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rabbit-mq in Ubuntu 16.04 fails to start without clear message error

Finally I found the detailed error in /var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log which says: {error_logger,{{2018,10,3},{13,14,18}},“Cookie file /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie must be accessible by owner only”,[...
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rabbit-mq in Ubuntu 16.04 fails to start without clear message error

chown rabbitmq:rabbitmq /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie chmod 600 /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie
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"Error when reading ./.erlang.cookie: eacces" while enabling rabbitmq plugin

I had to copy the .erlang.cookie file to $HOME directory. sudo cp /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie $HOME then i had to give read access to the file sudo chmod +r ./.erlang.cookie finally sudo ...
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Starting 'n' copies of a daemon with systemd

I think you need to use a .target file for ansiblePB, not a service. This is what the question you linked to uses.
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Where do I find files specific to a user?

The RabbitMQ installer creates the rabbitmq user and sets the home directory to /var/lib/rabbitmq. You can discover this by looking for the rabbitmq user in /etc/passwd. Apparently the erlang cookie ...
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how to configure sensu server with rabbitmq?

I had the same issue and have spent better part of my morning solving it. This problem arises when using SSL Certificate for RabbitMQ as a transport. 1) Without SSL: One could achieve transportation ...
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