[rabbitmq-discuss] .erlang.cookie wont change for clustering

Tue Oct 2 17:06:44 BST 2012

Sorry I forgot to post my specs.

Box - Ubuntu 12.04
Rabbit - RabbitMQ 2.7.1
Admin - helpless:)

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:32:51 AM UTC-5, Orion Fillmore wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to get clustering set up for some rabbit mq servers.  I 
> changed the .erlang.cookie file on my slave to match the .erlang.cookie 
> file on my master.   I restarted rabbitmq...even tried a total system 
> reboot, but when i do this:
>
>  rabbitmq-server -detached
>
> I get this
> Activating RabbitMQ plugins ...
> 0 plugins activated:
>
> node with name "rabbit" already running on "ip-xx-xx-xxx-xxx"
> diagnostics:
> - nodes and their ports on ip-xx-xx-xxx-xxx: [{rabbit,52647},
>                                               
> {rabbitmqprelaunch13762,39547}]
> - current node: 'rabbitmqprelaunch13762 at ip-xx-xx-xxx-xxx
> - current node home dir: /var/lib/rabbitmq
> - current node cookie hash: z+T5xm6diKG0nxAxdGqbVA==
>
>
> But that is the old cookie hash, not the new one and I cannot get the 
> clustering to work as a result.  Any ideas what I am doing wrong and/or 
> need to do?
>
> Thanks in advance everyone!
>
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