Deploy RabbitMQ on Google Cloud C4A (Arm-based Axion VMs)
Introduction
Learn about RabbitMQ and Google Axion C4A
Create a firewall rule on GCP
Create a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine on GCP
Install RabbitMQ
Validate RabbitMQ installation
RabbitMQ use case 1: event processing with Python workers
RabbitMQ use case 2: WhatsApp notification
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About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Introductory
Reading time:  30 min
Last updated:  09 Jan 2026
Skill level:
  Introductory
Reading time:
  30 min
Last updated:
  09 Jan 2026
Author:Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Containers and Virtualization Google Cloud Linux RabbitMQ Erlang Python pika
Author:
  • Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Containers and Virtualization Google Cloud Linux RabbitMQ Erlang Python pika

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for software engineers and platform engineers migrating messaging and event-driven workloads from x86_64 to Arm-based servers, specifically on Google Cloud C4A virtual machines powered by Axion processors.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Provision an Arm-based SUSE SLES virtual machine on Google Cloud (C4A with Axion processors)
  • Install and configure RabbitMQ on a SUSE Arm64 (C4A) instance
  • Validate RabbitMQ deployment using baseline messaging tests
  • Implement real-world RabbitMQ use cases such as event-driven processing and notification pipelines

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

  • A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account with billing enabled
  • Basic understanding of message queues and messaging concepts (publishers, consumers)
  • Familiarity with Linux command-line operations
  • Basic knowledge of Python for the use case examples
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