/usr/bin/rabbitmq-server: cd: line 47: can't cd to ~rabbitmq: No such file or directory id: unknown ID 1100 id: unknown ID 1100 2026-11-09 15:17:20.715983+00:00 [warning] <0.144.0> Available file handles: 1024. Please consider increasing system limits 2026-11-09 15:17:21.465356+00:00 [warning] <0.144.0> Failed to create PID file "/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@localhost.pid" directory: no such file or directory 2026-11-09 15:17:21.773767+00:00 [error] <0.209.0> Failed to create feature flags file "/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@localhost-feature_flags" directory: no such file or directory 2026-11-09 15:17:21.777960+00:00 [error] <0.209.0> 2026-11-09 15:17:21.777960+00:00 [error] <0.209.0> BOOT FAILED 2026-11-09 15:17:21.777960+00:00 [error] <0.209.0> =========== 2026-11-09 15:17:21.777960+00:00 [error] <0.209.0> Error during startup: {error,failed_to_create_feature_flags_file_directory} 2026-11-09 15:17:21.777960+00:00 [error] <0.209.0> BOOT FAILED =========== Error during startup: {error,failed_to_create_feature_flags_file_directory} 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779579+00:00 [notice] <0.45.0> Application rabbit exited with reason: {failed_to_create_feature_flags_file_directory,{rabbit,start,[normal,[]]}} {exit,terminating,[{application_controller,call,2,[{file,"application_controller.erl"},{line,511}]},{application,'-ensure_all_started/3-lc$^0/1-0-',1,[{file,"application.erl"},{line,367}]},{application,ensure_all_started,3,[{file,"application.erl"},{line,367}]},{rabbit,'-start_it/1-fun-0-',1,[{file,"rabbit.erl"},{line,445}]},{timer,tc,2,[{file,"timer.erl"},{line,595}]},{rabbit,start_it,1,[{file,"rabbit.erl"},{line,441}]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]} 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> crasher: 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> initial call: application_master:init/3 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> pid: <0.208.0> 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> registered_name: [] 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> exception exit: {failed_to_create_feature_flags_file_directory, 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> {rabbit,start,[normal,[]]}} 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> in function application_master:init/3 (application_master.erl, line 143) 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> ancestors: [application_controller,<0.10.0>] 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> message_queue_len: 1 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> messages: [{'EXIT',<0.209.0>,normal}] 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> links: [<0.45.0>] 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> dictionary: [] 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> trap_exit: true 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> status: running 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> heap_size: 233 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> stack_size: 29 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> reductions: 70 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> neighbours: 2026-11-09 15:17:22.779766+00:00 [error] <0.208.0> Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ("{application_start_failure,rabbit,{failed_to_create_feature_flags_file_directory,{rabbit,start,[normal,[]]}}}") Crash dump is being written to: erl_crash.dump... Only root or rabbitmq can run rabbitmq-server