RabbitMQ hostname

RabbitMQ requires a fixed and resolvable hostname (see http://www.rabbitmq.com/ec2.html#issues-hostname),
which is normal for a server. For a desktop or laptop machine where the
hostname changes frequently or is not resolvable, this issue may
prevent RabbitMQ from starting. When using a desktop or laptop computer
with a dynamic IP address, such as an address obtained from a wireless
network, the rabbitmq-server daemon must not start up before the NetworkManager service.

RabbitMQ on Debian

In Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) the rabbitmq-server daemon
does not start automatically after a reboot. This should be fixed before
installing Airtime, to prevent problems at playout time. If the
rabbitmq-server package was installed before the last reboot, you will
need to run:

invoke-rc.d rabbitmq-server start

as the root user before the installation of Airtime. If it is not already installed, run the following command as root:

apt-get install rabbitmq-server

After a fresh installation, rabbitmq-server will start automatically, so there is no need to run the invoke-rc.d command mentioned above.

In either case, you should then edit lines 13 and 14 of the file /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server (as root) to show:

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

and then run the command (as root):

update-rc.d rabbitmq-server defaults

This should make sure that rabbitmq-server starts after the next reboot."