In this video, that I streamed on Twitch, I demonstrate the code showed here.
I launch the Docker Container and operated it a bit, so you can get to learn few tricks.
I created the RabbitMQ Docker installation based on the official RabbitMQ installation instructions for Ubuntu/Debian:
https://www.rabbitmq.com/install-debian.html#apt-cloudsmith
One interesting aspect is that I cover how the messages are delivered as byte sequence. I show this by sending Unicode characters

Files in the project
Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:20.04
MAINTAINER Carles Mateo
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
# This will make sure printing in the Screen when running in dettached mode
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
ARG PATH_RABBIT_INSTALL=/tmp/rabbit_install/
ARG PATH_RABBIT_APP_PYTHON=/opt/rabbit_python/
RUN mkdir $PATH_RABBIT_INSTALL
COPY cloudsmith.sh $PATH_RABBIT_INSTALL
RUN chmod +x ${PATH_RABBIT_INSTALL}cloudsmith.sh
RUN apt-get update -y && apt install -y sudo python3 python3-pip mc htop less strace zip gzip lynx && apt-get clean
RUN ${PATH_RABBIT_INSTALL}cloudsmith.sh
RUN service rabbitmq-server start
RUN mkdir $PATH_RABBIT_APP_PYTHON
COPY requirements.txt $PATH_RABBIT_APP_PYTHON
WORKDIR $PATH_RABBIT_APP_PYTHON
RUN pwd
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
COPY *.py $PATH_RABBIT_APP_PYTHON
COPY loop_send_get_messages.sh $PATH_RABBIT_APP_PYTHON
RUN chmod +x loop_send_get_messages.sh
CMD ./loop_send_get_messages.sh
cloudsmith.sh
#!/usr/bin/sh
# From: https://www.rabbitmq.com/install-debian.html#apt-cloudsmith
sudo apt-get update -y && apt-get install curl gnupg apt-transport-https -y
## Team RabbitMQ's main signing key
curl -1sLf "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg > /dev/null
## Cloudsmith: modern Erlang repository
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/gpg.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.key | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/io.cloudsmith.rabbitmq.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.gpg > /dev/null
## Cloudsmith: RabbitMQ repository
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/gpg.9F4587F226208342.key | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/io.cloudsmith.rabbitmq.9F4587F226208342.gpg > /dev/null
## Add apt repositories maintained by Team RabbitMQ
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list <<EOF
## Provides modern Erlang/OTP releases
##
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.cloudsmith.rabbitmq.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.gpg] https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/deb/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.cloudsmith.rabbitmq.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.gpg] https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/deb/ubuntu bionic main
## Provides RabbitMQ
##
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.cloudsmith.rabbitmq.9F4587F226208342.gpg] https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/deb/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.cloudsmith.rabbitmq.9F4587F226208342.gpg] https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/deb/ubuntu bionic main
EOF
## Update package indices
sudo apt-get update -y
## Install Erlang packages
sudo apt-get install -y erlang-base \
erlang-asn1 erlang-crypto erlang-eldap erlang-ftp erlang-inets \
erlang-mnesia erlang-os-mon erlang-parsetools erlang-public-key \
erlang-runtime-tools erlang-snmp erlang-ssl \
erlang-syntax-tools erlang-tftp erlang-tools erlang-xmerl
## Install rabbitmq-server and its dependencies
sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server -y --fix-missing
build_docker.sh
#!/bin/bash
s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="rabbitmq"
echo "We will build the Docker Image and name it: ${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
echo "After, we will be able to run a Docker Container based on it."
printf "Removing old image %s\n" "${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
sudo docker rm "${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
printf "Creating Docker Image %s\n" "${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
sudo docker build -t ${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME} . --no-cache
i_EXIT_CODE=$?
if [ $i_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
printf "Error. Exit code %s\n" ${i_EXIT_CODE}
exit
fi
echo "Ready to run ${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME} Docker Container"
echo "To run in type: sudo docker run -it --name ${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME} ${s_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME}"
echo "or just use run_in_docker.sh"
requirements.txt
pika
loop_send_get_messages.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Starting RabbitMQ"
service rabbitmq-server start
echo "Launching consumer in background which will be listening and executing the callback function"
python3 rabbitmq_getfrom.py &
while true; do
i_MESSAGES=$(( RANDOM % 10 ))
echo "Sending $i_MESSAGES messages"
for i_MESSAGE in $(seq 1 $i_MESSAGES); do
python3 rabbitmq_sendto.py
done
echo "Sleeping 5 seconds"
sleep 5
done
echo "Exiting loop"
rabbitmq_sendto.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import pika
import time
connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(host="localhost"))
channel = connection.channel()
channel.queue_declare(queue="hello")
s_now = str(time.time())
s_message = "Hello World! " + s_now + " Testing Unicode: çÇ àá😀"
channel.basic_publish(exchange="", routing_key="hello", body=s_message)
print(" [x] Sent '" + s_message + "'")
connection.close()
rabbitmq_getfrom.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import pika
def callback(ch, method, properties, body):
# print(f" [x] Received in channel: {ch} method: {method} properties: {properties} body: {body}")
print(f" [x] Received body: {body}")
connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters(host="localhost"))
channel = connection.channel()
channel.queue_declare(queue="hello")
print(" [*] Waiting for messages. To exit press Ctrl+C")
# This will loop
channel.basic_consume(queue="hello", on_message_callback=callback)
channel.start_consuming()
print("Finishing consumer")