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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m experiencing a rather strange issue with the RabbitMQ Windows Service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>rabbitmq-service start<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Erlsrc: Service RabbitMQ started.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>rabbitmqctl status<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Status of node rabbit@HOST …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[{pid,5260},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">{running_applications,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> [{rabbitmq_shovel,"Data Shovel for RabbitMQ","2.5.1"},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If I now log off from the machine, and then log in again I get:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">>>rabbitmqctl status<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Status of node rabbit@HOST ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Error: unable to connect to node rabbit@HOST: nodedown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">However, the Service is still running and working as normal. It’s possible to recreate this from a remote machine as well:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">OTHERHOST>>rabbitmqctl status –n rabbit@HOST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Status of node rabbit@HOST …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[{pid,5260},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">{running_applications,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> [{rabbitmq_shovel,"Data Shovel for RabbitMQ","2.5.1"},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Log off from HOST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">OTHERHOST>>rabbitmqctl status -n rabbit@HOST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Status of node rabbit@HOST ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Error: unable to connect to node rabbit@HOST: nodedown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’ve synchronized the .erlang.cookie according to
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rabbitmq-discuss/msg/5bbad24be82583d5">http://groups.google.com/group/rabbitmq-discuss/msg/5bbad24be82583d5</a> (OTHERHOST and HOST as well as the different directories (c:\Windows for Service, c:\Users\user\ for rabbitmqctl).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The logs at HOST are not showing anything when the connection attempt is made.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Once re-logged in, restarting the Service in Admin Tools/Services lets me use rabbitmqctl status again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Max<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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