diff --git a/rabbitmq/defaults/main.yml b/rabbitmq/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f08eeed9
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+++ b/rabbitmq/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+
+rabbitmq_connections_critical: 200
+rabbitmq_connections_warning: 150
diff --git a/rabbitmq/files/check_rabbitmq b/rabbitmq/files/check_rabbitmq
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+++ b/rabbitmq/files/check_rabbitmq
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import requests
+import json
+
+if "check_output" not in dir( subprocess ): # duck punch it in!
+  def f(*popenargs, **kwargs):
+      if 'stdout' in kwargs:
+          raise ValueError('stdout argument not allowed, it will be overridden.')
+      process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
+      output, unused_err = process.communicate()
+      retcode = process.poll()
+      if retcode:
+          cmd = kwargs.get("args")
+          if cmd is None:
+              cmd = popenargs[0]
+          raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
+      return output
+  subprocess.check_output = f
+
+
+class RabbitCmdWrapper(object):
+    """So basically this just runs rabbitmqctl commands and returns parsed output.
+       Typically this means you need root privs for this to work.
+       Made this it's own class so it could be used in other monitoring tools
+       if desired."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def list_connections(cls):
+        args = shlex.split("sudo rabbitmqctl list_connections")
+        cmd_result = subprocess.check_output(args).strip()
+        results = cls._parse_list_results(cmd_result)
+        return results
+
+    @classmethod
+    def list_queues(cls):
+        args = shlex.split('sudo rabbitmqctl list_queues')
+        cmd_result = subprocess.check_output(args).strip()
+        results = cls._parse_list_results(cmd_result)
+        return results
+
+    @classmethod
+    def status(cls):
+        args = shlex.split('sudo rabbitmqctl status')
+        cmd_result = subprocess.check_output(args).strip()
+        results = cls._parse_list_results(cmd_result)
+        return results
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _parse_list_results(cls, result_string):
+        results = result_string.strip().split('\n')
+        #remove text fluff
+        if "Listing connections ..." in results: results.remove("Listing connections ...")
+        if "Listing queues ..." in results: results.remove("Listing queues ...")
+        return_data = []
+        for row in results:
+            return_data.append(row.split('\t'))
+        return return_data
+
+
+def check_connection_count(critical=0, warning=0):
+    """Checks to make sure the numbers of connections are within parameters."""
+    try:
+        count = len(RabbitCmdWrapper.list_connections())
+        if count >= critical:
+            print "CRITICAL - Connection Count %d" % count
+            sys.exit(2)
+        elif count >= warning:
+            print "WARNING - Connection Count %d" % count
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            print "OK - Connection Count %d" % count
+    except Exception, err:
+        print "CRITICAL - %s" % err
+
+
+def check_queues_count(critical=1000, warning=1000):
+    """
+    A blanket check to make sure all queues are within count parameters.
+    TODO: Possibly break this out so test can be done on individual queues.
+    """
+    try:
+        critical_q = []
+        warning_q = []
+        results = RabbitCmdWrapper.list_queues()
+        for queue in results:
+	    if queue.count == 2:
+                count = int(queue[1])
+                if count >= critical:
+                    critical_q.append("%s: %s" % (queue[0], count))
+                elif count >= warning:
+                    warning_q.append("%s: %s" % (queue[0], count))
+        if critical_q:
+            print "CRITICAL - %s" % ", ".join(critical_q)
+            sys.exit(2)
+        elif warning_q:
+            print "WARNING - %s" % ", ".join(warning_q)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            print "OK - NO QUEUES EXCEED THRESHOLDS"
+            sys.exit(0)
+    except Exception, err:
+        print "CRITICAL - %s" % err
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+def check_mem_usage(critical=75, warning=50):
+    """Check to make sure the RAM usage of rabbitmq process does not exceed 50%% of its max"""
+    try:
+        results = RabbitCmdWrapper.status()
+
+        for idx,val in enumerate(results):
+          if "memory," in str(val):
+              mem_used_raw = str(results[idx + 1])
+          if "vm_memory_limit" in str(val):
+              mem_limit_raw = str(val)
+
+        memory_used = float(filter(str.isdigit, mem_used_raw))
+        memory_limit = float(filter(str.isdigit, mem_limit_raw))
+        percent_usage = int(memory_used/memory_limit * 100)
+
+        if percent_usage > critical:
+            print "CRITICAL - RABBITMQ RAM USAGE at %s%% of max" % percent_usage
+            sys.exit(2)
+        elif percent_usage > warning:
+            print "WARNING - RABBITMQ RAM USAGE at %s%% of max" % percent_usage
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            print "OK - RABBITMQ RAM USAGE OK at %s%% of max" % percent_usage
+            sys.exit(0)
+    except Exception, err:
+        print "Critical - %s" % err
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+def check_aliveness(username, password, timeout, cluster):
+      """Declares a test queue, then publishes and consumes a message. Intended for use by monitoring tools. If everything is working correctly, will return HTTP status 200 with body"""
+      try:
+          r = requests.get("http://%s:15672/api/aliveness-test/%%2F" % cluster, auth=(username, password), timeout=timeout)
+      except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: # Throw error if rabbitmq is down
+        print "Critical - %s" % e
+        sys.exit(2)
+      if r.status_code == 200:
+          print "OK - RABBITMQ Aliveness Test Returns: %s" % r
