rabbitmq · michaelklishin · Jul 15, 2025 · Jul 15, 2025
diff --git a/blog/2021-03-31-migrate-off-of-bintray/index.md b/blog/2021-03-31-migrate-off-of-bintray/index.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ and re-install the packages.
 
 The options for RabbitMQ RPM packages match to those listed above for our zero-dependency Erlang RPM:
 
- * Using a [Yum repository on PackageCloud](/docs/install-rpm#cloudsmith). This would cover RHEL, CentOS, modern Fedora and openSUSE
+ * Using a [Yum repository on PackageCloud](/docs/install-rpm#dnf-repositories). This would cover RHEL, CentOS, modern Fedora and openSUSE
  * Using a [direct download](/docs/install-rpm#downloads) from GitHub and installing its [dependencies](/docs/install-rpm#package-dependencies) the local package using `rpm install`
 
 Our team plans to also distribute this package via [Cloudsmith.io](https://cloudsmith.io/~rabbitmq/repos/) in the near future.

diff --git a/docs/download.md b/docs/download.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Other guides related to Kubernetes:
 ## Debian (Apt) and RPM (Yum) Repositories
 
  * [Debian](./install-debian#apt-quick-start)
- * [RPM](./install-rpm#cloudsmith)
+ * [RPM](./install-rpm#dnf-repositories)
 
 ## Provisioning Tools (Chef, Puppet, etc)
 

diff --git a/docs/install-debian.md b/docs/install-debian.md
diff --git a/docs/install-rpm.md b/docs/install-rpm.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ many releases behind [latest RabbitMQ releases](/release-information)
 and may provide RabbitMQ versions that are already [out of support](/release-information).
 
 Team RabbitMQ produces our own RPM packages and distributes them using a set of
-[repository mirrors at `*.rabbitmq.com`](#cloudsmith).
+[repositores at `*.rabbitmq.com`](#dnf-repositories).
 
 There are two ways of installing these RPMs:
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ CentOS 7 and Fedora releases older than 26 are examples of such distributions.
 
 Currently the list of supported RPM-based distributions includes
 
- * Fedora 39 through 41
+ * Fedora 39 through 42
  * [CentOS Stream](https://centos.org/centos-stream/) 9.x
  * RedHat Enterprise Linux 9.x and 8.x (versions covered by [full support](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata))
  * Amazon Linux 2023
@@ -131,23 +131,10 @@ manually. The dependencies are:
  * `logrotate`
 
 
-## Install Using a Cloudsmith Mirror dnf/yum Repository {#cloudsmith}
+## Install Using dnf/yum Repositories from Team RabbitMQ {#dnf-repositories}
 
-:::tip
-
-Why does this section discuss mirrors? [Open source RabbitMQ release infrastructure](https://github.com/rabbitmq/server-packages/)
-publishes packages to a services called [Cloudsmith](https://cloudsmith.io).
-
-From there, the packages are distributed to two mirror repositories in the EU and North America.
-Unlike the Cloudsmith account, these mirror repositories have significantly higher traffic quotas,
-and downloads from them won't be blocked due to an exceeded quota for the month.
-
-Please use these mirrors instead of installing the packages directly from Cloudsmith.
-
-:::
-
-The rest of this section will demonstrate how to set up a repository file
-to install RabbitMQ and Erlang from one of the `*.rabbitmq.com` mirrors.
+This section will demonstrate how to set up a repository file
+to install RabbitMQ and Erlang from one of the `*.rabbitmq.com` dnf/yum repositories.
 
 ### Import the Signing Keys
 
@@ -719,7 +706,7 @@ Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status rabbitmq-server.service
            └─2861 inet_gethost 4
 
