[rabbitmq-discuss] Trouble starting RabbitMQ on new install.

Tue Jan 22 20:08:23 GMT 2013

Hi,

To start the server you need to execute:
./sbin/rabbitmq-server

-Alvaro

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Scott Turnbull <streamweaver at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm a new RabbitMQ user trying to install RabbitMQ on an EC2 instance in
> Ubuntu.  I've followed the Debian/Ubuntu install instructions and the
> application seems to install in the expected /var/lib/rabbitmq and
> /etc/rabbitmq locations however there is nothing added to /etc/init.d as I
> think is expected.
>
> My problem comes in trying to start the service.  Using the command
>
> > sudo rabbitmqctl start_app
>
> I get the following output:
>
> ========= OUTPUT =======================
> Starting node 'rabbit at domU-12-31-39-0E-B9-35' ...
> Error: unable to connect to node 'rabbit at domU-12-31-39-0E-B9-35': nodedown
>
> DIAGNOSTICS
> ===========
>
> nodes in question: ['rabbit at domU-12-31-39-0E-B9-35']
>
> hosts, their running nodes and ports:
> - domU-12-31-39-0E-B9-35: [{rabbitmqctl23773,49314}]
>
> current node details:
> - node name: 'rabbitmqctl23773 at domU-12-31-39-0E-B9-35'
> - home dir: /var/lib/rabbitmq
> - cookie hash: TTgDEq/ip10RejnAnWGTAA==
>
> ========== END OUTPUT ==============================
>
>
> Some additional details that may help.
>
> * This is all under the default config, no additional config changes have
> been added.
> * when I compare the cookie hash in the output above with
> /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookies I see they are different
> * No files at all appear in the /var/log/rabbitmq directory
>
> The cookie mismatch and fact that no log files are being generated make me
> expect it's a user/permission issue but I'm not sure what I need to change.
>  The install was done under sudo apt-get as is the execution of rabbitmqctl
>
> I appologize for my newness but would appreciate any insight.
>
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