[rabbitmq-discuss] getting started, broker runs; can't get status

[Ben Hood]

Michael,

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Michael Steinfeld
<mikeisgreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've installed erlang and rabbitmq from source on rhel4 (x86_64) and I
> can start the broker without issue, but when I attempt to get 'status'
> of the broker I fail with
>
> Status of node rabbit at dbase2 ...
> {badrpc,nodedown}
> ...done.

This link might help:

http://lettuce.squarespace.com/faq/erlang/what-does-badrpcnodedown-mean.html

> All I have done so far is install it and run the broker, I am using
> the default config for now..
> I don't see anything relevant in the logs as to what is/not happening..

Can you post the rabbit.log?

> Can someone tell me what I can do to provide myself and the list with
> more information?

How did you install Rabbit? From the RPMs or from a binary tarball?

Ben