Docker for Windows

[grahamehorner]

Please consider creating an official docker RabbitMQ for Windows image using Windows Server Core;

As a group of developers we use docker to create a local development environment; sharing images with others so the 'works on my machine' is a thing of the past; at present we use a number of images including including asp.net, redis, ms-sql-server, documentdb etc

[tianon]

There are installers available for Windows (https://www.rabbitmq.com/install-windows.html), so I'm not opposed, but configuration is going to be tricky. On Linux, we use an entrypoint script which sets up the configuration and then execs rabbitmq-server (so the server itself is the only thing left resident). On Windows, that pattern is not possible (due to architectural limitations).

For images like MongoDB, we've "solved" that by making the Windows images strictly bring-your-own for configuration, initialization, etc. If an approach like that is acceptable here, then we should definitely play around with making this happen! (and possibly whether it can work in Nano Server too)

[grahamehorner]

I think having RabbitMQ running in docker on window server core and/or nanoserver would be a great for the inner developer loop; at present I've not been able to see how/if this could be installed given the packaged installer, this may have to be a manual install process of RabbitMQ as opposed to the provide package installers? IMHO bring you own configuration for would be an acceptable starting point.

[grahamehorner]

FYI, found this spring2/rabbitmq

[reecebradley]

it'd still be good if there was a rabbitmq that is under the official channel.

[michaelklishin]

@tianon IMO "bring your own configuration" is a valid approach for any OS.

There are binary releases for Windows distributed by our team as well, I'm not qualified to say which one is more suitable for the current state of provisioning and automation tooling on Windows.

[AceHack]

I created a docker nanoserver-insider image, it's very basic and need work to really be production ready. Not to mention it needs nanoserver-insider right now because erlang does not work on the current version of nanoserver. The same dockerfile would work as well for windowsservercore.

rabbitmq-nanoserver-insider.zip

[AceHack]

Also if the architectural limitations you speak of are not having bash then you could use windows server core insider and still run your bash script for windows because it can support bash now :)

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install-on-server

[KencyK]

Are there any plans of having rabbitMQ for windows? We were getting the below error:
rabbitmq_ppn_engine | {"Cookie file /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie must be accessible by owner only",[{auth,init_cookie,0,[{file,"auth.erl"},{line,286}]},{auth,init,1,[{file,"auth.erl"},{line,140}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,328}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,247}]}]}

[tianon]

@KencyK my comment from above still applies... #168 (comment)

We're not opposed to the idea, since it does seem to be something upstream actively supports, but the nature of native Windows containers makes the usage of such a creation less intuitive.

[luigiberrettini]

Here is a working Dockerfile that can be a good start.

At the moment Nano Server images have to deal with Erlang issue 477.

I really prefer not to create an unofficial image: can I contribute/help in some way?