[rabbitmq-discuss] Using init.d vs upstart script on EC2 image

Fri Jul 16 15:40:01 BST 2010

Hi All,

I currently have a RabbitMQ node deployed on EC2. I used your 64-bit
image from here:
http://www.rabbitmq.com/ec2.html

The default setup for this image works. However, I noticed that the
config scripts use a standard /etc/init.d init script. Since you're on
ubuntu, I'd suggest using an upstart (http://upstart.ubuntu.com)
config - mainly because it allows respawning processes. So, if the
queue broker dies for whatever reason, upstart can be configured to
automatically restart it.

A simple example config:

---
description "RabbitMQ Server"
author  "RabbitMQ"

start on runlevel 2
start on runlevel 3

stop on runlevel 0
stop on runlevel 1
stop on runlevel 4
stop on runlevel 5
stop on runlevel 6

exec /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-multi start_all 1 >
/var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log 2> /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_err
respawn
----

And then to use it:

cp rabbitmq-server.conf /etc/init
sudo initctl reload-configuration
sudo start rabbitmq-server

Has anyone else done something similar?

Cheers,
Reza

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