So I just installed the latest version of rabbitmq and I\'ve been trying to get it to work. The server is running and I\'ve restarted it once just to be sure it\'s a consist
Telnet lets you confirm the system is listening and allows incoming connections. But even an "out of the box" install of RabbitMQ expects credentials for connections.
rabbitmqctl list_users
to see which users are configured.
If guest present, typical creds are guest / guest
Either install management plugin (or confirm it is installed), or script your test, most languages have a package available for connecting to RabbitMQ.