Guides
One Subject, End to End
Each guide takes a decision from first question to signed order and points to the detailed article at every step.
- 58 Guides
- RabbitMQ
- Kafka
- Redis
- IBM MQ
- ActiveMQ
- Databricks
- Managed Services
- Database
- Search
- VMware
- Cross-Tech
- Support
- RabbitMQ13 min read
RabbitMQ Production Readiness Checklist: 27 Checks Before You Deploy
27 checks to run before you deploy RabbitMQ to production: topology, alarms, access, recovery, clients and monitoring, each with the reason it matters.9 steps19 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ12 min read
RabbitMQ Troubleshooting Decision Tree
Find the RabbitMQ symptom, run the first check, follow the branch that matches: backlogs, alarms, partitions, nodes, connections, federation, routing, Kubernetes.12 steps12 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ10 min read
RabbitMQ Alert Rules Pack: 12 Prometheus Alert Rules to Monitor RabbitMQ Queues and Nodes
Twelve Prometheus alerting rules for RabbitMQ 4.x with verified metric names, thresholds to adapt, Alertmanager routing and the reason each rule fires.9 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ11 min read
RabbitMQ on Kubernetes (K8s) Troubleshooting Checklist: Broker or Platform?
Is it the broker or the platform? A triage checklist for RabbitMQ on Kubernetes: pod events, operator status, storage, DNS, security context and stuck pods.8 steps12 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ12 min read
RabbitMQ Federation vs Shovel Operating Runbook: Plugin Setup, Links and States
Operating checklist for RabbitMQ federation vs shovel: which to use, shovel src-uri and dest-uri setup, link states, Amazon MQ limits and 2026 advisories.10 steps8 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ9 min read
RabbitMQ Erlang Version Compatibility: Version, Erlang and Patch-Owner Matrix
RabbitMQ Erlang version compatibility for 3.8 to 4.4: Erlang range per series, last public patch, support end dates and who still patches each one.10 steps11 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ11 min read
RabbitMQ 3.x to 4.x Upgrade Runbook
Ordered RabbitMQ 3.x to 4.4 upgrade runbook: supported hops, Erlang steps, go/no-go gates, the per-node sequence and a rollback table for each stage.8 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ8 min read
RabbitMQ Queue Type Decision Worksheet
Worksheet to pick classic, quorum or stream per RabbitMQ workload, with the 4.4 feature matrix and what breaks when you migrate a queue between types.6 steps8 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ14 min read
Migrate to RabbitMQ: Migration Checklist and Intake Worksheet for IBM MQ, ActiveMQ and TIBCO EMS
A pre-migration checklist for moving IBM MQ, ActiveMQ or TIBCO EMS to RabbitMQ: the questions that scope it, plus a phase-by-phase checklist.12 steps19 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ11 min read
RabbitMQ cluster sizing calculator for quorum queues and streams
Size a RabbitMQ 4.x cluster per node: RAM, disk, cores and network from message rate, size and backlog. Every rule is shown and traced to the RabbitMQ docs.10 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ6 min read
RabbitMQ licensing path finder: open source or commercial support
Find your RabbitMQ licensing route: open-source support, standard licensing, below the 72-core minimum or extended support. No prices; dates from rabbitmq.com.7 steps14 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ8 min read
Message Broker Production Readiness Checklist: RabbitMQ, Kafka and Redis Quick Check
A ten-minute production readiness checklist for message brokers: six shared questions for RabbitMQ, Kafka and Redis, with what a yes means on each.9 steps16 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide
- RabbitMQ8 min read
RabbitMQ CVE Lookup by Version: Enter Your Version, See Which Vulnerabilities Apply
Enter your RabbitMQ or Java client version and see every published security advisory that lists it, its severity, and the version that fixes each one.8 steps6 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ10 min read
RabbitMQ Environment Documentation Template: the One-Sheet
A fill-in template to document a RabbitMQ environment so the next engineer can run it: versions, Khepri, config files, clients and flows, with a command per field.13 steps4 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ12 min read
RabbitMQ support readiness self-assessment
Score your RabbitMQ estate on 24 questions before you buy support. Three score bands show whether you need support, a health check or a fix first.10 steps15 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ9 min read
RabbitMQ Training Curriculum: Workshop Modules, Prerequisites and Labs
