Example invocation of a RabbitMQ docker container (use -d instead of -t -i to run in the background):
docker run -t -i --name rabbitmq -p 5672:5672 -p 15672:15672 rabbitmq:3-managementExample of controlling the rabbitmq-server inside the container using rabbitmqctl (also inside the container).
docker exec rabbitmq rabbitmqctl status