diff --git a/sinks/amqpSink.go b/sinks/amqpSink.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c16a77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sinks/amqpSink.go
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+package sinks
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	cclog "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccLogger"
+	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccMetric"
+	influx "github.com/influxdata/line-protocol/v2/lineprotocol"
+	amqp "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+)
+
+type AmqpSinkConfig struct {
+	// defines JSON tags for 'type' and 'meta_as_tags' (string list)
+	// See: metricSink.go
+	defaultSinkConfig
+	// Additional config options, for AmqpSink
+	QueueName string `json:"queue_name"`
+	// Maximum number of points sent to server in single request.
+	// Default: 1000
+	BatchSize int `json:"batch_size,omitempty"`
+
+	// Time interval for delayed sending of metrics.
+	// If the buffers are already filled before the end of this interval,
+	// the metrics are sent without further delay.
+	// Default: 1s
+	FlushInterval string `json:"flush_delay,omitempty"`
+	flushDelay    time.Duration
+
+	Hostname       string `json:"hostname"`
+	Port           int    `json:"port"`
+	PublishTimeout string `json:"publish_timeout,omitempty"`
+	publishTimeout time.Duration
+	Username       string `json:"username,omitempty"`
+	Password       string `json:"password,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type AmqpSink struct {
+	// declares elements 	'name' and 'meta_as_tags' (string to bool map!)
+	sink
+	config AmqpSinkConfig // entry point to the AmqpSinkConfig
+	// influx line protocol encoder
+	encoder influx.Encoder
+	// number of records stored in the encoder
+	numRecordsInEncoder int
+	// List of tags and meta data tags which should be used as tags
+	extended_tag_list []key_value_pair
+	// Flush() runs in another goroutine and accesses the influx line protocol encoder,
+	// so this encoderLock has to protect the encoder and numRecordsInEncoder
+	encoderLock sync.Mutex
+
+	// timer to run Flush()
+	flushTimer *time.Timer
+	// Lock to assure that only one timer is running at a time
+	timerLock sync.Mutex
+
+	// WaitGroup to ensure only one send operation is running at a time
+	sendWaitGroup sync.WaitGroup
+
+	client  *amqp.Connection
+	channel *amqp.Channel
+	queue   amqp.Queue
+}
+
+// Implement functions required for Sink interface
+// Write(...), Flush(), Close()
+// See: metricSink.go
+
+// Code to submit a single CCMetric to the sink
+func (s *AmqpSink) Write(m lp.CCMetric) error {
+
+	// Lock for encoder usage
+	s.encoderLock.Lock()
+
+	// Encode measurement name
+	s.encoder.StartLine(m.Name())
+
+	// copy tags and meta data which should be used as tags
+	s.extended_tag_list = s.extended_tag_list[:0]
+	for key, value := range m.Tags() {
+		s.extended_tag_list =
+			append(
+				s.extended_tag_list,
+				key_value_pair{
+					key:   key,
+					value: value,
+				},
+			)
+	}
+	for _, key := range s.config.MetaAsTags {
+		if value, ok := m.GetMeta(key); ok {
+			s.extended_tag_list =
+				append(
+					s.extended_tag_list,
+					key_value_pair{
+						key:   key,
+						value: value,
+					},
+				)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Encode tags (they musts be in lexical order)
+	slices.SortFunc(
+		s.extended_tag_list,
+		func(a key_value_pair, b key_value_pair) int {
+			if a.key < b.key {
+				return -1
+			}
+			if a.key > b.key {
+				return +1
+			}
+			return 0
+		},
+	)
+	for i := range s.extended_tag_list {
+		s.encoder.AddTag(
+			s.extended_tag_list[i].key,
+			s.extended_tag_list[i].value,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Encode fields
+	for key, value := range m.Fields() {
+		s.encoder.AddField(key, influx.MustNewValue(value))
+	}
+
+	// Encode time stamp
+	s.encoder.EndLine(m.Time())
+
+	// Check for encoder errors
+	if err := s.encoder.Err(); err != nil {
+		// Unlock encoder usage
+		s.encoderLock.Unlock()
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("encoding failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	s.numRecordsInEncoder++
+
