# Management UI

The RabbitMQ management plugin provides an HTTP-based API for management and monitoring of RabbitMQ nodes and clusters, along with a browser-based UI and a command line tool, [rabbitmqadmin](https://www.rabbitmq.com/management-cli.html).

- [https://www.rabbitmq.com/management.html](https://www.rabbitmq.com/management.html)

#### Getting Started

```bash
rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management
```

Node restart is not required after plugin activation.

Auto Enable the plugin: [https://www.rabbitmq.com/plugins.html#enabled-plugins-file](https://www.rabbitmq.com/plugins.html#enabled-plugins-file)

#### Management UI Access

The management UI can be accessed using a Web browser at `http://{node-hostname}:15672/`.

#### Access and Permissions

```bash
# create a user
rabbitmqctl add_user sysadmin ThisIsPassword
# tag the user with "administrator" for full management UI and HTTP API access
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags sysadmin administrator
```