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In order to get the service approach to work correctly, I modified rabbitmq-server in /etc/init.d as follows:
[root at cluster1 init.d]# diff rabbitmq-server.20130501 rabbitmq-server
63c63
<         RABBITMQ_PID_FILE=$PID_FILE $START_PROG $DAEMON \
---
>         RABBITMQ_PID_FILE=$PID_FILE $START_PROG $DAEMON -detached \
[root at cluster1 init.d]#

I changed it there because DAEMON appears to be the rabbitmq-server

[root at cluster1 init.d]# grep DAEMON rabbitmq-server
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/${NAME}
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
        RABBITMQ_PID_FILE=$PID_FILE $START_PROG $DAEMON -detached \
[root at cluster1 init.d]#

When I performed service rabbitmq-server start

It just hung and never came back with a prompt.

However in another window I confirmed the rabbitmq-server was running

I then killed the service console window and looked at the startup_err file:
[root at cluster1 init.d]# more /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_err
Warning: PID file not written; -detached was passed.

and then i had to separately kill the process(s) associated with rabbitmq.

so my questions are thus:
   1) the documentation states this is how to normally start the server.  Is that normally for all modes or just for a clustered node approach?
   2) What can I do to keep the command from hanging if started as a service?  
       


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Gerald Kuch <jkuch at gopivotal.com>
>  To: srd <srd at duneram.com>, Discussions about RabbitMQ <rabbitmq-discuss at lists.rabbitmq.com>
>  Subject: Re: [rabbitmq-discuss] another question on cookies version 3.0.4
>  Sent: 01 May '13 19:52
>  
>  Ooops, my fingers auto-completed the "/etc/init.d" on the end of the
>  sentence.  Forget about that part.
>  
>  
>  On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Gerald Kuch <[LINK:
>  mailto:jkuch at gopivotal.com] jkuch at gopivotal.com> wrote:
>  
>  Depends how you started it:  Either /sbin/service/rabbitmq-server stop or
>  /etc/init.d/.
>  
>  
>  Of course 'kill' will stop it, but the cleanliness of doing the
>  former is preferable in non-emergency circumstances.
>  
>  
>  On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:26 AM, srd <[LINK: mailto:srd at duneram.com]
>  srd at duneram.com> wrote:
>  Thank you for your help.  I will give this a try.
>  
>  I've been starting it wrong all this time.
>  
>  what is the best way to stop the server?  up until now I have found no
>  good way to stop it except
>  
>  ps -efwww | grep rabbit
>  and then with that kill off the 4-6 associated jobs.
>  
>  Dave
>  
>  
>  >  -------Original Message-------
>  >  From: Tim Watson <[LINK: mailto:tim at rabbitmq.com] tim at rabbitmq.com>
>  >  To: srd <[LINK: mailto:srd at duneram.com] srd at duneram.com>, Discussions
>  about RabbitMQ <[LINK: mailto:rabbitmq-discuss at lists.rabbitmq.com]
>  rabbitmq-discuss at lists.rabbitmq.com>
>  >  Subject: Re: [rabbitmq-discuss] another question on cookies version
>  3.0.4
>  >  Sent: 01 May '13 13:21
>  >
>  >  Hi,
>  >
>  >  On 1 May 2013, at 14:15, srd wrote:
>  >
>  >  > so my questions are:
>  >  > 1) How does one normally start the server?
>  >
>  >  Depending on the platform, either /sbin/service rabbitmq-server start
>  or via /etc/init.d/.
>  >
>  >  > 2) my reason for wanting to do cookies is I wanted to setup a multi
>  node cluster (different servers)
>  >  >    If I start a server (no parameters) on each server the cookie
>  hash is different.
>  >
>  >  You need to ensure that all the cookies are the same. You can do this
>  by placing the .erlang.cookie file in the /home/rabbitmq directory on each
>  server.
>  >
>  >  > 3) I have looked at the clustering guide but haven't succeeded
>  in a setup using it.  How does one normally synchronize the cookies
>  across servers?
>  >
>  >  That's up to you - rabbit doesn't provide anything out of the
>  box to do this.
>  >
>  >  > 4) where is the cookie file stored?   I found one on the rabbitmq
>  user's root directory.   Is that where it is stored?
>  >
>  >  That's correct.
>  >
>  >  > 5) If I have to set a cookie value, is there a config file where it
>  can be set (or env variable?) and what is the syntax to set it?
>  >  >
>  >
>  >  I would recommend just using the cookie stored in the rabbitmq
>  user's home directory.
>  >
>  >  Cheers,
>  >  Tim
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