Rabbitmq file is NOT rolling over. It fills up the /var file system.

Products

• VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance
• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

RabbitMQ logs are not getting written to Installer path i.e default logs directory "<SAM_BASE>/smarts/local/logs"  instead it is getting saved under /var/log/rabbitmq/

Environment

TCSA DM - 2.4

Cause

It is a bug as RABBITMQ_LOGS variable is missing in config file. 

Resolution

To resolve this issue, perform the below steps;

1. Stop the rabbitmq service 

   ./sm_service stop <rabbitmq service>

2. Take backup of sm_rabbitmq file located at <SAM_BASE>/smarts/bin/system to non-Smarts path like /tmp.
3. Navigate to <SAM_BASE>/smarts/bin/system/directory, open sm_rabbitmq file.
4. Locate line 

   export RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR

5. Add

   export RABBITMQ_LOGS

   right below to line number 4, see screenshot for reference:
   
   
   
6. Start the smarts-rabbitmq service

   ./sm_service start <rabbitmq service>

7. Verify that the rabbitmq log is being created under <SAM_BASE>/smarts/local/logs.