[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMQ and Windows Failover Clustering

Wed May 28 09:33:22 BST 2014

Nick,

On 21/05/14 12:20, Nick Benton wrote:
> I am looking at setting up RabbitMQ on an existing Windows
> Active/Passive failover cluster, using shared storage.
>
> I have seen the discussion surrounding this in the group (here
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rabbitmq-discuss/windows/rabbitmq-discuss/LnleyojNXjY/nOohEvgauCAJ>)
> detailing the requirement for the service name to be identical, and how
> to remedy this on installation (manual) of the RabbitMQ service.

That was fixed in 2.7.1, more than two years ago.

> Also, looking at the reliance on the erlang cookie, I should be able to
> set the homepath for this cookie to shared storage, is this correct?

yes.

> Are there any other components of RabbitMQ that can be located on the
> shared storage?

You'll want to make sure that RABBITMQ_BASE points to shared storage. It 
defaults to !APPDATA!\!RABBITMQ_SERVICENAME!.

More generally, see https://www.rabbitmq.com/relocate.html#windows

Matthias.