Running a Docker container (RabbitMQ)

In this recipe we learn how to run a docker image, thereby making a container.

Getting ready

We will start the RabbitMQ container image that we downloaded in the previous recipe. This process is representative of how many containers are run, so it makes a good example.

How to do it

We proceed with the recipe as follows:

1. What we have downloaded so far is an image that can be run to create an actual container. A container is an actual instantiation of an image with specific parameters needed to configure the software in the container...