[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMQ does not start with rabbit-status plugin - broker is running

Mon May 31 13:28:58 BST 2010

Hi !

I have a Rabbit node running on Ubtuntu 10.04 64 bit (running RabbitMQ
1.7.2). When I put the rabbit-status plugin into the plugin dir and do a
rabbitmq-active-plugins, the rabbitmq does not start anymore.
Here is what happens :

Restarting rabbitmq-server: No nodes running
FAILED - check /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log, _err

Startup_log contains :

Starting all nodes...
Starting node rabbit at rabbit...

+---+   +---+
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |
|   +---+   +-------+
|                   |
| RabbitMQ  +---+   |
|           |   |   |
|   v1.7.2  +---+   |
|                   |
+-------------------+
AMQP 8-0
Copyright (C) 2007-2010 LShift Ltd., Cohesive Financial Technologies
LLC., and Rabbit Technologies Ltd.
Licensed under the MPL.  See http://www.rabbitmq.com/

node          : rabbit at rabbit
app descriptor:
/usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.7.2/sbin/../ebin/rabbit.app
home dir      : /var/lib/rabbitmq
cookie hash   : 13Uwjf5cBjAWS9rsT6HSIA==
log           : /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit.log
sasl log      : /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit-sasl.log
database dir  : /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit

starting internal event notification system
...done
starting logging server
...done
starting database
...done
-- kernel ready
starting alarm handler
...done
starting queue supervisor
...done
starting node monitor
...done
starting cluster router
...done
-- core initialized
starting empty DB check
...done
starting codec correctness check
...done
starting exchange recovery
...done
starting queue recovery
...done
starting persister
...done
starting guid generator
...done
-- message delivery logic ready
starting error log relay
...done
starting networking
...done
-- network listeners available

broker running
{"Kernel pid
terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,rabbit_st
atus,{shutdown,{rabbit_status_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}

Startup_err contains

Erlang has closed
Error: {node_start_failed,normal}

Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller)
({application_start_failure,rabbit_status,{shutdown,{rabbit_status_app,s
tart,[normal,[]]}}})

After reading some older posts containing startup problems, i
"hand-started" epmd ( epmd -d >/tmp/emp.log 2>&1)

Here is what the log says : 

epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:08 2010: epmd running - daemon = 0
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** got ALIVE2_REQ
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: registering 'rabbitmq_multi31265:1',
port 57996
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: type 77 proto 0 highvsn 5 lowvsn 5
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** sent ALIVE2_RESP for
"rabbitmq_multi31265"
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** got PORT2_REQ
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** sent PORT2_RESP (error) for "rabbit"
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** got PORT2_REQ
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** sent PORT2_RESP (error) for "rabbit"
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** got ALIVE2_REQ
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: registering 'rabbit:1', port 55295
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: type 77 proto 0 highvsn 5 lowvsn 5
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** sent ALIVE2_RESP for "rabbit"
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** got PORT2_REQ
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:15 2010: ** sent PORT2_RESP (ok) for "rabbit"
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:16 2010: unregistering 'rabbit:1', port 55295
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:17 2010: ** got PORT2_REQ
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:17 2010: ** sent PORT2_RESP (error) for "rabbit"
epmd: Mon May 31 14:22:17 2010: unregistering 'rabbitmq_multi31265:1',
port 57996

I can't find an obvious reason why it does not start. Can you give me
some more directions where to look ?

Kai 