[rabbitmq-discuss] Identifying TCP Listeners.

Mon Apr 16 15:45:37 BST 2012

Adam,

On 11/04/12 18:32, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> With -
> rabbitmq-server-2.8.1-1.suse.noarch
> erlang-R15B-2.1.i586
>   - I can specify -
> {
>    kernel, [ {inet_dist_use_interface, [ {"127.0.0.1"} ] } ]
>   }
>   - /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config  and the server still starts, but it
> has no effect on how the epmd or beam.smp bind.

The above configuration is invalid. The entry should be

{kernel, [{inet_dist_use_interface, {127,0,0,1}}]}

The fact that rabbit started up fine suggests that it didn't read the 
config at all. Check the broker start up log, which should contain the line

config file(s) : /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config

if the config was read.

Furthermore, to change the interface to which EPMD binds, you need to 
set the ERL_EPMD_DIST_BIND environment variable, e.g.

export ERL_EPMD_DIST_BIND=172.0.0.1

Regards,

Matthias.