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EDR Server: Rabbitmq Process Won't Start With "enabled_plugins" Error

EDR Server: Rabbitmq Process Won't Start With "enabled_plugins" Error

Environment

  • EDR Server: 6.1.0 and above

Symptoms

  • Error in the terminal during startup
    • Process execution failure(70):
      Error: {cannot_write_enabled_plugins_file,"/etc/cb/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins",
      eacces}
      Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/opt/jenkins/build/workspace/build-cbent-signed-staging/code/coreservices/src/cb/utils/exceptions.py", line 62, in decorator
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cb/maintenance/cbstartup/main.py", line 152, in main
      File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cb/maintenance/cbstartup/main.py", line 98, in run
      File "/opt/jenkins/build/workspace/build-cbent-signed-staging/code/coreservices/src/cb/maintenance/cbstartup/actions/init_rabbitmq.py", line 74, in execute
      File "/opt/jenkins/build/workspace/build-cbent-signed-staging/code/coreservices/src/cb/maintenance/cbstartup/actions/init_rabbitmq.py", line 79, in _install_builtin_plugins
      File "/opt/jenkins/build/workspace/build-cbent-signed-staging/code/coreservices/src/cb/maintenance/cbstartup/actions/init_rabbitmq.py", line 99, in _enable_plugin
      File "/opt/jenkins/build/workspace/build-cbent-signed-staging/code/coreservices/src/cb/maintenance/cbstartup/actions/init_rabbitmq.py", line 116, in _run_process
      Exception: Process execution failure(70):
      Error: {cannot_write_enabled_plugins_file,"/etc/cb/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins",
      eacces}

  • Master or minions are out of disk space on one of the drives

Cause

Rabbitmq is unable to write to the /etc/cb/rabbitmq/ directory

Resolution

  1. Set proper permissions on master and minions:
    • chmod 770 /etc/cb/rabbitmq/

    • chown root:cb /etc/cb/rabbitmq/

    • chown cb:cb /etc/cb/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins

  2. Confirm /etc/cb/rabbitmq has space available on both master and minions. If at 100% disk usage, space will need to be added
    • df -h
  3. Rename or remove enabled_plugins.tmp on master and minions.
    • mv /etc/cb/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins.tmp /etc/cb/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins.backup
  4. Start services

Additional Notes

The enabled_plugins.tmp file will get recreated if the partition is full. Remove it after disk space has been cleared.

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