[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMQ randomly dying under Ubuntu 9.04

Mon Oct 19 16:06:34 BST 2009

Tim,

Tim Rosenblatt wrote:
> How can i debug a rabbitmq server that randomly dies/stops accepting
> connections? I'm running off ubuntu and installed via apt-get. Usually
> when restarting, it's the persister that won't restart. The current
> solution is to delete the contents of /var/lib/rabbmq, but that feels
> like a hack and not a solution.

I recommend running 'rabbitmqctl list_queues' to get an idea of how many
messages are in the queues. You are probably feeding rabbit with more
messages than it can stomach.

Regards,

Matthias.