How to open rabbitmq in browser using docker container?

Question

This was probably asked already, but so far I can't find any detailed explanation at all, and the existing documentation seems as if it was written for some kind on psychic who supposed to know everything.

As per this manual, I added the container

docker run -d --hostname my-rabbit --name some-rabbit rabbitmq:latest

Then I checked it to receive the container ip

docker inspect some-rabbit

Checked ports with

docker ps

And tried to connect in the browser with this formula

https://{container-ip}:{port}

It did't work.

Am I'm doing something wrong, or maybe I am supposed to add something additional, like a container for apache or other stuff?

EDIT

As I understand, after creating some-rabbit container, now I need to run Dockerfile to create image? (This whole thing is confusing to me). How am I supposed to do that? I mean, I saw command docker build -f /path/to/a/Dockerfile but if for example I placed the Dockerfile in second path D:\Docker\rabbitmq, how I supposed to get there? (the path doesn't seems to be recognized)

Solution 1

You are using the wrong image which doesn't have the rabbitmq_management plugin enabled. Change rabbitmq:latest to rabbitmq:management.

On dockerhub they are using the command:

docker run -d --hostname my-rabbit --name some-rabbit rabbitmq:3-management

If you want to go to the UI on localhost:15672 make sure to expose the port by adding -p 15672:15672 to the above command.

The management image is just the rabbitmq latest image with the management plugin enabled. Here is the dockerfile for rabbitmq:management

FROM rabbitmq

RUN rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_management

EXPOSE 15671 15672

Solution 2

First off, you need the management image (eg. rabbitmq:3-management) to access it through the browser. If your docker is running locally, then you should be able to access it by navigating to http://localhost:{port} or http://127.0.0.1:{port} (15672 by default).

Here is an example of a simple docker-compose.yml:

version: "3"
services:
 rabbitmq:
    image: "rabbitmq:3-management"
    ports:
      - "5672:5672"
      - "15672:15672"
    volumes:
      - 'rabbitmq_data:/data'

volumes:
  rabbitmq_data:

After starting the container, Rabbitmq is now accessible at http://127.0.0.1:15672. The default username and password should be guest:guest. More details here.

Solution 3

Better to expose all three ports (5672, 5673, 15672).

docker run -d --name some-rabbit -p 5672:5672 -p 5673:5673 -p 15672:15672 rabbitmq:3-management  

Then you may browse, http://localhost:15672/ with the credentials "guest" for both the username and the password.

Solution 4

if you launched rabbitmq by using somthing like:

docker run -d --name some-rabbit -p 4369:4369 -p 5671:5671 -p 5672:5672 -p 15672:15672 rabbitmq

then you can enable its management plugins while that container runs using the following command:

docker container exec -it some-rabbit rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

and the management GUI is running on http://localhost:15672 For management GUI

username: guest

password: guest

Solution 5

The compose would be like

version: '3'
services:
  rabbitmq:
    image: rabbitmq:management
    ports:
      - '5672:5672'
      - '15672:15672'
    volumes:
      - rabbitmq_data

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Comments

[Olegs Jasjko]

Still unclear with the Dockerfile, how I supposed to run it at all? I mean, it supposed to be docker build -f [path] but for example I placed it in D:\Docker\rabbitmq\ and here Dockerfile. It seems that I am unable to find it

[yamenk]

@OlegsJasjko Don't build the dockerfile. I just posted it to show you the difference between the rabbitmq image and rabbitmq:management image. If you want to access UI, just run rabbitmq:3-management instead of rabbitmq:3-latest. The management image is already built on dockerhub

[Olegs Jasjko]

Hm, then I still have a problem. I removed previous container, added new one with -management. Checked if it is started and tried to open localhost:15672 (default port as I understand) and nope, nothing happened, can't open this link

[yamenk]

@OlegsJasjko If you want to use localhost make sure to expose the port by adding -p 15672:15672, then you can connect to localhost:15672. Otherwise, use <container-ip>:15672

[Olegs Jasjko]

Recreated container with port (is there a way to add port to existing one?) and yep, now it works on localhost:15672. But for some reason, it didn't worked with container-ip, could you please add to yours answer words about port? (will accept it anyway, but still it will be more full then)

[Gonçalo]

This is not a dockerfile... it's a docker-compose file and the format is not correct.

[John Hunt]

This worked for me although I had to use localhost rather than 127.0.0.1

[Iman]

maybe management plugin is not enable in your container. so just do this command: docker exec [CONTAINER_NAME] rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management