RabbitMQ Problem loading page (connection reset bad header GET/FAV)

Question

rabbitmq has connected to my ports and everything looks good so far but when i try to connect to my localhost in browser im getting this error message:

The connection was reset

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

    The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
    If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
    If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web

so the first thing i did was go and look at my rabbitmq log and i see this:

 Starting RabbitMQ 3.7.9 on Erlang 20.2.2
 Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Pivotal Software, Inc.
 Licensed under the MPL.  See http://www.rabbitmq.com/
2019-09-15 08:06:51.710 [info] <0.240.0> 
 node           : rabbit@bowzer
 home dir       : /var/lib/rabbitmq
 config file(s) : (none)
 cookie hash    : XC8syc3LUBiQChoU4UJxPA==
 log(s)         : /var/log/rabbitmq/[email protected]
                : /var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@bowzer_upgrade.log
 database dir   : /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@bowzer
2019-09-15 08:06:52.982 [info] <0.248.0> Memory high watermark set to 6421 MiB (6733540556 bytes) of 16054 MiB (16833851392 bytes) total
2019-09-15 08:06:52.987 [info] <0.250.0> Enabling free disk space monitoring
2019-09-15 08:06:52.987 [info] <0.250.0> Disk free limit set to 50MB
2019-09-15 08:06:52.991 [info] <0.253.0> Limiting to approx 32668 file handles (29399 sockets)
2019-09-15 08:06:52.991 [info] <0.254.0> FHC read buffering:  OFF
2019-09-15 08:06:52.991 [info] <0.254.0> FHC write buffering: ON
2019-09-15 08:06:52.993 [info] <0.240.0> Waiting for Mnesia tables for 30000 ms, 9 retries left
2019-09-15 08:06:53.164 [info] <0.240.0> Waiting for Mnesia tables for 30000 ms, 9 retries left
2019-09-15 08:06:53.164 [info] <0.240.0> Peer discovery backend rabbit_peer_discovery_classic_config does not support registration, skipping registration.
2019-09-15 08:06:53.165 [info] <0.240.0> Priority queues enabled, real BQ is rabbit_variable_queue
2019-09-15 08:06:53.219 [info] <0.278.0> Starting rabbit_node_monitor
2019-09-15 08:06:53.241 [info] <0.306.0> Making sure data directory '/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit@bowzer/msg_stores/vhosts/628WB79CIFDYO9LJI6DKMI09L' for vhost '/' exists
2019-09-15 08:06:53.302 [info] <0.306.0> Starting message stores for vhost '/'
2019-09-15 08:06:53.303 [info] <0.310.0> Message store "628WB79CIFDYO9LJI6DKMI09L/msg_store_transient": using rabbit_msg_store_ets_index to provide index
2019-09-15 08:06:53.305 [info] <0.306.0> Started message store of type transient for vhost '/'
2019-09-15 08:06:53.306 [info] <0.313.0> Message store "628WB79CIFDYO9LJI6DKMI09L/msg_store_persistent": using rabbit_msg_store_ets_index to provide index
2019-09-15 08:06:53.308 [info] <0.306.0> Started message store of type persistent for vhost '/'
2019-09-15 08:06:53.312 [warning] <0.334.0> Setting Ranch options together with socket options is deprecated. Please use the new map syntax that allows specifying socket options separately from other options.
2019-09-15 08:06:53.313 [info] <0.348.0> started TCP listener on [::]:5672
2019-09-15 08:06:53.314 [info] <0.240.0> Setting up a table for connection tracking on this node: tracked_connection_on_node_rabbit@bowzer
2019-09-15 08:06:53.314 [info] <0.240.0> Setting up a table for per-vhost connection counting on this node: tracked_connection_per_vhost_on_node_rabbit@bowzer
2019-09-15 08:06:53.315 [info] <0.33.0> Application rabbit started on node rabbit@bowzer
2019-09-15 08:06:53.375 [notice] <0.86.0> Changed loghwm of /var/log/rabbitmq/[email protected] to 50
2019-09-15 08:06:53.540 [info] <0.5.0> Server startup complete; 0 plugins started.
2019-09-15 08:10:51.196 [info] <0.378.0> accepting AMQP connection <0.378.0> (127.0.0.1:55986 -> 127.0.0.1:5672)
2019-09-15 08:10:51.196 [error] <0.378.0> closing AMQP connection <0.378.0> (127.0.0.1:55986 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
{bad_header,<<"GET / HT">>}
2019-09-15 08:13:26.916 [info] <0.385.0> accepting AMQP connection <0.385.0> (127.0.0.1:55990 -> 127.0.0.1:5672)
2019-09-15 08:13:26.916 [error] <0.385.0> closing AMQP connection <0.385.0> (127.0.0.1:55990 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
{bad_header,<<"GET / HT">>}
2019-09-15 08:13:27.007 [info] <0.389.0> accepting AMQP connection <0.389.0> (127.0.0.1:55992 -> 127.0.0.1:5672)
2019-09-15 08:13:27.007 [error] <0.389.0> closing AMQP connection <0.389.0> (127.0.0.1:55992 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
{bad_header,<<"GET /fav">>}

so i went and checked my ports and i get this:

sudo lsof -i -p -n | grep rabbitmq:

epmd      5687        rabbitmq    3u  IPv4  59822      0t0  TCP *:4369 (LISTEN)

epmd      5687        rabbitmq    4u  IPv6  59823      0t0  TCP *:4369 (LISTEN)

beam.smp  5892        rabbitmq   59u  IPv4  57068  0t0  TCP *:25672 (LISTEN)

beam.smp  5892        rabbitmq   69u  IPv6  58166      0t0  TCP *:5672 (LISTEN)

sudo service rabbitmq-server status:

● rabbitmq-server.service - RabbitMQ broker
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rabbitmq-server.service; enabled; vendor preset:
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-09-15 07:53:32 MST; 2min 19s ago
 Main PID: 875 (beam.smp)
   Status: "Initialized"
    Tasks: 90 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/rabbitmq-server.service
           ├─ 875 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-9.2/bin/beam.smp -W w -A 64 -P 1048576 -t 500000
           ├─1037 /usr/lib/erlang/erts-9.2/bin/epmd -daemon
           ├─1387 erl_child_setup 32768
           ├─1691 inet_gethost 4
           └─1692 inet_gethost 4

Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:   ##  ##
Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:   ##  ##      RabbitMQ 3.7.9. Copyright (C
Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:   ##########  Licensed under the MPL.  See
Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:   ######  ##
Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:   ##########  Logs: /var/log/rabbitmq/rabb
Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:                     /var/log/rabbitmq/rabb
Sep 15 07:53:27 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:               Starting broker...
Sep 15 07:53:32 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]: systemd unit for activation check: "rabbit
Sep 15 07:53:32 bowzer systemd[1]: Started RabbitMQ broker.
Sep 15 07:53:33 bowzer rabbitmq-server[875]:  completed with 0 plugins.

i also noticed that when others download and install the server they get 'completed with 6 plugins' and mine started with 0 plugins.

Answer 1

Your browser is trying to talk HTTP on port 5672 which is the AMQP port of the RabbitMQ broker.

If you want to access the management console, enable the management plugin and access it on http://your-rabbitmq-host:15672/.