Windows – Config file for RabbitMQ as windows service

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I'm setting up an instance of RabbitMQ to run on my development workstation so as to make tests.

I would like to play with the configuration (conf regarding flow control in my case).

I've installed erlang, rabbitmq-server-3.1.1, set RABBITMQ_BASE to a certain directory, set RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE to c:/path/to/myconf (so it references c:\path\to\myconf.config).

Now I open my cmd and execute rabbitmq-service install. The web manager shows that my RMQ server is up and running.

But the value for disk_free_limit I've set does not match.

I don't know if the config file is not read or if I my config file has errors and is therefore ignored.

Content of my conf file:

[
    {rabbit,
        [
            {disk_free_limit, 250000000}
        ]
    }
].

Launch report in the logs (it shows that my conf file is not read):

=INFO REPORT==== 12-Jun-2013::17:06:44 ===
node           : rabbit@DEV-WORKSTATION
home dir       : C:\Windows
config file(s) : (none)
cookie hash    : 2SazL+DgWDMqrHlr4w8R8A==
log            : c:/rabbitmq_server-3.1.1/RabbitMQ/log/DEV-WORKSTATION.log
sasl log       : c:/rabbitmq_server-3.1.1/RabbitMQ/log/rabbit@DEV-WORKSTATION-sasl.log
database dir   : c:/rabbitmq_server-3.1.1/RabbitMQ/db/rabbit@DEV-WORKSTATION-mnesia

Thanks for your help.

Best Answer

I had the same issue and struggled to figure it out. I think the options provided in the start menu are doing things incorrectly. Once I ran from the command line it worked well.

set the RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE to your config file 1. Add your config file 2. rabbitmq-service stop 3. rabbitmq-service remove 4. rabbitmq-service install

Then it was able to pickup the config file

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