<b>Hi, all,</b><div><br></div><div><b>I've been trying to install rabbitmq (ver 3.1.0) on my own vps ( linux distribution: debian, x86) for a long time, but I just failed again and again.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First, I'd like to show the error message I got:</b></div><div><br></div><div><div>root@XXX:~/code# /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server start</div><div>[warn] Starting message broker: rabbitmq-server[....] FAILED - check /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_\{log, _err\} ... (warning).</div><div>&nbsp;failed!</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>root@XXX:~/code# rabbitmqctl status</div><div>{error_logger,{{2013,5,18},{13,21,20}},"Protocol: ~tp: register/listen error: ~tp~n",["inet_tcp",epmd_close]}</div><div>{error_logger,{{2013,5,18},{13,21,20}},crash_report,[[{initial_call,{net_kernel,init,['Argument__1']}},{pid,&lt;0.21.0&gt;},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{error,badarg},[{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,320}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,239}]}]}},{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,&lt;0.10.0&gt;]},{messages,[]},{links,[#Port&lt;0.93&gt;,&lt;0.18.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[{longnames,false}]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,376},{stack_size,27},{reductions,785}],[]]}</div><div>{error_logger,{{2013,5,18},{13,21,20}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{'EXIT',nodistribution}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_kernel},{mfargs,{net_kernel,start_link,[[rabbitmqctl12829,shortnames]]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]}</div><div>{error_logger,{{2013,5,18},{13,21,20}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_kernel,{'EXIT',nodistribution}}}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_sup},{mfargs,{erl_distribution,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,infinity},{child_type,supervisor}]}]}</div><div>{error_logger,{{2013,5,18},{13,21,20}},crash_report,[[{initial_call,{application_master,init,['Argument__1','Argument__2','Argument__3','Argument__4']}},{pid,&lt;0.9.0&gt;},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_sup,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_kernel,{'EXIT',nodistribution}}}}},{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}},[{application_master,init,4,[{file,"application_master.erl"},{line,138}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,239}]}]}},{ancestors,[&lt;0.8.0&gt;]},{messages,[{'EXIT',&lt;0.10.0&gt;,normal}]},{links,[&lt;0.8.0&gt;,&lt;0.7.0&gt;]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,376},{stack_size,27},{reductions,117}],[]]}</div><div>{error_logger,{{2013,5,18},{13,21,20}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_sup,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_kernel,{'EXIT',nodistribution}}}}},{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]}</div><div>{"Kernel pid terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_sup,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_kernel,{'EXIT',nodistribution}}}}},{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}</div><div><br></div><div>Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump</div><div>Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_sup,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_kernel,{'EXIT',nodistribution}}}}},{k</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>root@XXX:~/code# ps xua | grep epmd</div><div>rabbitmq 12470 &nbsp;0.0 &nbsp;0.1 &nbsp; 2524 &nbsp; 548 ? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;S &nbsp; &nbsp;13:15 &nbsp; 0:00 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.10.1/bin/epmd -daemon</div><div>root &nbsp; &nbsp; 12866 &nbsp;0.0 &nbsp;0.1 &nbsp; 4428 &nbsp; 804 pts/0 &nbsp; &nbsp;S+ &nbsp; 13:21 &nbsp; 0:00 grep --color=auto epmd</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>root@XXX:~/code# ps xua | grep rabbitmq</div><div>rabbitmq 12470 &nbsp;0.0 &nbsp;0.1 &nbsp; 2524 &nbsp; 548 ? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;S &nbsp; &nbsp;13:15 &nbsp; 0:00 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-5.10.1/bin/epmd -daemon</div><div>root &nbsp; &nbsp; 12868 &nbsp;0.0 &nbsp;0.1 &nbsp; 4428 &nbsp; 812 pts/0 &nbsp; &nbsp;S+ &nbsp; 13:22 &nbsp; 0:00 grep --color=auto rabbitmq</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>And I've tried many solving methods I've googled, such as changing hostname and writing rabbitmq.conf, but none worked.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>What's more, I even updated my Erlang, which is now R16B.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Still, nothing could be solved, and I turn to your for help.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Thank you in advance and I'm looking forward to your reply.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Xiang Yu</b></div>