The syllabus behind AceMQ's RabbitMQ training: each module, who it is for, what you need beforehand, what attendees can do afterwards and the hands-on exercise.8 steps9 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ7 min read
The AceMQ RabbitMQ Support Knowledge Base: What It Covers and How It Is Used
What the AceMQ RabbitMQ support knowledge base covers, how engineers use it during an incident, what it does not replace, and the free public equivalents.7 steps17 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ11 min read
RabbitMQ outage runbook
A RabbitMQ 4.x outage runbook with exact rabbitmqctl and rabbitmq-diagnostics commands for disk and memory alarms, partitions, quorum loss and queue backlogs.9 steps6 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ6 min read
The RabbitMQ Performance Tuning Guide
RabbitMQ performance tuning in order: measure first, hardware floor, memory watermark, disk and file limits, connections, prefetch, queue type, network.10 steps8 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ8 min read
The RabbitMQ Reliability Guide: Ten Failure Patterns and Their Fixes
The ten ways production RabbitMQ fails, from network partitions and wrong queue types to unacked messages and connection churn: symptom, cause, and fix.11 steps16 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ4 min read
The RabbitMQ Disaster Recovery Guide
RabbitMQ disaster recovery in sequence: what HA does not cover, sizing for failure, federation vs shovel, definitions backup, RPO, and the failover test.7 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ4 min read
The RabbitMQ Clustering and Sizing Guide
Design a production RabbitMQ cluster: node count and placement, queue type per workload, sizing memory, disk and CPU to peak, partition handling, policies.7 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ5 min read
The RabbitMQ on Kubernetes Guide
RabbitMQ on Kubernetes in sequence: Cluster Operator, storage classes, network policy, resource limits, monitoring, upgrades that keep quorum, EKS/AKS/GKE.8 steps14 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ4 min read
The RabbitMQ Migration Guide, 2026
Every RabbitMQ migration in one sequence: readiness inventory, mapping from IBM MQ, Kafka or Azure Service Bus, classic to quorum, zero-downtime cutover.7 steps14 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide
- RabbitMQ6 min read
The RabbitMQ Security and Hardening Guide
Harden production RabbitMQ in nine steps: TLS everywhere, no guest account, real permissions, vhost isolation, closed ports, CVE patching, audit evidence.9 steps16 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ5 min read
The RabbitMQ Monitoring and Alerting Guide
What to monitor on production RabbitMQ and what to alert on: Prometheus plugin, queue depth as a rate, unacked messages, memory and disk alarms, quorum.9 steps16 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ10 min read
RabbitMQ for AI Agents: Patterns, Setup and Pitfalls
Run AI agents on RabbitMQ: work queues for LLM calls, quorum queues, dead-lettering for poison prompts, tool calls over RPC, streams, and the pitfalls.10 steps12 articles linkedUpdated October 10, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ8 min read
Celery and RabbitMQ for LLM Task Queues
Run LLM, embedding and RAG jobs on Celery with RabbitMQ: late acks, prefetch, consumer timeouts, quorum queues, retries with backoff, chords and routing.13 steps6 articles linkedUpdated October 10, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ8 min read
Agent-to-Agent Messaging over AMQP and RabbitMQ
Carrying Agent2Agent (A2A) tasks over AMQP on RabbitMQ: what the A2A spec defines, a topology pattern, security, and how Solace and Kafka approaches compare.9 steps6 articles linkedUpdated October 10, 2026Read the guide - RabbitMQ7 min read
The RabbitMQ Streams Guide
RabbitMQ streams in sequence: when to use one over a quorum queue, retention, offsets, super streams, replicas, and what a confirm guarantees.9 steps9 articles linkedUpdated October 4, 2026Read the guide - Kafka11 min read
Kafka Migration Guide: ZooKeeper to KRaft Step by Step, 2026
ZooKeeper to KRaft migration step by step, with configs, rollback by phase and the 4.x upgrade, plus platform moves, MirrorMaker 2 and a lossless cutover.7 steps11 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - Kafka11 min read
Kafka Production Readiness Checklist: 30 Checks Before Go-Live
30 pass-or-fail checks before Kafka goes live: replication, min.insync.replicas, partitions, OS limits, clients, security and alerts, with Apache Kafka 4.4 defaults.8 steps15 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - Kafka10 min read
Kafka Performance Tuning Guide, 2026: Optimize Producers, Brokers and Consumers
