# rabbitmq


## rabbitmq vs kafka

^  [[RabbitMQ]]  ^  [[Kafka]]  ^
| Variation of [[Pub-Sub]], [[Request-Response]] & [[Point-to-Point]] patterns. | [[Pub-Sub]] for streaming platforms |
| Smartk Broker Model | Smart Consumer Model |
| Can ba synchronous/asynchronous | Durable message store |
| Push based approach | Pull based approach |
| Prioritize messages | Order/Retain/Guarantee messages |
| Decoupled consumer queues | Coupled consumer partition/groups |



^  Use RabbitMQ when  ^  Use Kafka when  ^
| No event replay | Replay |
| No clear picture of [[E2E]] architecture | Streaming |
| No producer changes for consumer additions | High throughput |
| Language agnostic microservices architecture | |

### Limitations

^  RabbitMQ  ^  Kafak  ^
| Queues are single threaded | Storage overheads |
| Compllex with more brokers | Streaming API for specific languages |
| No events replay | Ordering per partition |
| No native streaming support | Needs producer coordination with consumer for partition increases |




## docker

<code>
docker run -d -p 5672:5672 rabbitmq
</code>

### docker-compose

<code>
version: '3'
services:
  rabbitmq:
    image: 'rabbitmq:3-management-alpine'
    container_name: rabbitmq-stream
    ports:
      - "5672:5672"
      - "15672:15672"
    environment:
      RABBITMQ_ERLANG_COOKIE: "RabbitMQ-My-Cookies"
      RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: "admin"
      RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: "admin"
</code>


## Docs

- [[pyrabbit]]