# Getting rabbitmq connection error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-rabbitmq-connection-error/382517>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 8, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-rabbitmq-connection-error/382517 "2025-10-08T05:56:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![upreddy253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d9b06d/32.png) [@upreddy253](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/upreddy253)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-rabbitmq-connection-error/382517/1 "2025-10-08T05:56:21Z")

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Hi,

We are using logstash version 9.1.2 and we are trying to connect with rabbitmq server using rabbitmq logstash input plugin but we are getting below error in logstash.

[ERROR] 2025-10-07 06:20:57.286 [[prabbitmq]\<rabbitmq] rabbitmq - RabbitMQ connection error, will retry {:exception=\>MarchHare::ConnectionRefused, :message=\>"Connection timed out. Target host list: rabbit-mq-nonprod:3456, target virtual host: /, username: abc", :cause=\>#\<Java::JavaUtilConcurrent::TimeoutException: \>}

I have tested telnet from logstash to rabbitmq server connection is showing established.

here i am sharing logstash config.

input  
{  
rabbitmq {  
host =\> "rabbit-mq-nonprod"  
port =\> 3456  
user =\> "abc”

vhost =\> "/"  
password =\> "mypassword"  
queue =\> "insuran-note-xyz-queue"  
ssl =\> true  
codec =\> json {}  
}  
}  
output  
{  
file{ path=\>"/usr/share/test/rabbitmq.log"}

}

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**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-rabbitmq-connection-error/382517/2 "2025-10-08T10:05:06Z")

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How is this different from your other thread asking same?