 Aug 26 10:21:30 localhost.localdomain rabbitmq-server[957]: ##  ##
-Aug 26 10:21:30 localhost.localdomain rabbitmq-server[957]: ##  ##      RabbitMQ 4.0.9. Copyright (c) 2005-2025 Broadcom. All Rights Reserved. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+Aug 26 10:21:30 localhost.localdomain rabbitmq-server[957]: ##  ##      RabbitMQ 4.1.2. Copyright (c) 2005-2025 Broadcom. All Rights Reserved. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
 Aug 26 10:21:30 localhost.localdomain rabbitmq-server[957]: ##########  Licensed under the MPL 2.0. Website: https://www.rabbitmq.com/
 Aug 26 10:21:30 localhost.localdomain rabbitmq-server[957]: ######  ##
 Aug 26 10:21:30 localhost.localdomain rabbitmq-server[957]: ##########  Logs: /var/log/rabbitmq/[email protected]
@@ -777,7 +764,7 @@ The output will look similar to this:
 
 ```ini
 Aug 26 11:03:04 localhost rabbitmq-server[968]: ##  ##
-Aug 26 11:03:04 localhost rabbitmq-server[968]: ##  ##      RabbitMQ 4.0.9. Copyright (c) 2005-2025 Broadcom. All Rights Reserved. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+Aug 26 11:03:04 localhost rabbitmq-server[968]: ##  ##      RabbitMQ 4.1.2. Copyright (c) 2005-2025 Broadcom. All Rights Reserved. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
 Aug 26 11:03:04 localhost rabbitmq-server[968]: ##########  Licensed under the MPL 2.0. Website: https://www.rabbitmq.com/
 Aug 26 11:03:04 localhost rabbitmq-server[968]: ######  ##
 Aug 26 11:03:04 localhost rabbitmq-server[968]: ##########  Logs: /var/log/rabbitmq/[email protected]

diff --git a/docs/signatures.md b/docs/signatures.md
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ also verify repository signatures.
 RabbitMQ release artifacts, both binary and source,
 are signed using [GnuPG](http://www.gnupg.org/) and [our release signing key](https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc).
 
-In addition, Debian and RPM package repository content is signed by their
-upstream repository's key. Currently this means Cloudsmith repository keys.
+In addition, the contents of the [Debian](./install-debian/) repositories maintained by Team RabbitMQ
+are signed using the same key.
 
 ## Importing Signing Keys {#importing-gpg-keys}
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ When using the [Team RabbitMQ modern Erlang PPA](https://launchpad.net/~rabbitmq
 one more key needs to be added:
 
 ```bash
-## Team RabbitMQ's main signing key
+## Team RabbitMQ's signing key
 curl -1sLf "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA" | sudo gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg
 ```
 
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ source archive and its associated detached signature from
 the download area:
 
 ```bash
-gpg --verify rabbitmq-server_4.0.4-1_all.deb.asc rabbitmq-server_4.0.4-1_all.deb
-# => gpg: Signature made Mon Aug 26 00:22:55 2024 EDT
+gpg --verify rabbitmq-server_4.1.2-1_all.deb.asc rabbitmq-server_4.1.2-1_all.deb
+# => gpg: Signature made (date elided)
 # => gpg:                using RSA key 0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA
 # => gpg: Good signature from "RabbitMQ Release Signing Key <[email protected]>" [unknown]
 # (elided)
@@ -166,23 +166,3 @@ GnuPG by signing it using your own key (to create your private key run `gpg --ge
 ```bash
 gpg --sign-key 0x0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA
 ```
-
-
-## Cloudsmith {#cloudsmith}
-
-[Cloudsmith.io](https://cloudsmith.io/~rabbitmq/repos/) is a hosted package distribution
-service that uses their own signing keys to sign the artifacts uploaded to it. The key(s) then
-must be added to the system.
-
-Cloudsmith provides repository setup script that include signing key import. However,
-note that the script **does not** currently follow Debian best practices in terms of GPG key handling.
-
-To import the key:
-
-```bash
-# import the Cloudsmith key
-curl -1sLf https://github.com/rabbitmq/signing-keys/releases/download/3.0/cloudsmith.rabbitmq-server.9F4587F226208342.key -o cloudsmith-rabbitmq-key.asc
-gpg --import cloudsmith-rabbitmq-key.asc
-```
-
-After importing the key please follow the installation instructions in the [Debian](./install-debian) or [RPM-based Linux](./install-rpm) guides.
diff --git a/docs/which-erlang.md b/docs/which-erlang.md
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ are recommended.
 Most recent versions can be obtained from a number of sources:
 
  * Debian Erlang packages from Team RabbitMQ on [Cloudsmith and its mirror](install-debian#apt-repositories) or [Launchpad](install-debian#apt-launchpad-erlang)
- * [Zero dependency Erlang RPM](https://github.com/rabbitmq/erlang-rpm) from Team RabbitMQ, also available [from a Cloudsmith mirror](install-rpm#cloudsmith)
+ * [Zero dependency Erlang RPM](https://github.com/rabbitmq/erlang-rpm) from Team RabbitMQ, also available [from a Cloudsmith mirror](install-rpm#dnf-repositories)
  * As part of [RabbitMQ Docker image](https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/)
  * [Erlang/OTP Version Tree](https://erlang.org/download/otp_versions_tree) provides binary builds of patch releases for Windows
  * [Erlang Solutions](https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang/) package repositories

diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-3.13/download.md b/versioned_docs/version-3.13/download.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Other guides related to Kubernetes:
 ## Debian (Apt) and RPM (Yum) Repositories
 
  * [Debian](./install-debian#apt-quick-start)
- * [RPM](./install-rpm#cloudsmith)
+ * [RPM](./install-rpm#dnf-repositories)
 
 ## Provisioning Tools (Chef, Puppet, etc)