[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmq-server crashes

Tue May 3 22:14:05 BST 2011

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 04:54:37PM +0200, David Schmidt wrote:
> rabbitmq-server crashed, using rabbitmqctl quite understandably yields:
> 
> rabbitmqctl list_queues name messages
> Listing queues ...
> Error: unable to connect to node rabbit at db19: nodedown
> diagnostics:
> - nodes and their ports on db19: [{rabbitmqctl26359,39062}]
> - current node: rabbitmqctl26359 at db19
> - current node home dir: /var/lib/rabbitmq
> - current node cookie hash: MGjkgA5U5XxYMPKTviwAWw==

I was suggesting that you use rabbitmqctl before rabbit crashes in order
to inspect whether you can identify any source of leaks (eg acks) that
is causing the crash.

Also I would expect there will be some log entries suggesting what's
going on.

Matthew