Install RabbitMQ using Docker

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and set up RabbitMQ locally as a Docker container using Docker.

Full Docker Image from DockerHub

Assuming the Docker Desktop has been installed, we use the command docker pull rabbitmq:3.10-management to pull a RabbitMQ Docker image from DockerHub. 

For example:

rameshfadatare@Rameshs-MacBook-Air ~ % docker pull rabbitmq:3.10-management 

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Digest: sha256:244b4f37f7778dbf10e2a6c0713101945100f5b2dbff62ec57f812fd6b452c6e

Status: Downloaded newer image for rabbitmq:3.10-management

docker.io/library/rabbitmq:3.10-management

rameshfadatare@Rameshs-MacBook-Air ~ % 

Run RabbitMQ Docker Image in Docker Container

After the Docker image is downloaded and saved locally, we can start a RabbitMQ container using the following command:

docker run --rm -it -p 15672:15672 -p 5672:5672 rabbitmq:3.10-management

In the command above, port 5672 is used for the RabbitMQ client connections, and port 15672 is for the RabbitMQ management website. This command may take a minute to execute. After that, we can open a browser window and use the URL http://localhost:15672 to visit the RabbitMQ management website.

We can use the default username and password guest/guest to log into the RabbitMQ management website.

The following screenshot shows the website login page.

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