[rabbitmq-discuss] Rabbit 2.8.5 enable plugins, cannot_write_enabled_plugins_file

Fri Aug 10 08:40:26 BST 2012

Did,

On 10/08/12 07:42, David Myllykangas wrote:
> I just downloaded rabbit 2.8.5 and compiled from source.

I recommend downloading the generic binary instead of compiling from source.

> when I try to run scripts/rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management I
> get the following error:
> Error: {cannot_write_enabled_plugins_file,"/etc/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins",
>             enoent}
> I have set the environment-variables;
> RABBITMQ_BASE
> RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR
> RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE
> RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR
> RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR
> Is there any other environment variable I need to set to get this to
> work? (I need rabbit to have all configrations in a separate directory)

RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE, as per 
http://www.rabbitmq.com/relocate.html#generic-unix.

Matthias.