+          sys.exit(0)
+      elif r.status_code != 200:
+          print "CRITICAL - RabbitMQ Error: %s" % r.content
+          sys.exit(2)
+      else:
+          print "UNKNOWN - RABBITMQ Aliveness Test"
+          sys.ext(1)
+
+def check_cluster(username, password, timeout, cluster):
+    """Checks the health of a cluster, if a node is not running mark as offline  """
+    try:
+        url = "http://%s:15672/api/nodes" % cluster
+        r = requests.get(url, auth=(username, password), timeout=timeout)
+    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: # Throw error if no response
+        print "Critical - %s" % e
+        sys.exit(2)
+    text = r.text
+    nodes = json.loads(text)
+
+    running_nodes = []
+    failed_nodes = []
+    for node in nodes:
+        if not node['running']:
+            failed_nodes.append(node['name'])
+        if node['running']:
+            running_nodes.append(node['name'])
+    if len(failed_nodes) == 1:
+       print "WARNING: RabbitMQ cluster is degraged: Not running %s" % failed_nodes[0]
+       sys.exit(1)
+    elif len(failed_nodes) >= 2:
+       print "CRITICAL: RabbitMQ cluster is critical: Not running %s" % failed_nodes
+       sys.exit(2)
+    else:
+       print "OK: RabbitMQ cluster members: %s" % (" ".join(running_nodes))
+       sys.exit(0)
+
+
+USAGE = """Usage: ./check_rabbitmq -a [action] -C [critical] -W [warning]
+           Actions:
+           - connection_count
+             checks the number of connection in rabbitmq's list_connections
+           - queues_count
+             checks the count in each of the queues in rabbitmq's list_queues
+           - mem_usage
+             checks to ensure mem usage of rabbitmq process does not exceed 50%
+           - aliveness
+             Use the /api/aliveness-test API to send/receive a message. (requires -u username -p password args)
+           - cluster_status
+             Parse /api/nodes to check the cluster status. (requires -u username -p password"""
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = OptionParser(USAGE)
+    parser.add_option("-a", "--action", dest="action",
+                      help="Action to Check")
+    parser.add_option("-C", "--critical", dest="critical",
+                      type="int", help="Critical Threshold")
+    parser.add_option("-W", "--warning", dest="warning",
+                      type="int", help="Warning Threshold")
+    parser.add_option("-u", "--username", dest="username", default="guest",
+                      type="string", help="RabbitMQ username, Default guest")
+    parser.add_option("-p", "--password", dest="password", default="guest",
+                      type="string", help="RabbitMQ password, Default guest")
+    parser.add_option("-t", "--timeout", dest="timeout", default=1,
+                      type="int", help="Request Timeout, defaults to 1 second")
+    parser.add_option("-c", "--cluster", dest="cluster", default="localhost",
+                      type="string", help="Cluster IP/DNS name, defaults to localhost")
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if options.action == "connection_count":
+        check_connection_count(options.critical, options.warning)
+    elif options.action == "queues_count":
+        check_queues_count(options.critical, options.warning)
+    elif options.action == "mem_usage":
+        check_mem_usage(options.critical, options.warning)
+    elif options.action == "aliveness":
+        check_aliveness(options.username, options.password, options.timeout, options.cluster)
+    elif options.action == "cluster_status":
+        check_cluster(options.username, options.password, options.timeout, options.cluster)
+    else:
+        print "Invalid action: %s" % options.action
+        print USAGE
diff --git a/rabbitmq/handlers/main.yml b/rabbitmq/handlers/main.yml
index ee19e00e..4163ca25 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/rabbitmq/handlers/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
     name: rabbitmq-server
     state: restarted
 
+
+- name: restart nagios-nrpe-server
+  service:
+    name: nagios-nrpe-server
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml b/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml
index 336af58e..0002ed26 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/rabbitmq/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@
   lineinfile:
     dest: /etc/default/rabbitmq-server
     line: ulimit -n 2048
+
+- name: is NRPE present ?
+  stat:
+    path: /etc/nagios/nrpe.d/evolix.cfg
+  check_mode: no
+  register: nrpe_evolix_config
+  tags:
+    - nrpe
+
+- include: nrpe.yml
+  when: nrpe_evolix_config.stat.exists
diff --git a/rabbitmq/tasks/nrpe.yml b/rabbitmq/tasks/nrpe.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0efe8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rabbitmq/tasks/nrpe.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+
+- name: check_rabbitmq dependencies
+  apt:
+    name: python-requests
+    state: installed
+
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CaptPhunkosis/check_rabbitmq/master/check_rabbitmq
+- name: check_rabbitmq is installed
+  copy:
+    src: check_rabbitmq
+    dest: /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_rabbitmq
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0755"
+    force: yes
+
+- name: check_rabbitmq is available for NRPE
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/nagios/nrpe.d/evolix.cfg
+    regexp: 'command\[check_rab_connection_count\]'
+    line: 'command[check_rab_connection_count]=sudo /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_rabbitmq -a connection_count -C {{ rabbitmq_connections_critical }} -W {{ rabbitmq_connections_warning }}'
+  notify: restart nagios-nrpe-server
+
+- name: sudo without password for nagios
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/sudoers.d/evolinux
+    regexp: 'check_rabbitmq'
+    line: 'nagios          ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_rabbitmq'
+    insertafter: '^nagios'
+    validate: "visudo -cf %s"