+	if s.config.flushDelay == 0 {
+		// Unlock encoder usage
+		s.encoderLock.Unlock()
+
+		// Directly flush if no flush delay is configured
+		return s.Flush()
+	} else if s.numRecordsInEncoder == s.config.BatchSize {
+		// Unlock encoder usage
+		s.encoderLock.Unlock()
+
+		// Stop flush timer
+		if s.flushTimer != nil {
+			if ok := s.flushTimer.Stop(); ok {
+				cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "Write(): Stopped flush timer. Batch size limit reached before flush delay")
+				s.timerLock.Unlock()
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Flush if batch size is reached
+		return s.Flush()
+	} else if s.timerLock.TryLock() {
+
+		// Setup flush timer when flush delay is configured
+		// and no other timer is already running
+		if s.flushTimer != nil {
+
+			// Restarting existing flush timer
+			cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "Write(): Restarting flush timer")
+			s.flushTimer.Reset(s.config.flushDelay)
+		} else {
+
+			// Creating and starting flush timer
+			cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "Write(): Starting new flush timer")
+			s.flushTimer = time.AfterFunc(
+				s.config.flushDelay,
+				func() {
+					defer s.timerLock.Unlock()
+					cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "Starting flush triggered by flush timer")
+					if err := s.Flush(); err != nil {
+						cclog.ComponentError(s.name, "Flush triggered by flush timer: flush failed:", err)
+					}
+				})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Unlock encoder usage
+	s.encoderLock.Unlock()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// If the sink uses batched sends internally, you can tell to flush its buffers
+func (s *AmqpSink) Flush() error {
+
+	// Lock for encoder usage
+	// Own lock for as short as possible: the time it takes to clone the buffer.
+	s.encoderLock.Lock()
+
+	buf := slices.Clone(s.encoder.Bytes())
+	numRecordsInBuf := s.numRecordsInEncoder
+	s.encoder.Reset()
+	s.numRecordsInEncoder = 0
+
+	// Unlock encoder usage
+	s.encoderLock.Unlock()
+
+	if len(buf) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "Flush(): Flushing", numRecordsInBuf, "metrics")
+
+	// Asynchron send of encoder metrics
+	s.sendWaitGroup.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer s.sendWaitGroup.Done()
+		//startTime := time.Now()
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), s.config.flushDelay)
+		defer cancel()
+		err := s.channel.PublishWithContext(ctx, "", s.queue.Name, false, false, amqp.Publishing{
+			ContentType: "text/plain",
+			Body:        buf,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			cclog.ComponentError(s.name, err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Close sink: close network connection, close files, close libraries, ...
+func (s *AmqpSink) Close() {
+
+	cclog.ComponentDebug(s.name, "CLOSE")
+
+	// Stop existing timer and immediately flush
+	if s.flushTimer != nil {
+		if ok := s.flushTimer.Stop(); ok {
+			s.timerLock.Unlock()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Flush
+	if err := s.Flush(); err != nil {
+		cclog.ComponentError(s.name, "Close():", "Flush failed:", err)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for send operations to finish
+	s.sendWaitGroup.Wait()
+
+	s.client.Close()
+	s.client = nil
+}
+
+// New function to create a new instance of the sink
+// Initialize the sink by giving it a name and reading in the config JSON
+func NewAmqpSink(name string, config json.RawMessage) (Sink, error) {
+	s := new(AmqpSink)
+
+	// Set name of sampleSink
+	// The name should be chosen in such a way that different instances of AmqpSink can be distinguished
+	s.name = fmt.Sprintf("AmqpSink(%s)", name) // Always specify a name here
+
+	// Set defaults in s.config
+	// Allow overwriting these defaults by reading config JSON
+
+	s.config.PublishTimeout = "4s"
+	s.config.publishTimeout = time.Duration(4) * time.Second
+	s.config.Hostname = "localhost"
+	s.config.Port = 1883
+
+	// Read in the config JSON
+	if len(config) > 0 {
+		d := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(config))
+		d.DisallowUnknownFields()
+		if err := d.Decode(&s.config); err != nil {
