[rabbitmq-discuss] HTTP api not starting

[Simon MacMullen]

On 09/11/2012 10:39PM, Wes Mitchell wrote:
> Hi, Simon:
>
> It appears from the output that rabbitmq_management plugins are enabled,
> with the exception
> of rabbitmq_management_visualiser; is that important?

No, rabbitmq_management_visualiser is an optional extra.

> Also the log file doesn't show anything with rabbitmq_management/ or
> port 55672. The main broker is up and running.

Hmm, the most plausible explanation, as Jerry says, is that the server 
has not been restarted. What does telnet / netstat say about that port? 
If this is not the case, can you post all the log files (including 
startup_log / startup_err / sasl logs ) somewhere?

Cheers, Simon

> Output of rabbitmq-plugins list:
>
> $ rabbitmq-plugins list
> [e] amqp_client                       2.8.4
> [ ] eldap                             2.8.4-git
> [ ] erlando                           2.8.4
> [e] mochiweb                          1.3-rmq2.8.4-git
> [ ] rabbitmq_auth_backend_ldap        2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl       2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_consistent_hash_exchange 2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_federation               2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_federation_management    2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_jsonrpc                  2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_jsonrpc_channel          2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_jsonrpc_channel_examples 2.8.4
> [E] rabbitmq_management               2.8.4
> [e] rabbitmq_management_agent         2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_management_visualiser    2.8.4
> [e] rabbitmq_mochiweb                 2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_shovel                   2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_shovel_management        2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_stomp                    2.8.4
> [ ] rabbitmq_tracing                  2.8.4
> [ ] rfc4627_jsonrpc                   2.8.4-git
> [e] webmachine                        1.7.0-rmq2.8.4-hg
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Simon MacMullen <simon at rabbitmq.com
> <mailto:simon at rabbitmq.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hmm. If the broker can't listen on the socket then it should refuse
>     to start.
>
>     On the broken machine, does "rabbitmq-plugins list" show all the
>     plugins with rabbitmq_management enabled?
>
>     Do you see the plugin being activated in /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log?
>
>     Cheers, Simon
>
>     On 09/11/12 00:30, wesm wrote:
>
>         I have rmq installed on two servers. On one, a production linux
>         box, the HTTP
>         api and rabbitmqadmin work fine. On the other, a VMware sandbox,
>         the broker
>         is running, but not listening on 55672. These are both "stock"
>         installations, and /etc/rabbitmq contains an enabled-plugins
>         file with the
>         single entry
>         [rabbitmq_management].
>
>         I only see INFO messages in the log files.
>
>         Any clues to help debug would be much appreciated. In
>         particular, if there's
>         something in the initialization sequence that could fail here,
>         that would
>         give me things to check.
>
>
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