Is persisting data for rabbitmq container not a good idea?

[nicholasyin]

I'm asking because I don't find any official instruction on how to persist data for rabbitmq running in a docker container, how to mount custom volume/directory, etc. This makes me wondering if this is not a good idea to persist data across container construction and destruction?

[mkuratczyk]

Hi. Almost every production RabbitMQ deployment uses persistent data. However, it can be a bad idea to use a custom Docker-based deployments for managing stateful applications in general. If you are trying to deploy a production environment, and want to use containers, then you probably should use Kubernetes and the RabbitMQ Operator: https://www.rabbitmq.com/kubernetes/operator/operator-overview.html. If, for some reason, you can't/don't want to, then it can still serve as an example of how to deploy the RabbitMQ image, what volumes to mount, etc. Best,

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On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 1:37 AM Nico ***@***.***> wrote: I'm asking because I don't find any official instruction on how to persist data for rabbitmq running in a docker container, how to mount custom volume/directory, etc. This makes me wondering if this is not a good idea to persist data across container construction and destruction? — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3871>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACI7PIQUYD35MYVKXUQGN2TUP726NANCNFSM5JVD4H4Q> .

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[nicholasyin]

Sorry for not mentioning that I'm using docker compose to set up a dev environment, so would like to try to keep away from Kubernetes as much as I can to make the dev enrivonment setup simpler. Is there any document regarding docker compose scenario?

[mkuratczyk]

For a dev env, not keeping persisting data is likely what you want anyway - just start fresh every time. We don't have an official guide for docker compose. We do use it for some testing so perhaps it can serve as an example: https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/tree/master/deps/rabbitmq_prometheus/docker . Personally I have virtually zero experience with Docker Compose so I won't be able to assist with any details, but hopefully someone can help. I'd just deploy a local Kubernetes (kind, minikube or something), install the operator and I'd have RabbitMQ working within a minute or so.

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On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:29 PM Nico ***@***.***> wrote: Sorry for not mentioning that I'm using docker compose to set up a dev environment, so would like to try to keep away from Kubernetes as much as I can to make the dev enrivonment setup simpler. Is there any document regarding docker compose scenario? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3871 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACI7PIQACQNJ45OLP2KDHHLUQCHLBANCNFSM5JVD4H4Q> .

-- Michał

[MAYousuf]

You can check below link
https://www.futurefundamentals.com/set-rabbitmq-with-data-persistent-with-docker-compose/

[nicholasyin]

Good to know. Thanks.