How to tune Kafka in order: measure, producer batching and compression, partitions and keys, broker and disk capacity maths, consumer lag, with 4.4 defaults.7 steps12 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - Kafka5 min read
The Kafka Operations Guide
Running Kafka in production, in the order decisions arrive: KRaft and 4.0, partitions, consumer lag, rebalances, producer timeouts, retention, security.10 steps14 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - Kafka4 min read
The Kafka Buyer's Guide, 2026
How to buy Apache Kafka support: what a contract covers, open source vs Confluent Platform, vendor vs independent, what it costs, and how to read the SLA.6 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - Kafka8 min read
Kafka for AI Agents Without Confluent Cloud
AI agents on open-source Kafka, MSK or Aiven: CDC for RAG, stream processing for embeddings, MCP servers, agent patterns, and replacing Streaming Agents.9 steps11 articles linkedUpdated October 10, 2026Read the guide
- Kafka5 min read
The Kafka Monitoring and Alerting Guide
Which Kafka metrics to collect and which to page on: under-replicated partitions, controller count, request handler idle, consumer lag as a rate, latency.7 steps7 articles linkedUpdated September 14, 2026Read the guide - Redis11 min read
Redis Production Readiness Checklist 2026: 30 Checks
30 checks to run before Redis or Valkey goes live: memory, persistence, backups, failover, security, clients and operations. Each has a command and a pass test.8 steps13 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - Redis4 min read
The Redis Reliability Guide
Running Redis and Valkey in production: Sentinel or Cluster, memory sizing and eviction policy, why memory grows with flat keys, client timeouts, failover.7 steps12 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - Redis3 min read
Buying Redis and Valkey Support, 2026: The Guide
How to buy production support for Redis or Valkey: what a contract covers, Redis Enterprise vs open source, provider types, cost, 24/7 incident response.6 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - Redis7 min read
Redis licensing explained
Redis licensing by version: BSD to 7.2, RSALv2 or SSPLv1 from 7.4, AGPLv3 added in Redis 8, Valkey on BSD. What each means for SaaS, embedding and support.6 steps9 articles linkedUpdated October 26, 2026Read the guide - Redis8 min read
Redis memory and latency field guide
Redis latency and memory problems from production support: memory ceilings, fork spikes, burstable CPU, search-index growth, slow commands. Symptom, check, fix.8 steps9 articles linkedUpdated October 26, 2026Read the guide - Redis9 min read
Redis for AI: Vector Search, Agent Memory and MCP in Production
Redis for AI in production: vector index choice, memory sizing for embeddings, semantic caching, agent memory, the Redis MCP server, persistence and eviction.11 steps14 articles linkedUpdated October 10, 2026Read the guide - Redis5 min read
The Redis Backup and Disaster Recovery Guide
What actually protects Redis data: RDB snapshots versus AOF, choosing persistence from a real RPO rather than a default, why replication is not a backup, cross-region recovery, restore rehearsal, and what a managed provider does and does not cover.9 steps16 articles linkedUpdated September 10, 2026Read the guide - IBM MQ4 min read
The IBM MQ Modernization Guide, 2026
Modernize an IBM MQ estate in sequence: end-of-support dates by version, PVU and VPC licensing cost, keep or migrate at each date, how a migration runs.6 steps11 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - ActiveMQ7 min read
The ActiveMQ Modernization Guide, 2026
What to do with an ActiveMQ estate: Classic vs Artemis, whether Classic is being phased out, what Artemis changes, and when RabbitMQ is the better move.7 steps7 articles linkedUpdated November 1, 2026Read the guide - Databricks8 min read
The Hadoop to Databricks Migration Guide
Move a Hadoop or Cloudera estate to Databricks: inventory, component mapping, HDFS to Delta, Hive metastore to Unity Catalog, Oozie, Ranger and cutover.12 steps3 articles linkedUpdated October 14, 2026Read the guide - Managed Services9 min read
Managed Messaging in Your Own Cloud: Who Operates What
Managed messaging in your own cloud vs hosted vs DIY for RabbitMQ, Kafka and Redis: access model, networking, keys, patching, observability, cost and exit.10 steps6 articles linkedUpdated October 20, 2026Read the guide
- Database12 min read
SQL Server to PostgreSQL Migration: The Technical Guide
Migrate SQL Server to PostgreSQL: inventory, Babelfish Compass assessment, T-SQL and type differences, pgloader vs AWS DMS vs Debezium, validation and cutover.12 steps6 articles linkedUpdated October 31, 2026Read the guide - Database10 min read
