def set_up_api_connection
      logger.info "connecting to rabbitmq HTTP API (#{api_config.sanitized_uri})"

      with_authentication_error_handler do
        with_connection_error_handler do
          @api_client = CarrotTop.new(host: api_config.host, port: api_config.port,
                                      user: api_config.username, password: api_config.password,
                                      ssl: api_config.ssl)
          @api_client.exchanges
        end
      end
    end
Set up the connection to the RabbitMQ management API. Unfortunately, this
is necessary to do a few things that are impossible over AMQP. E.g.
listing queues and bindings.