RabbitMQ with ddev
This page explains how to setup the open-source message queuing software RabbitMQ with ddev and Shopware 6.
Before using RabbitMQ in a production environment, it may be useful to do a local installation to familiarize yourself with the setup. A local installation also allows for easy debugging in case of runtime problems.
Setup RabbitMQ with ddev
To setup RabbitMQ in your ddev environment, follow the instructions on https://github.com/b13/ddev-rabbitmq. Basically, it comes down to executing the command
For our needs, the basic RabbitMQ configuration settings provided with this recipe are sufficient.
Enable RabbitMQ as Message Transport with Shopware 6
To enable RabbitMQ with Shopware 6 we need to enable the php8.2-amqp extension as a prerequisite. For this, add the following line to your .ddev/config.yaml file:
Restart ddev with ddev restart to make this effective.
Since its release 6.5, Shopware uses the plain implementation of the Symfony messenger component. Install the Symfony AMQP component, which provides the link between the messenger and RabbitMQ:
Finally, to tell Symfony to use RabbitMQ instead of the default Doctrine transport, add these three lines to your .env.dev file:
Shopware 6 will now use RabbitMQ as its message queue transport system.
Monitor and Control RabbitMQ - Management UI
The admin user interface for RabbitMQ can be reached on your local machine at:
https://<your-project>.ddev.site:15673
The default credentials are rabbitmq/rabbitmq. Refer to the RabbitMQ documentation for further details. The ddev implementation also comes with three easy-to-use commands
see e.g. ddev rabbitmqadmin --help for more details.
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