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How to install or manage RabbitMQ plugins in PCF Dev

I have newly installed and started pcf dev instance (with one of the latest versions on the current date - 0.30.0).

I have added rabbitmq as a Service for one of my spaces (using command cf create-service p-rabbitmq standard my_rabbitmq).

There is no rabbitmq management dashboard in the web application interface, probably because i am using pcf dev, not the cloud pcf instance.

Is it possible to manage(and how) rabbitmq plugins using command line tools or somehow else?

p.s. I have Windows 10 OS.

Solution

    1. Use cf dev ssh to get SSH access to the VM as the vcap user.

    2. Thanks to https://github.com/pivotal-cf/pcfdev/issues/67

    You can log in as root and run the following:

    root@agent-id-pcfdev-0:~# export PATH=/var/vcap/packages/erlang/bin:/var/vcap/packages/rabbitmq-server/bin:$PATH

    root@agent-id-pcfdev-0:~# rabbitmq-plugins enable

    1. To login as a root https://askubuntu.com/questions/91598/how-do-i-login-as-root:

    Be aware that the root account is not active by default.

    You will need to do:

    sudo passwd root

    Then go ahead to set password. Use the root user using

    su root