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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I have been through the install docs a couple of times and am still baffled about the location of the rabbitmq.config file on Windows. There are two sections:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Defaults to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span class=code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:darkcyan;background:#F6FCB0'>%RABBITMQ_BASE%\rabbitmq</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>. If this file is present it is used by the server to configure RabbitMQ application components. Note that the .config extension is automatically appended by the Erlang runtime. See the section on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.rabbitmq.com/install.html#configfile"><b><span style='color:#444444'>the configuration file</span></b></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for details. Note that this file is also used to auto-configure RabbitMQ clusters. See the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.rabbitmq.com/clustering.html"><b><span style='color:#444444'>clustering guide</span></b></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then in the link for the configuration file, there are the following details:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>The location of this configuration file is distribution specific. By default, it is located in the following places on each platform:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Windows</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>- %APPDATA%\RabbitMQ\rabbitmq.config<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Debian</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>- /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>RPM</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>- /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>MacOS (Macports)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>- /opt/local/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#555555'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Generic UNIX</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'>- /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe I am missing something obvious, but these seem to disagree.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have attempted to be explicit instead by setting the following env var:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE= D:\rabbitmq\rabbitmq<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would then expect this to pick up this config file:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>D:\rabbitmq\rabbitmq.config<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, none of my settings are taking effect and I can’t figure out how to tell which config file the rabbitmq install is picking up. What is the easiest way for rabbitmq to tell me where it is looking for the config file? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any help or clarification would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>