Cannot start RabbitMQ service: Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly

[MarkS]

Hi, I'm on Windows 7 Home Premium. I've installed OTP 18.3 Windows 64-bit Binary File which installs erl7.3. Installed rabbitmq-server-3.6.1.exe. Then ran "rabbitmq-service start" in an elevated cmd prompt.  I get:

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\Program Files\erl7.3\erts-7.3\bin\erlsrv: Failed to start service RabbitMQ.

Error: The process terminated unexpectedly.

...this is after reinstalling both.  I tried setting my RABBITMQ_BASE env var explicitly to C:\RabbitMQ and the folder was created (including the log and db folders) when I tried to start the service using the command:

rabbitmq-service start

What could be wrong?  Should I install a previous version?

Mark

[Joseph L. Casale]

On Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 9:42:31 AM UTC-6, MarkS wrote:
> ...this is after reinstalling both. I tried setting my RABBITMQ_BASE env var explicitly to C:\RabbitMQ and the folder was created (including the log and db folders) when I tried to start the service using the command:
> 
> rabbitmq-service start
> 
> 
> What could be wrong? Should I install a previous version?

The docs suggest non ascii chars, http://www.rabbitmq.com/windows-quirks.html however

I just ran into the exact issue and my RABBITMQ_BASE was already previously defined as

D:\RabbitMQ.

In this environment, HOME_PATH and HOME_DRIVE were redirected to a mapped drive and

after setting them empty, I was able to install.

Sadly I started trying to debug it but working with dos batch files is so arcane I gave up:(
I was using erlang 18.3 with rabbit mq 3.7.0 nightly on Windows Server 2012 R2.

By chance do you have UAC enabled and or you are not running as administrator by chance?

jlc

[MarkS]

Hi, I do have UAC enabled and I am running my cmd prompt as an administrator. I think this might have to do with the fact I have Windows 7 Home Premium.  To get around this, I connected to the RabbitMQ on the dev server and moved on.

Mark