[rabbitmq-discuss] Configuration Change Makes RabbitMQ Start Hang

Wed Apr 11 11:52:37 BST 2012

Hi Adam,

On 11/04/12 11:41, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> I can control both RabbitMQ's service and the management interface via -
> 
>   {rabbit,          [ {tcp_listeners, [{'127.0.0.1',5672}]}, ... ] },
>   {rabbitmq_mochiweb, [ {listeners, [{mgmt, [{port, 55672},
>                                              {ip, "127.0.0.1"}]}]}]}
> 
> - but for epmd I can't find how to configure to only listen on a
> specific interface / address.

For epmd you can use the following environment variables:

ERL_EPMD_ADDRESS
ERL_EPMD_PORT

See http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/epmd.html for details.

The information on setting up clustering through firewalls may also be
helpful:

http://www.rabbitmq.com/clustering.html#firewall

-Emile