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RabbitMQ with Docker Compose

RabbitMQ with the management UI, a named volume and a health check.

Customize names, versions and passwords →

services:
  rabbitmq:
    image: rabbitmq:4.1-management
    restart: unless-stopped
    hostname: rabbitmq
    environment:
      RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: "admin"
      RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: "change-me"
    volumes:
      - rabbitmq-data:/var/lib/rabbitmq
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:5672:5672"
      - "127.0.0.1:15672:15672"
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "rabbitmq-diagnostics", "-q", "ping"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5

volumes:
  rabbitmq-data:

Passwords here are placeholders (change-me). The generator creates random ones for you.

How to use it

docker compose up -d
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f

• Apps connect to amqp://admin:<password>@localhost:5672. The management UI is at http://localhost:15672.

Prefer Kubernetes? See the RabbitMQ Kubernetes version.