Instructions

• Make sure you have the docker container for windows installed and you're using linux images (the docker tray menu should show 'Swith to Windows containers'. DO NOT Switch to Windows)

• Make sure the ports used in docker-compose.yml is free on your computer
• run this command: docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d --build
• check if you have all three docker containers up and running
  • rabbitmq
  • publisher
  • subscriber (in case of issues with subscriber container check the point below under To do)
• Once all are up and running, view the container log of the subscriber using a similar command:docker logs -f <container_name>
• Then in another window, attach shell to publisher container interactively using a similar command:docker exec -it <container_name> /bin/sh
• In the attached shell run the publisher with dotnet command: dotnet publish.dll
• The program asks you for a message to send repeatedly. Each time you send a message, it will be sent to rabbitmq queue
• Check the logs of the subscriber container, you should be able to see all the messages you sent.

To do:

• POC RabbitMQ on container
• Review pluralsight course
• POC publisher with MassTransit
• POC subscriber with MassTransit
• Containerize all microservices
• Connection resiliency
  • if the subscriber container fails to start, it's because rabbitmq has not started up completely. Remove (and NOT stop) only the subscriber container and run the docker-compose again

Notes:

• It's easier to use VS Code docker extension by Microsoft for all the actions with containers in the instructions above.
• This project is inspired by :
  • http://looselycoupledlabs.com/2015/07/masstransit-3-update-a-simple-publishsubscribe-example/