LATEST VERSION: 3.7.2 - RELEASE NOTES
File Locations
You can set the following environment variables to specify where RabbitMQ should locate certain things. Most people will not need to do this.
| RABBITMQ_BASE | This base directory contains sub-directories for the RabbitMQ server’s database and log files. Alternatively, set RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE and RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE individually. |
| RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE | The name of the configuration file, without the .config extension. If the configuration file is present it is used by the server to configure RabbitMQ components. This file is also used to auto-configure RabbitMQ clusters. |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE | This base directory contains sub-directories for the RabbitMQ server’s Mnesia database files, one for each node, unless RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR is set explicitly. (In addition to Mnesia files this location also contains message storage and index files as well as schema and cluster details.) |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR | The directory where this RabbitMQ node’s Mnesia database files are placed. (In addition to Mnesia files this location also contains message storage and index files as well as schema and cluster details.) |
| RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE | This base directory contains the RabbitMQ server’s log files, unless RABBITMQ_LOGS or RABBITMQ_SASL_LOGS are set explicitly. |
| RABBITMQ_LOGS | The path of the RabbitMQ server’s Erlang log file. This variable cannot be overridden on Windows. |
| RABBITMQ_SASL_LOGS | The path of the RabbitMQ server’s Erlang SASL (System Application Support Libraries) log file. This variable cannot be overridden on Windows. |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR | The directory in which the plugins are found. |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR | Working directory used to expand enabled plugins when starting the server. |
| RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE | This file records explicitly enabled plugins. |
| RABBITMQ_PID_FILE | File in which the process id is placed for use by rabbitmqctl wait. |
Unix Default Locations
In the following table the ${install_prefix} to some paths is indicated. Macports installations use the installation-prefix set when Macports is installed. By default this is /opt/local.
Deb / RPM package installations use an empty ${install_prefix}.
| RABBITMQ_BASE | (Not used) |
| RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE | ${install_prefix}${install_prefix}/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE | ${install_prefix}${install_prefix}/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR | $RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE$RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME |
| RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE | ${install_prefix}${install_prefix}/var/log/rabbitmq |
| RABBITMQ_LOGS | $RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE$RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME.log |
| RABBITMQ_SASL_LOGS | $RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE$RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME-sasl.log |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR | $RABBITMQ_HOME$RABBITMQ_HOME/plugins |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR | $RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE$RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME-plugins-expand |
| RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE | ${install_prefix}${install_prefix}/etc/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins |
| RABBITMQ_PID_FILE | $RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR$RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR.pid |
Windows Default Locations
| RABBITMQ_BASE | %APPDATA%%APPDATA%\RabbitMQ |
| RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE | %RABBITMQ_BASE%%RABBITMQ_BASE%\rabbitmq |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE | %RABBITMQ_BASE%%RABBITMQ_BASE%\db |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR | %RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE%%RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE%\%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%%RABBITMQ_NODENAME% |
| RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE | %RABBITMQ_BASE%%RABBITMQ_BASE%\log |
| RABBITMQ_LOGS | %RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE%%RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE%\%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%.log |
| RABBITMQ_SASL_LOGS | %RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE%%RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE%\%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%-sasl.log |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR | Installation-directory/plugins |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR | %RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE%%RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE%\%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%%RABBITMQ_NODENAME%-plugins-expand |
| RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE | %RABBITMQ_BASE%%RABBITMQ_BASE%\enabled_plugins |
| RABBITMQ_PID_FILE | (Not currently supported) |
Generic Unix Default Locations
These are the defaults obtained when unpacking the Generic Unix tar-file and running the server without modification. In this table $RABBITMQ_HOME refers to the directory rabbitmq_server-3.5.4 produced when unpacking the download.
| RABBITMQ_BASE | (Not used) |
| RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE | $RABBITMQ_HOME$RABBITMQ_HOME/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE | $RABBITMQ_HOME$RABBITMQ_HOME/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia |
| RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR | $RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE$RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME |
| RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE | $RABBITMQ_HOME$RABBITMQ_HOME/var/log/rabbitmq |
| RABBITMQ_LOGS | $RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE$RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME.log |
| RABBITMQ_SASL_LOGS | $RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE$RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME-sasl.log |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR | $RABBITMQ_HOME$RABBITMQ_HOME/plugins |
| RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR | $RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE$RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE/$RABBITMQ_NODENAME$RABBITMQ_NODENAME-plugins-expand |
| RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE | $RABBITMQ_HOME$RABBITMQ_HOME/etc/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins |
| RABBITMQ_PID_FILE | $RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR$RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR.pid |