+			cclog.ComponentError(s.name, "Error reading config:", err.Error())
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Create lookup map to use meta infos as tags in the output metric
+	s.meta_as_tags = make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, k := range s.config.MetaAsTags {
+		s.meta_as_tags[k] = true
+	}
+
+	// Check if all required fields in the config are set
+	// E.g. use 'len(s.config.Option) > 0' for string settings
+	if t, err := time.ParseDuration(s.config.PublishTimeout); err == nil {
+		s.config.publishTimeout = t
+	} else {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("to parse duration for PublishTimeout: %s", s.config.PublishTimeout)
+		cclog.ComponentError(s.name, err.Error())
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if t, err := time.ParseDuration(s.config.FlushInterval); err == nil {
+		s.config.flushDelay = t
+	} else {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("to parse duration for FlushInterval: %s", s.config.FlushInterval)
+		cclog.ComponentError(s.name, err.Error())
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	url := net.JoinHostPort(s.config.Hostname, fmt.Sprintf("%d", s.config.Port))
+	userpart := ""
+	if len(s.config.Username) > 0 {
+		userpart = s.config.Username
+		if len(s.config.Password) > 0 {
+			userpart += ":" + s.config.Password
+		}
+		userpart += "@"
+	}
+	url = fmt.Sprintf("amqp://%s%s", userpart, url)
+
+	// Establish connection to the server, library, ...
+	// Check required files exist and lookup path(s) of executable(s)
+	c, err := amqp.Dial(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s.client = c
+
+	ch, err := c.Channel()
+	if err != nil {
+		s.client.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s.channel = ch
+
+	q, err := ch.QueueDeclare(
+		s.config.QueueName, // name
+		false,              // durable
+		false,              // delete when unused
+		false,              // exclusive
+		false,              // no-wait
+		nil,                // arguments
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.channel.Close()
+		s.client.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	s.queue = q
+
+	// Return (nil, meaningful error message) in case of errors
+	return s, nil
+}
diff --git a/sinks/amqpSink.md b/sinks/amqpSink.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f1704b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sinks/amqpSink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## `amqp` sink
+
+The `amqp` sink publishes all metrics into a RabbitMQ network. The publishing key is the queue name in the configuration file
+
+### Configuration structure
+
+```json
+{
+  "<name>": {
+    "type": "amqp",
+    "queue_name" : "myqueue",
+    "batch_size" : 1000,
+    "flush_delay": "4s",
+    "publish_timeout": "1s",
+    "host": "dbhost.example.com",
+    "port": 5672,
+    "username": "exampleuser",
+    "password" : "examplepw",
+    "meta_as_tags" : [],
+  }
+}
+```
+
+- `type`: makes the sink an `amqp` sink, also `rabbitmq` is allowed as alias
+- `queue_name`: All metrics are published to this queue
+- `host`: Hostname of the RabbitMQ server
+- `port`: Port number of the RabbitMQ server
+- `username`: Username for basic authentication
+- `password`: Password for basic authentication
+- `meta_as_tags`: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
+- `publish_timeout`: Timeout for each publication operation (default `1s`)
+- `flush_delay`: Group metrics coming in to a single batch (default `4s`)
+- `batch_size`: Maximal batch size. If `batch_size` is reached before the end of `flush_delay`, the metrics are sent without further delay (default: `1000`)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sinks/sinkManager.go b/sinks/sinkManager.go
index cd2680f..255dcac 100644
--- a/sinks/sinkManager.go
+++ b/sinks/sinkManager.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ var AvailableSinks = map[string]func(name string, config json.RawMessage) (Sink,
 	"influxdb":    NewInfluxSink,
 	"influxasync": NewInfluxAsyncSink,
 	"http":        NewHttpSink,
+	"amqp":        NewAmqpSink,
+	"rabbitmq":    NewAmqpSink,
 }
 
 // Metric collector manager data structure