[rabbitmq-discuss] Creating a rabbitmq.config for federation

[Tim Watson]

On 22 Oct 2013, at 20:18, Robert Parker wrote:
> How do I convert that into a format that will work in a rabbitmq.config so that all I need to do is drop this config file in, reset the node, then restart rabbitmq-server to get this configuration working?

Take a look at https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/blob/master/docs/rabbitmq.config.example#L199.

>  Also, if you put your cluster config into rabbitmq.config  on both nodes to be clustered, will they automatically set the correct /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie or must that step still be done manually?
> 

Setting the correct cookie is a step that must be undertaken by a server/host administrator. RabbitMQ in fact does nothing with regards the erlang cookie file. The erlang runtime system looks for this in the home directory of the user that starts the emulator, and the rabbit startup scripts typically run as the `rabbitmq` user.

HTH!

Tim