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

[Joshua Powers]

Because this occurs on the latest development branch of Ubuntu and
because we do not have a delta with Debian I went and confirmed whether
this was occurring upstream or not. I did confirm that it was occurring
on the latest upstream release from 5 days ago (3.6.7) and filed an
upstream issue. That issue is attached to this bug now and I will wait
to see what they have to say.

Here is a direct URL:
https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/issues/1151


** Bug watch added: github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/issues #1151
   https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/issues/1151

** Also affects: rabbitmq via
   https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/issues/1151
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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

Status in RabbitMQ:
  Unknown
Status in rabbitmq-server package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

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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