Cannot start rabbitmq-server in docker container, how to write this Dokcerfile?

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Cannot start rabbitmq-server in my docker container Here is my Dockerfile ``` # python official docker image, I have check that it is base on the debain jessie # The first line of python:2.7 Dockerfile is "FROM buildpack-deps:jessie" FROM python:2.7 # The rabbitmq-server install commands are as follow # I am sure that if I execute those commands in a Debain Jessie Server # The rabbitmq-server will be installed successfully and connectable # But in the docker, it does not works RUN echo 'deb http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian/ testing main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list RUN wget -O- https://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-release-signing-key.asc | apt-key add - RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends rabbitmq-server && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* RUN service rabbitmq-server restart RUN service rabbitmq-server status # A lot of other things about deploy my project # A lot of other things about deploy my project # A lot of other things about deploy my project CMD…

Accepted Answer

So as we discussed in comments, I'd suggest you to use official docker image for rabbitmq. Therefore you will end-up with 2 containers. In is this case: app and rabbit. Here is an example of Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml:

Dockerfile:

```
# use base python image with python 2.7
FROM python:2.7

# add requirements.txt to the image
ADD requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt

# set working directory to /app/
WORKDIR /app/

# install python dependencies
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get -y install libpq-dev python-dev
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
```

And example of docker-compose.yml:

```
version: '2'

services:
  # RabbitMQ
  rabbit:
    hostname: rabbit
    image: rabbitmq:3.6.1-management
    ports:
      - "5672:5672"  # we forward this port because it's useful for debugging
      - "15672:15672"  # here, we can access rabbitmq management plugin

# App
  app:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    hostname: app
    volumes:
      - .:/app  # mount current directory inside container
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    # set up links so that web knows about db and redis
    links:
      - rabbit
```

To start new containers use `docker-compose build && docker-compose up -d`

Cannot start rabbitmq-server in docker container, how to write this Dokcerfile?

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