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Reputation: 2618

Rabbit mq start up error - application_start_failure

I am trying to set up a HA rabbit mq cluster and I am following the instruction in https://www.rabbitmq.com/clustering.html

The first rabbit mq server is fine, whereas in the second and third rabbitmq servers I am getting the below error,

Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_sup,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,auth,{"Cookie file /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erl

I have double check /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie on all three servers have the same value. Stuck with this error, any help on this is appreciated

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7144

Answers (1)

Emerson Pardo
Emerson Pardo

Reputation: 171

Maybe it is too late but I run into this same issue. Here how I solved it:

  1. Run rabbitmqctl status (as root or use sudo). It gave me some error messages. One of them was:

{error_logger,{{2016,9,20},{12,4,22}},"Cookie file /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie must be accessible by owner only",[]}

  1. Then run ls -l /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie. It returns to me this:

-rwxrwxrwx 1 rabbitmq rabbitmq 20 Set 25 2014 /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie

  1. Then change the permissions using chmod 600 /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie

I think other users may have to change the ownership too. It was not my case tough.

Upvotes: 3

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