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Setup

1. Stating rabbit-1

   docker run -d --rm --net rabbits \  
   -v ${PWD}/config/rabbit-1/:/config/ \
   -e RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=/config/rabbitmq \
   -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE=ETOBVBEFXUPGETFECHSQ \
   --hostname rabbit-1 \
   --name rabbit-1 \
   -p 8081:15672 \
   rabbitmq:3.8-management
   

2. Stating rabbit-2

   docker run -d --rm --net rabbits \  
   -v ${PWD}/config/rabbit-2/:/config/ \
   -e RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=/config/rabbitmq \
   -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE=ETOBVBEFXUPGETFECHSQ \
   --hostname rabbit-2 \
   --name rabbit-2 \
   -p 8082:15672 \
   rabbitmq:3.8-management
   

3. Stating rabbit-3

   docker run -d --rm --net rabbits \  
   -v ${PWD}/config/rabbit-3/:/config/ \
   -e RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=/config/rabbitmq \
   -e RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE=ETOBVBEFXUPGETFECHSQ \
   --hostname rabbit-3 \
   --name rabbit-3 \
   -p 8083:15672 \
   rabbitmq:3.8-management
   

4. enabling federation plugin

   docker exec -it rabbit-1 rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_federation
   docker exec -it rabbit-2 rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_federation
   docker exec -it rabbit-3 rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_federation
   

5. Setting up Mirroring and auto syncing

   docker exec -it rabbit-1 bash
   rabbitmqctl set_policy ha-fed \
   ".\*" '{"federation-upstream-set":"all", "ha-sync-mode":"automatic", "ha-mode":"nodes", "ha-params":["rabbit@rabbit-1","rabbit@rabbit-2","rabbit@rabbit-3"]}' \
   --priority 1 \
   --apply-to queues
   

6. Creating Publisher Image

   docker build ./applications/publisher -t aditya/rabbitmq-publisher:v1.0.0
   

7. Starting Publisher

   docker run -it --rm --net rabbits -e RABBIT_HOST=rabbit-1 -e RABBIT_PORT=5672 -e RABBIT_USERNAME=guest -e RABBIT_PASSWORD=guest -p 80:80 aditya/rabbitmq-publisher:v1.0.0
   

8. Creating Consumer Image on new terminal

   docker build ./applications/consumer -t aditya/rabbitmq-consumer:v1.0.0
   

9. Starting Publisher

   docker run -it --rm --net rabbits -e RABBIT_HOST=rabbit-1 -e RABBIT_PORT=5672 -e RABBIT_USERNAME=guest -e RABBIT_PASSWORD=guest aditya/rabbitmq-consumer:v1.0.0
   

10. Feeding messages to the queue on new terminal

    curl -X POST localhost:80/publish/hello
    

Management Dashboard can be accessed from browser by these endpoint http://localhost:8081, http://localhost:8082, http://localhost:8083.