RabbitMQ

This guide shows you how to work with RabbitMQ locally using Docker Compose and Python. This lab demonstrates real-time event publishing and consumption using the pika client.

Prerequisites

Docker installed and running.
Dev Containers extension installed (optional).

How to execute

Setup Environment:
- Dev Container (recommended)
- Manually
Open VS Code in the project folder and execute this command in the Command Palette:
Terminal window
> Dev Containers: Reopen in Container
Terminal window
pip install uv && uv sync
Start Infrastructure: Launch the RabbitMQ container:
Terminal window
```
docker compose up -d
```
Run the Example:
1. Publish events (Terminal 1):
  Terminal window
```
python publish.py
```
2. Listen for events (new terminal):
  Terminal window
```
python listen.py
```

Validate results

Open the RabbitMQ Management UI and navigate to Queues to inspect the user_events queue (credentials from .env):

http://localhost:15672

Clean Up

docker compose down -v

RabbitMQ

Prerequisites

How to execute

Validate results

Clean Up

Next steps