MySQL to PostgreSQL Migration: The Technical Guide
Migrate MySQL to PostgreSQL: type and collation differences, pgloader vs AWS DMS vs Debezium CDC, validation, a cutover runbook and MySQL 8.0 EOL context.11 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - Search8 min read
Elasticsearch to OpenSearch Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide
Migrate Elasticsearch to OpenSearch: the path for each version (7.10, 7.17, 8.x), snapshots, reindex, Migration Assistant, clients, security and cutover.11 steps8 articles linkedUpdated October 15, 2026Read the guide - VMware9 min read
VMware renewal readiness worksheet: a license renewal checklist
A VMware renewal checklist to complete before you ask for a quote: cores per host, license entitlement, vSAN capacity, edition drivers, dates and approvers.8 steps13 articles linkedUpdated October 29, 2026Read the guide - VMware10 min read
VMware renewal RFQ template: what to send every partner
A copyable VMware renewal RFQ template: the 12 items to send every partner so quotes compare like for like, a plain-text version and a checklist for the replies.8 steps9 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - VMware6 min read
VMware renewal cost calculator, 2026
Estimate a VMware renewal: enter hosts, CPUs and cores, pick VVF or VCF and a term. Applies the 16-core and 72-core minimums to dated 2026 quote ranges.9 steps8 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - VMware10 min read
VMware Cloud Foundation 9 licensing guide
How VMware Cloud Foundation 9 is licensed: per-core subscription, 16-core CPU floor, 72-core order minimum, vSAN TiB per core and VCF 5 upgrade paths.7 steps10 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - VMware6 min read
The VMware Renewal Guide, 2026
The VMware renewal in nine steps: what Broadcom changed, whether to renew, who can quote you, counting cores, VCF or VVF, the term, reading the quote.12 steps35 articles linkedUpdated October 27, 2026Read the guide - Cross-Tech18 min read
PCI DSS 4.0.1 and HIPAA Compliance Checklist for Kafka and Redis
PCI DSS v4.0.1 and HIPAA Security Rule checklist for Kafka and Redis: 40 checks, each with its requirement number and the setting that supports it.13 steps7 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide - Support12 min read
Open-Source Support RFP Template and Scorecard (Request for Proposal Template)
A copyable open-source support RFP: nine weighted criteria, thirteen questions to send and a 0 to 5 scorecard for Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ and other providers.11 steps8 articles linkedUpdated October 28, 2026Read the guide
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The services behind guides
Every page on this shelf is written by the engineers who do the work. These are the engagements they come from.
RabbitMQ
24/7 RabbitMQ support
Response targets from 15 minutes, by plan, versions back to 3.8.x
Managed RabbitMQ services
We run the brokers, on your infrastructure or hosted
RabbitMQ consulting
Architecture, migration and remediation from senior engineers
RabbitMQ health check
Engineer-led assessment with a prioritised fix list
Extended LTS support for RabbitMQ 3.x
CVE backports for versions the community no longer patches
RabbitMQ commercial licensing
Tanzu RabbitMQ licences from an authorized Broadcom partner
RabbitMQ troubleshooting
Live incidents and recurring faults
RabbitMQ upgrades
3.x to 4.x, planned and executed in your window
RabbitMQ migrations
From IBM MQ, Kafka, cloud brokers or older RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ implementation and architecture
Cluster design, DR and go-live
RabbitMQ corporate training
Admin and developer courses taught by working engineers
Kafka
24/7 Kafka support
Self-managed, MSK or Confluent Platform
Managed Kafka services
We run the clusters, on your infrastructure or hosted
Debezium CDC support
Change data capture from Oracle, SQL Server and PostgreSQL
Debezium consulting
CDC design for Kafka Connect and Debezium Server
Event-driven architecture consulting
Broker choice, patterns and support after go-live
Kafka consulting
Partition strategy, sizing, security and migration
Data streaming platform services
Choose, build and run Kafka, Flink and Pulsar
RabbitMQ support
If the estate runs both brokers
Kubernetes and container services
Kafka on Kubernetes, operated with your team
Enterprise MQ support
One contract across Kafka, RabbitMQ and IBM MQ
Enterprise support plans
Response times by severity and what each covers
Enterprise MQ consulting
Multi-broker architecture and migration
Redis
24/7 Redis support
Open-source Redis, Redis Stack and Valkey
Managed Redis services
