​Outpost Quickstart: Docker with RabbitMQ or AWS SQS via LocalStack

Local Docker setup for Outpost using Docker Compose. This setup includes:

• Outpost services (API, delivery, and log processors). See the architecture for more details.
• Redis as KV and entity storage
• PostgreSQL as log storage
• RabbitMQ or AWS SQS via LocalStack for message queuing

​Prerequisites

• Docker

​Setup

1. Clone the Outpost repo:

   git clone https://github.com/hookdeck/outpost.git
   sh

2. Navigate to outpost/examples/docker-compose/:

   cd outpost/examples/docker-compose/
   sh

3. Create a .env file from the top-level example file:

cp .env.example .env
sh

4. Update the $API_KEY value within the new .env file.

5. There are two options to run Outpost locally for this quickstart. Choose one of the following:

   1. With RabbitMQ:

   docker-compose -f compose.yml -f compose-rabbitmq.yml -f compose-postgres.yml up
   sh

   2. With SQS via LocalStack:

   docker-compose -f compose.yml -f compose-awssqs.yml -f compose-postgres.yml up
   sh

​Verify Installation

TENANT_ID=your_org_name
API_KEY=your_api_key
URL=your_webhook_url
sh

1. Check that the services are running:

   curl localhost:3333/api/v1/healthz
   sh

   Wait until you get an OK response.

2. Create a tenant with the following command, replacing $TENANT_ID with a unique identifier such as "your_org_name", and the $API_KEY with the value you set in your .env:

   curl --location --request PUT "localhost:3333/api/v1/$TENANT_ID" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
   sh

3. Run a local server exposed via a localtunnel or use a hosted service such as the Hookdeck Console to capture webhook events.

4. Create a webhook destination where events will be delivered to using the following command. Again, replace $TENANT_ID and $API_KEY. Also, replace $URL with the webhook destination's URL:

   curl --location "localhost:3333/api/v1/$TENANT_ID/destinations" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
   --data '{
       "type": "webhook",
       "topics": ["*"],
       "config": {
           "url": "'"$URL"'"
        }
    }'
   sh

5. Publish an event, remembering to replace $API_KEY and $TENANT_ID:

   curl --location "localhost:3333/api/v1/publish" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
   --data '{
       "tenant_id": "'"$TENANT_ID"'",
       "topic": "user.created",
       "eligible_for_retry": true,
       "metadata": {
           "meta": "data"
       },
       "data": {
           "user_id": "userid"
       }
   }'
   sh

6. Check the logs on your server or your webhook capture tool for the delivered event.

7. Get an Outpost portal link for the tenant:

   curl "localhost:3333/api/v1/$TENANT_ID/portal" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
   sh

   The response will look something like the following:

   { "redirect_url": "http://localhost:3333?token=$TOKEN" }
   json

   The token value is an API-generated JWT.

   Open the redirect_url link to view the Outpost portal.

   

Continue to use the Outpost API or the Outpost portal to add and test more destinations.