Here's the env vars we set prior to starting the broker:<div><br></div><div><div>ERLANG_VERSION=R14A</div><div>RABBIT_VERSION=2.1.1</div><div>RABBIT_HOME=/data/spg/prod/3rd/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_server-${RABBIT_VERSION}</div>
<div>export ERLANG_HOME=/data/spg/prod/3rd/erlang/${ERLANG_VERSION}</div><div>export RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE=/var/tmp/spg/rabbitmq</div><div>export RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE=/data/spg/prodrw/rabbitmq/rel/incr/${SPG_FARM_ENV}/data/mnesia</div>
<div>export RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=/data/spg/prodrw/rabbitmq/rel/incr/${SPG_FARM_ENV}/conf/rabbitmq</div><div>export PATH=$PATH:$ERLANG_HOME/bin:${RABBIT_HOME}/sbin</div><div><br></div><div>Not running as root but using a shared login (I know it's bad but out of my control). </div>
<div><br></div><div>The only thing I've noticed about the mgmt plugin is that it has a nasty memory leak in the IE browser (if left open over night, it accumulates over 1GB of memory). This probably has nothing to do with the broker going down but thought I'd mention it since you asked :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Since it's happened twice now in as many days I will be keeping a closer eye on it and report back with whatever I find.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Matthias Radestock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthias@rabbitmq.com">matthias@rabbitmq.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Shane,<div class="im"><br>
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Shane Witbeck wrote:<br>
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I installed rabbit via the generic unix tar because we don't have access to the normal OS package manager (one of the joys of being in a strict corporate env).<br>
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ok. Did you have to set any env vars / modify the startup scripts in any way? And are you running rabbit as root, a dedicated 'rabbitmq' user, or yourself?<div class="im"><br>
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I got "rabbitmq-server start -detached" from the documentation (<a href="http://www.rabbitmq.com/install.html#running-generic-unix" target="_blank">http://www.rabbitmq.com/install.html#running-generic-unix</a>)<br>
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There is no "start" in there. Shouldn't cause any harm though.<br>
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Is there an erl_crash.dump in the directory from which you started rabbit?<div class="im"><br>
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I haven't found anything noteworthy in the system logs yet.<br>
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I see your rabbit is running the management plugin. Have you been keeping an eye on it through that? And did anything odd crop up - high memory or fd use, for example - just before the death?<br>
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It is quite rare for rabbit to die, and very unusual indeed for it to do so without a trace. For that to happen the most likely cause of death is that something/body is killing it.<br>
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Matthias.<br>
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