If RabbitMQ wont start and show the following in the startup logs:
# cat /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log
BOOT FAILED
===========
Error description:
{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}
Log files (may contain more information):
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus-sasl.log
Stack trace:
[{rabbit_node_monitor,'-prepare_cluster_status_files/0-fun-0-',1},
{rabbit_node_monitor,prepare_cluster_status_files,0},
{rabbit,'-boot/0-fun-1-',0},
{rabbit,start_it,1},
{init,start_it,1},
{init,start_em,1}]
{"init terminating in do_boot",{rabbit,failure_during_boot,{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}}}
# cat /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
=INFO REPORT==== 25-Mar-2014::04:43:36 ===
Error description:
{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}
Log files (may contain more information):
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus-sasl.log
Stack trace:
[{rabbit_node_monitor,'-prepare_cluster_status_files/0-fun-0-',1},
{rabbit_node_monitor,prepare_cluster_status_files,0},
{rabbit,'-boot/0-fun-1-',0},
{rabbit,start_it,1},
{init,start_it,1},
{init,start_em,1}]
=INFO REPORT==== 25-Mar-2014::04:44:24 ===
Error description:
{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}
Log files (may contain more information):
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus-sasl.log
Stack trace:
[{rabbit_node_monitor,'-prepare_cluster_status_files/0-fun-0-',1},
{rabbit_node_monitor,prepare_cluster_status_files,0},
{rabbit,'-boot/0-fun-1-',0},
{rabbit,start_it,1},
{init,start_it,1},
{init,start_em,1}]
=INFO REPORT==== 25-Mar-2014::04:44:39 ===
Error description:
{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}
Log files (may contain more information):
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus-sasl.log
Stack trace:
[{rabbit_node_monitor,'-prepare_cluster_status_files/0-fun-0-',1},
{rabbit_node_monitor,prepare_cluster_status_files,0},
{rabbit,'-boot/0-fun-1-',0},
{rabbit,start_it,1},
{init,start_it,1},
{init,start_em,1}]
=INFO REPORT==== 25-Mar-2014::04:46:27 ===
Error description:
{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}
Log files (may contain more information):
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus-sasl.log
Stack trace:
[{rabbit_node_monitor,'-prepare_cluster_status_files/0-fun-0-',1},
{rabbit_node_monitor,prepare_cluster_status_files,0},
{rabbit,'-boot/0-fun-1-',0},
{rabbit,start_it,1},
{init,start_it,1},
{init,start_em,1}]
=INFO REPORT==== 25-Mar-2014::04:48:06 ===
Error description:
{error,corrupt_cluster_status_files,[]}
Log files (may contain more information):
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus.log
/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@exodus-sasl.log
Stack trace:
[{rabbit_node_monitor,'-prepare_cluster_status_files/0-fun-0-',1},
{rabbit_node_monitor,prepare_cluster_status_files,0},
{rabbit,'-boot/0-fun-1-',0},
{rabbit,start_it,1},
{init,start_it,1},
{init,start_em,1}]
Manually purge the Queues by removing them from /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/ and then starting the service.
# rm -fr /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/*
# service rabbitmq-server start