RabbitMQ is a reliable, high performance queue Server written in Erlang.
Lets fiddle.
Before you start
Before you can start, you have to have installed Macports. Just in case, here’s how it’s done:
- Register at the Apple Developers Connection. Go to downloads/developer tools, and download the latest version of the XCode Developer tools. Grab a Flask of coffee.
- Download and run the latest macports installer http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/. Grab another Flask.
Installing Erlang
If you’re on the 10.5.3 update, you have to edit the erlang portsfile to avoid a bus error bug:
sudo vi /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/erlang/Portfile
Delete this line from configure.args attribute:
--enable-hipe \
Now you can use port to install erlang:
port install erlang
this is going to take a while.
Installing RabbitMQ
Grab and unpack the lastest generic Unix version of RabbitMQ. The current version as of writing is 1.4.0.
mkdir /tmp/rabbit-mq && cd /tmp/rabbit-mq
wget http://www.rabbitmq.com/releases/rabbitmq-server/v1.4.0/rabbitmq-server-generic-unix-1.4.0.tar.gz
tar xvfz rabbitmq-server-generic-unix-1.4.0.tar.gz
Now move this stuff into erlang’s magical mystery directory:
sudo mv rabbitmq_server-1.4.0 /opt/local/lib/erlang/lib
You’re good to go! Start up like this:
sudo /opt/local/lib/erlang/lib/rabbitmq_server-1.4.0/sbin/rabbitmq-server
Change permissions if you don’t want to run this as root.
UPDATE: I’ve been having troubes starting the server up, since the tables in the mnesia database backing rabbitmq are locked. I don’t know why this is the case. You can get this running again brute force styleee by deleting the database:
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia
