[chef] pid file for rabbitmq and couchdb

[Tom H < >]

Ohai Shefs,

The rabbitmq docs indicate that rabbit would create a pid file as controlled by the RABBITMQ_PID_FILE environment variable, however on inspection there is no reason that the init.d/rabbitmq-server script does that... Presumably something to do with how the service is started in rabbit-multi mode...?

Any suggestion on how to get rabbit or couchdb to use a pid file, so they can be monitored by monit?

Thanks
Tom





"A suitable pid file is created by the rabbitmq-server script. By default this is located in the Mnesia directory. Modify the RABBITMQ_PID_FILE environment variable to change the location. "
http://www.rabbitmq.com/man/rabbitmqctl.1.man.html