sourcemation/rabbitmq-4-management repository overview

⁠RabbitMQ-4-Management packaged by Sourcemation

RabbitMQ is a high-performant, scalable message broker for AMQP clients.

This image contains RabbitMQ Server Management version 4 running on Debian 13 Slim. It's built on top of the latest stable Erlang image to ensure compatibility and optimal performance.

⁠Usage

Run a temporary container with the RabbitMQ Management

docker run --rm -it sourcemation/rabbitmq-4-management:latest

⁠RabbitMQ Admin CLI

As of April 28, 2026, this image includes the new v2 version of rabbitmqadmin (also known as rabbitmqadmin-ng), which is a standalone Rust-based binary. This version replaces the legacy Python script to align with official RabbitMQ 4.x distributions.

Please review the breaking and potentially breaking changes⁠ when migrating from the legacy Python-based version.

⁠Environment Vars, Ports, Volumes

This image uses the following environment variables:

APP_NAME="rabbitmq-4-management"
APP_VERSION="4.3.5"
HOME=/var/lib/rabbitmq
RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/rabbitmq
RABBITMQ_HOME=/opt/rabbitmq
PATH=/opt/rabbitmq/sbin:/opt/erlang/bin:/opt/openssl/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
LANG=C.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8

This image exposes the following ports:

• 4369 : the Erlang Port Mapping Daemon port
• 5671 : the default port for AMQP clients (HTTPS)
• 5672 : the default port for AMQP clients (HTTP)
• 15691 : the Prometheus exporter API port (HTTPS)
• 15692 : the Prometheus exporter API port (HTTP)
• 25672 : the Erlang distribution server port
• 15671 : the RabbitMQ Management UI (HTTPS)
• 15672 : the RabbitMQ Management UI (HTTP)

Please note that the ports need to be either manually forwarded with the -p option or let Docker choose some for you with the -P option.

This image uses the following volumes:

• /var/lib/rabbitmq

⁠Contributing and Issues

We welcome your contributions! If you have new feature requests, want to report a bug, or wish to submit a pull request with your code or an image request, you can do so via the Sourcemation GitHub repository for this image.

• Open a new issue (for feature requests, bug reports, or image requests)⁠
• Submit a pull request⁠

Disclaimer: The sourcemation/rabbitmq-4-management image is not affiliated with the Broadcom. The respective companies and organisations own the trademarks mentioned in the offering. The sourcemation/rabbitmq-4-management image is a separate project and is maintained by Sourcemation⁠.

⁠Licenses

The base license for the solution (RabbitMQ Server) is the Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 and Apache License Version 2.0⁠.
The Erlang licence is the Apache License 2.0⁠.
The OpenSSL licence is Apache License 2.0⁠.
The Debian licence is the GNU General Public License v3.0⁠.