We run Redis and Valkey, on your infrastructure or hosted
Redis consulting
Latency, memory, replication and failover design
Event-driven architecture consulting
Broker choice, patterns and support after go-live
Valkey support
Production cover for the Linux Foundation fork
Valkey consulting and licensing
Tanzu Valkey from an authorized Broadcom partner
Enterprise support plans
Response times by severity and what each covers
Kubernetes and container services
Redis on Kubernetes, operated with your team
RabbitMQ support
If Redis and RabbitMQ run together
IBM MQ
IBM MQ consulting
RDQM, FIPS hardening, upgrades and migration
IBM MQ support
24/7 cover with response targets from 15 minutes, by plan
RabbitMQ migrations
The most common destination off IBM MQ
Enterprise MQ support
One contract across IBM MQ, RabbitMQ and Kafka
Enterprise MQ consulting
Multi-broker architecture and migration
ActiveMQ
Databricks
Databricks migration services
Hadoop, Cloudera, Snowflake and BigQuery to Databricks
Databricks cost optimization
DBU spend, cluster policies and Spark job tuning
Databricks health check
Engineer-led review of spend, governance, Delta tables and jobs
Spark health check
Executor sizing, shuffle, skew and cost reviewed from your logs
Data engineering consulting
Pipelines, streaming, orchestration and platform work
Databricks implementation
Workspace setup, Unity Catalog and security
Databricks support
Production support for Databricks workloads
Databricks consulting
Lakehouse architecture and delivery
dbt (data build tool) support and assessment
Licence position, run cost and v1 to v2 upgrade planning
Cloudera support and upgrade planning
Direct paths to 7.3.2 and a phased exit to an open lakehouse
Kafka support
If Kafka feeds the lakehouse
Managed Services
Managed RabbitMQ services
We run the brokers, on your infrastructure or hosted
Managed Kafka services
We run the clusters, on your infrastructure or hosted
Managed Redis services
We run Redis and Valkey, on your infrastructure or hosted
Managed Kubernetes services
We run the clusters, on your infrastructure or hosted
Managed SQL Server
On your infrastructure or ours
Managed Apache Airflow
On your infrastructure or ours
Managed Apache Spark
On your infrastructure or ours; cloud Spark services compared
Managed Oracle Database
On your infrastructure or ours; Autonomous and RDS compared
Managed MySQL
On your infrastructure or ours; the move off 8.0
Managed Cassandra
Repair, compaction and node replacement, on your infrastructure or ours
Managed Apache Flink
On your Kubernetes or ours; operator-run
Managed ClickHouse
On your infrastructure or ours; parts, merges and Keeper
Managed OpenSearch
On your infrastructure or ours; Amazon OpenSearch Service compared
All managed services
Every technology AceMQ runs for you
24/7 RabbitMQ support
Tiers 1 and 2: you run it, we are on call
24/7 Kafka support
Self-managed, MSK or Confluent Platform
24/7 Redis support
Open-source Redis, Redis Stack and Valkey
Enterprise support plans
Response times by severity and what each covers
Database
24/7 PostgreSQL support
Self-managed and cloud-hosted
PostgreSQL consulting
Schema review, migration planning and tuning
Database migration to PostgreSQL
Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL: assess, convert, validate, cut over
SAP ASE (Sybase) DBA and migration to PostgreSQL
Remote DBA, 24/7 support and a rehearsed move
24/7 MongoDB support
Self-managed and Atlas
MongoDB consulting
Architecture, sizing and migration decisions
Database consulting
Architecture, tuning, HA and DR, upgrades and migrations
24/7 MySQL support
Community, Enterprise and cloud
MySQL consulting
Upgrades, replication and performance
Managed MySQL
Replication, backups and the 8.0 to 8.4 LTS upgrade, run for you
IBM Db2 DBA support
Db2 LUW cover and a stay-or-move assessment for PostgreSQL
Debezium CDC support
Change data capture into PostgreSQL
Database support across engines
One contract for PostgreSQL, MySQL and more
End-of-life software support
Options when a database version loses support
Search
Apache Solr consulting and migration
Solr 10 upgrades, SolrCloud reviews, stay-or-move decision
24/7 Apache Solr support
SolrCloud, ZooKeeper and indexing incidents
OpenSearch consulting and migration
Assessment, migration and operations
24/7 OpenSearch support
Self-managed and Amazon OpenSearch Service
Managed OpenSearch
Shards, ISM, snapshots and upgrades, run for you
Elasticsearch consulting
Architecture, upgrades and remediation
24/7 Elasticsearch support
Self-managed 7.x to 9.x
ELK stack support
Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana together
24/7 ClickHouse support
Logs and analytics at volume
Database support across engines
One contract across data platforms
