[rabbitmq-discuss] BOOT ERROR: FAILED

Fri Oct 28 08:19:37 BST 2011

RabbitMQ 2.5.1 server on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 failed to start. When I tried to start it again, it started successfully.

Below are some files of the failed start up:

cat /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_err 
Erlang has closed

cat /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log
Activating RabbitMQ plugins ...
0 plugins activated:

+---+   +---+
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |
|   |   |   |
|   +---+   +-------+
|                   |
| RabbitMQ  +---+   |
|           |   |   |
|   v2.5.1  +---+   |
|                   |
+-------------------+
AMQP 0-9-1 / 0-9 / 0-8
Copyright (C) 2007-2011 VMware, Inc.
Licensed under the MPL.  See http://www.rabbitmq.com/

node           : rabbit at iac-pgis
app descriptor : /usr/lib/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-2.5.1/sbin/../ebin/rabbit.app
home dir       : /var/lib/rabbitmq
config file(s) : (none)
cookie hash    : Q6gFuwANTK79hr/vMOmpWg==
log            : /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at iac-pgis.log
sasl log       : /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit at iac-pgis-sasl.log
database dir   : /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit at iac-pgis
erlang version : 5.8.4

-- rabbit boot start
starting file handle cache server                                     ...done
starting worker pool                                                  ...done
starting database                                                     ...done
starting codec correctness check                                      ...done
-- external infrastructure ready
starting statistics event manager                                     ...done
starting logging server                                               ...done
starting plugin registry                                              ...done
starting auth mechanism amqplain                                      ...done
starting auth mechanism cr-demo                                       ...done
starting auth mechanism plain                                         ...done
starting exchange type direct                                         ...done
starting exchange type fanout                                         ...done
starting exchange type headers                                        ...done
starting exchange type topic                                          ...done
-- kernel ready
starting node monitor                                                 ...done
starting cluster delegate                                             ...done
starting guid generator                                               ...done
starting alarm handler                                                ...done
starting memory monitor                                               ...done
-- core initialized
starting empty DB check                                               ...done
starting exchange, queue and binding recovery                         ...BOOT ERROR: FAILED
Reason: {{bad_return_value,{error,{node_not_running,'rabbit at iac-pgis'}}},
         {gen_server2,call,[<0.219.0>,{init,true},infinity]}}
Stacktrace: [{gen_server2,call,3},
             {rabbit_amqqueue,'-recover_durable_queues/1-lc$^1/1-1-',1},
             {rabbit,recover,0},
             {rabbit,'-run_boot_step/1-lc$^1/1-1-',1},
             {rabbit,run_boot_step,1},
             {rabbit,'-start/2-lc$^0/1-0-',1},
             {rabbit,start,2},
             {application_master,start_it_old,4}]

Matti Linnanvuori