[rabbitmq-discuss] default_user vs definitions

[Simon MacMullen]

On 08/07/2014 4:02PM, Dmitry Andrianov wrote:
> 1. The fact default_user is ignored - is it a feature or a bug?

Feature. If you are using the management load-definitions feature then 
it's assumed you don't also want to be defining some other things elsewhere.

http://www.rabbitmq.com/management.html#load-definitions says:

> However, if you start from a completely reset broker, use of this
> option will prevent the usual default user / virtual host /
> permissions from being created.

> 2. is there any way to supply plaintext passwords with definitions JSON?

Yes, just change the "password_hash" key to "password" to provide 
passwords in plaintext.

(This also works for PUT /api/users/{whoever}.)

> 3. Any other approach I should consider instead?

Hopefully the above will work for you.

Cheers, Simon

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Simon MacMullen
RabbitMQ, Pivotal