Unable to enable plugins

[pcon0718]

Hi Everyone, I am unable to enable plugins using a wrapper script with the rabbitmq cookbook.

I have put the following values in my wrapper script:

default['rabbitmq']['enabled_plugins'] = 'amqp_client', 'mochiweb', 'rabbitmq_management', 'rabbitmq_management_agent', 'rabbitmq_web_dispatch', 'webmachine'
default['rabbitmq']['disabled_plugins'] = []
default['rabbitmq']['community_plugins'] = {}

The cookbook converges fine. However no plugins ever get installed.

[root@host1 rabbitmq]# rabbitmq-plugins list
Configured: E = explicitly enabled; e = implicitly enabled
| Status: * = running on rabbit@host1
|/
[ ] amqp_client 3.6.4
[ ] cowboy 1.0.3
[ ] cowlib 1.0.1
[ ] mochiweb 2.13.1
[ ] rabbitmq_amqp1_0 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_auth_backend_ldap 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_consistent_hash_exchange 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_event_exchange 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_federation 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_federation_management 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_management 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_management_agent 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_management_visualiser 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_mqtt 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_recent_history_exchange 1.2.1
[ ] rabbitmq_sharding 0.1.0
[ ] rabbitmq_shovel 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_shovel_management 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_stomp 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_top 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_tracing 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_trust_store 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_web_dispatch 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_web_stomp 3.6.4
[ ] rabbitmq_web_stomp_examples 3.6.4
[ ] sockjs 0.3.4
[ ] webmachine 1.10.3

Not sure what I am doing wrong here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[devsibwarra]

@pcon0718 The node['rabbitmq']['enabled_plugins'] setting must be an array. In your wrapper script, it should look like one of these lines

default['rabbitmq']['enabled_plugins'] = ['amqp_client', 'mochiweb', 'rabbitmq_management', 'rabbitmq_management_agent', 'rabbitmq_web_dispatch', 'webmachine']

default['rabbitmq']['enabled_plugins'] = %w(amqp_client mochiweb rabbitmq_management rabbitmq_management_agent rabbitmq_web_dispatch webmachine)

Are you including the recipe[rabbitmq::plugin_management] for your node? If so, you should see similar output to this in your Chef log

[2016-08-11T18:09:04+00:00] INFO: Processing rabbitmq_plugin[rabbitmq_shovel] action enable (rabbitmq::plugin_management line 25)
[2016-08-11T18:09:04+00:00] INFO: Processing rabbitmq_plugin[rabbitmq_shovel_management] action enable (rabbitmq::plugin_management line 25)

[pcon0718]

Thanks @devsibwarra. I tried both, and the cookbook converges fine. However I am still not able to get the plugins to install.

[devsibwarra]

The rabbitmq default recipe only installs RabbitMQ, sets up the configuration/erlang cookie, and manages the service. You need to include the other desired recipes either in a role or your wrapper.

Here's a blurb from my wrapper cb; just include the recipes with settings you wish to manage/change

include_recipe 'rabbitmq'
include_recipe 'rabbitmq::mgmt_console'
include_recipe 'rabbitmq::plugin_management'
include_recipe 'rabbitmq::policy_management'
include_recipe 'rabbitmq::user_management'
include_recipe 'rabbitmq::virtualhost_management'
include_recipe 'rabbitmq::cluster'

The erlang cookie is only managed when clustering is enabled, which is disabled by default

[pcon0718]

That works. Thank you.