On 26/03/13 12:25, Simon MacMullen wrote: > post-start exec /usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl wait /var/run/rabbitmq/pid > pre-stop exec /usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl stop /var/run/rabbitmq/pid Oh, and: env PID_FILE=/var/run/rabbitmq/pid I forgot the existing init script sets that. Cheers, Simon -- Simon MacMullen RabbitMQ, VMware