Then, build the Docker container:
# cd into the git repository
cd /path/to/repo/docker-rabbitmq
docker build -t rabbitmq . # Build a Docker image named "rabbitmq" from this location "."
# wait for it to build...
# Run the docker container
docker run -p 5672:5672 -name rabbitmq -d rabbitmq -v /tmp/rabbitmq:/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia /sbin/my_init [] options means they are optional
docker run- starts a new docker container-p 5672:5672- Binds the local port 5672 to the container's port 5672, so a local.-d rabbitmq- Use the image tagged "rabbitmq"- []
-v /tmp/rabbitmq:/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia- Use a local directory to persist rabbitmq data - []
-e USER=myuser -e PASSWORD=mypwd -e VHOST=myvhost- Creates a user and an associated vhost on startup /sbin/my_init- Run the init scripts used to kick off long-running processes and other bootstrapping, as per phusion/baseimage-docker