Setting up Docker RabbitMQ with predefined users/vhosts
When creating an Docker image it is nice to have predefined users and vhosts without manually having to create them after the Docker RabbitMQ image has started.
The following is a Dockerfile that extends the default Docker RabbitMQ image including the Management Plugin and it creates a standard set of users / vhosts when the container is created from the image.
It involves a init.sh script that is used to create the users and vhosts.
The Docker File
FROM rabbitmq:3-management
# Add script to create default users / vhosts
ADD init.sh /init.sh
# Set correct executable permissions
RUN chmod +x /init.sh
# Define default command
CMD ["/init.sh"]
The init.sh script
#!/bin/sh
# Create Default RabbitMQ setup
( sleep 10 ; \
# Create users
# rabbitmqctl add_user <username> <password>
rabbitmqctl add_user test_user test_user ; \
# Set user rights
# rabbitmqctl set_user_tags <username> <tag>
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags test_user administrator ; \
# Create vhosts
# rabbitmqctl add_vhost <vhostname>
rabbitmqctl add_vhost dummy ; \
# Set vhost permissions
# rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p <vhostname> <username> ".*" ".*" ".*"
rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p dummy test_user ".*" ".*" ".*" ; \
) &
rabbitmq-server $@
Place both of these files in a directory and build your image:
$ docker build -t my_rabbitmq_image .
Start a container based on the image using:
$ docker run --rm=true --name my_rabbitmq_container -p 5672:5672 -p 15672:15672 my_rabbitmq_image
Then in your browser navigate to http://localhost:15672 and see if all is ok!
Note: When using Boot2Docker make sure to replace the localhost with the correct IP.