[rabbitmq-discuss] Error: unable to connect to node 'rabbit at localhost': nodedown.

Sat Sep 17 15:39:37 BST 2011

On 17/09/11 15:33, Kayode Odeyemi wrote:
> I checked Erlang cookie at C:\WINDOWS\.erlang.cookie and the one
> generated by broker on startup. They are different. How do I synchronize
> them? There's another .erlang.cookie at C:\Documents and
> Settings\<username>. What should I do?

Pick one of the cookie files and copy it over all the others. Then 
re-install and restart the service.

> I did compare both information, and I try to start the broker with command:
>
> rabbitmqctl -n rabbitmqctl15051 at coasthost-pc start_app
>
> This doesn't seem to work either.

The broker is started by the service, or manually with 
rabbitmq-server.bat; rabbitmqctl cannot start the broker.

Regards,

Matthias.