[Bug 1585043] Re: rabbitmq-server fails to start when /var/log/rabbitmq does not exist

[Breno Leitão]

I was able to reproduce this issue also:

Oct 17 14:01:11 u1610 rabbitmq[23206]: /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-server: 33: /usr/sbin/rabbitmq-server: cannot create /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log: Dir
Oct 17 14:01:11 u1610 systemd[1]: rabbitmq-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Oct 17 14:01:12 u1610 rabbitmq[23207]: Waiting for rabbit at u1610 ...
Oct 17 14:01:12 u1610 rabbitmq[23207]: pid is 21986 ...
Oct 17 14:01:12 u1610 rabbitmq[23207]: Error: process_not_running
Oct 17 14:01:12 u1610 systemd[1]: rabbitmq-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=2
Oct 17 14:01:12 u1610 systemd[1]: Failed to start RabbitMQ Messaging Server.
-- Subject: Unit rabbitmq-server.service has failed

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Title:
  rabbitmq-server fails to start when /var/log/rabbitmq does not exist

Status in rabbitmq-server package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  rabbitmq-server fails to start (`sudo service [re]start rabbitmq-
  server`) if the log directory (`/var/log/rabbitmq` by default) does
  not exist.

  It's a frequent use-case for people who mount `/var/log` as `tmpfs`
  (e.g. for SSD optimization).

  The script just hangs forever and does not provide any useful output
  nor (you guessed it) any log.

  Running `sudo mkdir /var/log/rabbitmq && sudo chown rabbitmq:rabbitmq
  /var/log && sudo service rabbitmq-server restart` starts it
  successfully, though.

  Bug noticed on rabbitmq-server 3.6.2-1 but it may affect other
  versions too.

  Feel free to ask more information, I reproduce this bug every single
  morning when starting my computer ;-)

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