Custom Config Files Not Used by RabbitMQ

[Elizabeth Waller]

Hi all,

I have just installed RabbitMQ and it is running fine except that the TLS listeners are not enabled.  In digging into this issue, I found via rabblitmqctl status command that the custom configuration files I set up are not in use.  There is nothing listed under "config files" in the status output.

I set the environmental variables via admin command prompt and in the Windows system properties:

set RABBITMQ_ADVANCED_CONFIG_FILE=c:\RabbitMQ\Configs\advanced.config
set RABBITMQ_BASE=c:\RabbitMQ\Data
set RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=c:\RabbitMQ\Configs\rabbitmq.conf
set RABBITMQ_NODENAME=rabbit@xxx (removed for security purposes)
set RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME=true

I've tried stopping and removing and installing the service but the custom config files are still not being used.  The other environmental variables are in use (i.e., RABBITMQ_BASE).

I also see this in the log file:

Starting RabbitMQ 3.8.14 on Erlang 22.3
 Copyright (c) 2007-2021 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates.
 Licensed under the MPL 2.0. Website: https://rabbitmq.com
2021-12-28 22:12:07.494 [info] <0.276.0>
 node           : xxx (removed for security)
 home dir       : C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile
 config file(s) : (none)
 

Windows Server 2016

Erlang version 22.3

RabbitMQ version: 3.8.14

Any ideas?  Thanks!

[Luke Bakken]

Hello -

Please do the following:

Run these commands from an elevated command prompt:

rabbitmq-service.bat stop

rabbitmq-service.bat remove

Set all of the RABBITMQ environment variables as system environment variables. Close and re-open your elevated command prompt. Run the following and check the output to ensure the variables are set:

set

If so, run these commands:

rabbitmq-service.bat install

rabbitmq-service.bat start

By the way you are using out-of-date versions of RabbitMQ and Erlang.

Thanks

Luke

[Elizabeth Waller]

Hey Luke,

Thanks for the assistance!  I was using the set command but changed to setx with the /m to set the environmental variables in combination with the commands above and that did the trick.