RabbitMQ bootstrap in container

Why?

Podman or Docker is yet another way of running RabbitMQ and in some cases it can have some adventages. I use Podman in below example but if you prefer docker just replace podman by docker commands. I personally prefer Podman because it does not requre root proviliges to run docker containers.

How?

The simplest possible configuraton

Download RabbitMQ container and run it.

podman pull docker.io/library/rabbitmq:latest

RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE="SomeRandomStringHere"
HOSTNAME="rabbit00"

podman run -d \
    --hostname ${HOSTNAME}.kresy.local \
    --name ${HOSTNAME} \
    -p 5672:5672 \
    -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE=${RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE} \
    -e RABBITMQ_NODENAME=rabbit@${HOSTNAME} \
    docker.io/library/rabbitmq:latest

Enter your new RabbitMQ container.

podman  exec -it rabbit00 bash

RabbitMQ with management plugin enabled

Download RabbitMQ container with management plugin and run it.

podman pull docker.io/library/rabbitmq:management

RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE="SomeRandomStringHere"
HOSTNAME="rabbit01"

podman run -d \
    --hostname ${HOSTNAME}.kresy.local \
    --name ${HOSTNAME} \
    -p 5672:5672 \
    -p 15672:15672 \
    -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE=${RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE} \
    -e RABBITMQ_NODENAME=rabbit@${HOSTNAME} \
    docker.io/library/rabbitmq:management

Set up admin user and password for management plugin.

podman  exec -it rabbit01 bash

# below commands need to be executed inside container
rabbitmqctl add_user admin password
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags admin administrator

Open RabbitMQ management plugin in your browser at http://localhost:15672/