In case it's relevant here: I installed rabbitmq today (2013-02-20). - My machine's hostname is resolved also before installation, and it didn't change since the server was first installed few days ago. - in any case, i revised my /etc/hosts - it seems to be 100% ok (just in case) - i'm on Ubuntu 12.04, 64bit. - it's hosted inside VirtualBox - The log files mentioned in the files are empty (0 bytes) - erl_crash.dump is also empty. - I repeated the installation process (apt-get remove, autoremove, clean, autoclean, and then install) , to no avail.
after installation i (re)tried to start the server manually: # service rabbitmq-server start Starting rabbitmq-server: FAILED - check /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_{log, _err} rabbitmq-server. # according to someone here, i ran "rabbitmqctl status", and got all funny messages: # rabbitmqctl status {error_logger,{{2013,2,20},{13,3,37}},"Too short cookie string",[]} {error_logger,{{2013,2,20},{13,3,37}},crash_report,[[{initial_call,{auth,init,['Argument__1']}},{pid,<0.19.0>},{registered_name,[]},{error_info,{exit,{"Too short cookie string",[{auth,init_cookie,0},{auth,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]},[{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}},{ancestors,[net_sup,kernel_sup,<0.9.0>]},{messages,[]},{links,[<0.17.0>]},{dictionary,[]},{trap_exit,true},{status,running},{heap_size,987},{stack_size,24},{reductions,827}],[]]} {error_logger,{{2013,2,20},{13,3,37}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,net_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,{"Too short cookie string",[{auth,init_cookie,0},{auth,init,1},{gen_server,init_it,6},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,auth},{mfargs,{auth,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,2000},{child_type,worker}]}]} {error_logger,{{2013,2,20},{13,3,37}},supervisor_report,[{supervisor,{local,kernel_sup}},{errorContext,start_error},{reason,shutdown},{offender,[{pid,undefined},{name,net_sup},{mfargs,{erl_distribution,start_link,[]}},{restart_type,permanent},{shutdown,infinity},{child_type,supervisor}]}]} {error_logger,{{2013,2,20},{13,3,37}},std_info,[{application,kernel},{exited,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}},{type,permanent}]} {"Kernel pid terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}"} Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}}) still unresolved, and no workaround found. it's probably another misreported bug, and i'm still looking for solutions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to rabbitmq-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653405 Title: rabbitmq-server fails to start if hostname is unresolvable or has changed since first starting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rabbitmq-server/+bug/653405/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs