📅 2025-01-27 — Session: Developed RabbitMQ and MongoDB Management Dashboard

🕒 01:35–02:50
🏷️ Labels: Rabbitmq, Mongodb, Flask, Dashboard, Web Development
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to design and implement a lightweight dashboard for managing RabbitMQ and MongoDB using Flask for the backend and plain HTML/JavaScript for the frontend.

Key Activities

  • Designed a custom RabbitMQ dashboard with HTML and JavaScript.
  • Fixed a 404 Not Found error in Flask by defining a root route.
  • Developed a Flask application to display RabbitMQ queue counts and MongoDB collection counts.
  • Updated the /stats endpoint to integrate MongoHandler for MongoDB operations.
  • Implemented a Flask endpoint to delete specific MongoDB collections.
  • Provided instructions for deleting MongoDB collections using mongosh.
  • Added an endpoint in Flask to serve index.html.
  • Explained the use of Flask’s render_template function.
  • Made MongoDB collections clickable in the frontend.
  • Updated backend and frontend for MongoDB data processing.
  • Redesigned frontend table structure for better data handling.
  • Enhanced queue messages display with a structured table format.
  • Implemented dynamic JSON parsing and table rendering for RabbitMQ messages.
  • Fixed data parsing and display issues for backend and frontend.

Achievements

  • Successfully developed a functional dashboard for RabbitMQ and MongoDB management.
  • Improved data handling and display in both backend and frontend.

Pending Tasks

  • Further testing and optimization of the dashboard for performance and user experience.
  • Consider additional features such as user authentication and role-based access control.