Clear Linux* OS rabbitmq container image

What is this image?

clearlinux/rabbitmq is a Docker image with rabbitmq running on top of the official clearlinux base image.

rabbitmq is an open-source message-broker software originally implemented the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) and has since been extended with a plug-in architecture to support Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol (STOMP), Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), and other protocols.

For other Clear Linux* OS based container images, see: https://hub.docker.com/u/clearlinux

Why use a clearlinux based image?

Clear Linux* OS is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution optimized for performance and security, from the Cloud to the Edge, designed for customization, and manageability.

Clear Linux* OS based container images use:

• Optimized libraries that are compiled with latest compiler versions and flags.
• Software packages that follow upstream source closely and update frequently.
• An aggressive security model and best practices for CVE patching.
• A multi-staged build approach to keep a reduced container image size.
• The same container syntax as the official images to make getting started easy.

To learn more about Clear Linux* OS, visit: https://clearlinux.org.

Deployment:

Deploy with Docker

The easiest way to get started with this image is by simply pulling it from Docker Hub.

*Note: This container is compatible with the official wordpress image.

1. Pull the image from Docker Hub:

   docker pull clearlinux/rabbitmq
   

2. Start a rabbitmq-server instance:

   docker run --rm -it --hostname my-rabbit --name some-rabbit clearlinux/rabbitmq
   

Deploy cluster nodes

RabbitMQ nodes and CLI tools (e.g. rabbitmqctl) use a cookie to determine whether they are allowed to communicate with each other. For two nodes to be able to communicate they must have the same shared secret called the Erlang cookie.

For setting a consistent cookie (especially useful for clustering but also for remote/cross-container administration via rabbitmqctl), use RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE:

docker run --rm -d --hostname some-rabbit --network some-network --name some-rabbit -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE='secret cookie here' clearlinux/rabbitmq

This can then be used from a separate instance to connect and list its users for example:

docker run --rm -it --network some-network -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE='secret cookie here' clearlinux/rabbitmq bash
root@9b26d9235f73/ # rabbitmqctl -n rabbit@some-rabbit list_users
Listing users ...
user    tags
guest   [administrator]

See the RabbitMQ Clustering Guide for more information.

Deploy with Kubernetes

This image can also be deployed on a Kubernetes cluster, such as minikube.The following example YAML files are provided in the repository as reference for Kubernetes deployment:

• rabbitmq-deployment-conf.yaml: example using your own custom configuration to create a rabbitmq service.

Steps to deploy rabbitmq on a Kubernetes cluster:

1. Create namespace test-rabbitmq for rabbitmq service.

   kubectl create ns test-rabbitmq
   

2. Deploy rabbitmq-deployment-conf.yaml

   kubectl create -f rabbitmq-deployment-conf.yaml
   

3. Check the cluster status

   • Wait few seconds....then run

   FIRST_POD=$(kubectl get pods --namespace test-rabbitmq -l 'app=rabbitmq' -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name }')
   kubectl exec --namespace=test-rabbitmq $FIRST_POD rabbitmqctl cluster_status
   
   • The output should look something like this:

   Cluster status of node [email protected] ...
   [{nodes,[{disc,['[email protected]',
                   '[email protected]',
                   '[email protected]']}]},
    {running_nodes,['[email protected]',
                    '[email protected]',
                    '[email protected]']},
    {cluster_name,<<"[email protected]">>},
    {partitions,[]},
    {alarms,[{'[email protected]',[]},
             {'[email protected]',[]},
             {'[email protected]',[]}]}]
   

4. Install python and its package pika

5. Use python to connect to the rabbitmq service, where 30672 is the port number defined in your service.

   # in Python shell
   >>> import pika
   >>> connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters("<nodeIP>",30672))
   

Build and modify:

The Dockerfiles for all Clear Linux* OS based container images are available at https://github.com/clearlinux/dockerfiles. These can be used to build and modify the container images.

1. Clone the clearlinux/dockerfiles repository.

   git clone https://github.com/clearlinux/dockerfiles.git
   

2. Change to the directory of the application:

   cd rabbitmq/
   

3. Build the container image:

   docker build -t clearlinux/rabbitmq .
   

   Refer to the Docker documentation for default build arguments. Additionally:

   • swupd_args - specifies arguments to pass to the Clear Linux* OS software manager. See the swupd man pages for more information.

Licenses

All licenses for the Clear Linux* Project and distributed software can be found at https://clearlinux.org/terms-and-policies