+#ifdef HAVE_AMQP_TCP_SOCKET
+# define CLOSE_SOCKET() /* amqp_destroy_connection() closes the socket for us */
+ /* TODO: add support for SSL using amqp_ssl_socket_new
+ * and related functions */
+ socket = amqp_tcp_socket_new (conf->connection);
+ if (! socket)
+ {
+ ERROR ("amqp plugin: amqp_tcp_socket_new failed.");
+ amqp_destroy_connection (conf->connection);
+ conf->connection = NULL;
+ return (ENOMEM);
+ }
+
+ status = amqp_socket_open (socket, CONF(conf, host), conf->port);
+ if (status < 0)
+ {
+ char errbuf[1024];
+ status *= -1;
+ ERROR ("amqp plugin: amqp_socket_open failed: %s",
+ sstrerror (status, errbuf, sizeof (errbuf)));
+ amqp_destroy_connection (conf->connection);
+ conf->connection = NULL;
+ return (status);
+ }
+#else /* HAVE_AMQP_TCP_SOCKET */
+# define CLOSE_SOCKET() close(sockfd)
+ /* this interface is deprecated as of rabbitmq-c 0.4 */