Azure Series : RabbitMQ - Setup and Use - Install RabbitMQ

Install RabbitMQ

If you plan on to host RabbitMQ locally, you can either install RabbitMQ in your local workspace or run a RabbitMQ Docker container in your local workspace.

To install RabbitMQ in your local workspace:

1. Make sure you have already installed Chocolatey Package Manager
2. RunAsAdministrator - Windows Powershell
3. From the powershell prompt run the following command to install RabbitMQ:
   choco install rabbitmq
4. Follow the installation prompts
5. After the installation completes if you have no critical errors, RabbitMQ should now be installed in your local workspace.
6. To verify RabbitMQ is now running in your local workspace, open a browser window and go to the following URL:
   http://localhost:15672/ 
7. You should see a login screen for the RabbitMQ web interface. The default RabbitMQ username and password is as follows:

To install RabbitMQ in your docker:

1. Make sure you have installed Docker. 
2. RunAsAdministrator - Windows Powershell
3. First, let’s pull the RabbitMQ docker image. We’ll use the 3-management version, so we get the Management plugin pre-installed.
   
   docker pull rabbitmq:3.12-management

4. Now let’s stand it up. We’ll map port 15672 for the management web app and port 5672 for the message broker.
   
   docker run -it --rm --name rabbitmq -p 5672:5672 -p 15672:15672 rabbitmq:3.12-management

5. Assuming that ran successfully, you’ve got an instance of RabbitMQ running! Bounce over to http://localhost:15672 to check out the management web app.

You should see a login screen for the RabbitMQ web interface. The default RabbitMQ user name and password is as follows:

username: guest
password: guest

Here you can see an overview of your RabbitMQ instance and the message broker’s basic components: Connections, Channels, Exchanges, and Queues.