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.SH "NAME"

rabbitmq-server \- start RabbitMQ AMQP server

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.HP \w'\fBrabbitmq\-server\fR\ 'u

\fBrabbitmq\-server\fR [\-detached]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP

RabbitMQ is an implementation of AMQP, the emerging standard for high performance enterprise messaging\&. The RabbitMQ server is a robust and scalable implementation of an AMQP broker\&.

.PP

Running rabbitmq\-server in the foreground displays a banner message, and reports on progress in the startup sequence, concluding with the message "broker running", indicating that the RabbitMQ broker has been started successfully\&. To shut down the server, just terminate the process or use rabbitmqctl(1)\&.

.SH "ENVIRONMENT"

.PP

RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE

.RS 4

Defaults to

/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia\&. Set this to the directory where Mnesia database files should be placed\&.

.RE

.PP

RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE

.RS 4

Defaults to

/var/log/rabbitmq\&. Log files generated by the server will be placed in this directory\&.

.RE

.PP

RABBITMQ_NODENAME

.RS 4

Defaults to rabbit\&. This can be useful if you want to run more than one node per machine \-

\fBRABBITMQ_NODENAME\fR

should be unique per erlang\-node\-and\-machine combination\&. See the

\fBclustering on a single machine guide\fR\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2

for details\&.

.RE

.PP

RABBITMQ_NODE_IP_ADDRESS

.RS 4

By default RabbitMQ will bind to all interfaces, on IPv4 and IPv6 if available\&. Set this if you only want to bind to one network interface or address family\&.

.RE

.PP

RABBITMQ_NODE_PORT

.RS 4

Defaults to 5672\&.

.RE

.SH "OPTIONS"

.PP

\-detached

.RS 4

Start the server process in the background\&. Note that this will cause the pid not to be written to the pid file\&.

.RE

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP

\fBrabbitmq-env.conf\fR(5)

\fBrabbitmqctl\fR(1)

.SH "EXAMPLES"

.PP

\fBrabbitmq\-server \-detached\fR

.RS 4

Runs RabbitMQ AMQP server in the background\&.

.RE

.SH "AUTHOR"

.PP

\fBThe RabbitMQ Team <\fR\fB\fBinfo@rabbitmq\&.com\fR\fR\fB>\fR

.SH "NOTES"

.IP " 1." 4

clustering on a single machine guide

.RS 4

\%http://www.rabbitmq.com/clustering.html#single-machine

.RE