Public bug reported: If a machine has a hostname made up entirely of numbers, install and start will fail reporting:
ERROR: epmd error for host "1234": badarg (unknown POSIX error) This can be duplicated: hostame 1234 echo 127.0.0.1 localhost 1234 > /etc/hosts apt-get install rabbitmq-server results in: Setting up rabbitmq-server (3.2.4-1) ... * Starting message broker rabbitmq-server * FAILED - check /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_\{log, _err\} [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript rabbitmq-server, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package rabbitmq-server (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ... Errors were encountered while processing: rabbitmq-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) But try: hostname testing echo 127.0.0.1 testing > /etc/hosts apt-get install rabbitmq-server and it works. I'm not sure if this is a rabbitmq-server "bug" or an epmd (I always chuckle when I write that...) bug, but it cropped up when installing rabbitmq-server to play with OpenStack so I figured I'd submit it here. ** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to rabbitmq-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1529033 Title: Install/start fails when hostname is numeric To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rabbitmq-server/+bug/1529033/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs