13B or later
 * Erlang SSL 3.10 or later

and recommends using Erlang R141B that ships with Erlang SSL 4.0.1.



h2. Tell us what you think!

Please take a moment and tell us what you think about this guide on "Ruby AMQP mailing list":http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-amqp:
what was unclear? what wasn't covered? maybe you don't like guide style or grammar and spelling are incorrect? Readers feedback is
key to making documentation better.

If mailing list communication is not an option for you for some reason, you can "contact guides author directly":mailto:michael@novemberain.com?subject=amqp%20gem%20documentation


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