Remain the process if RabbitMQ stop.. is it normal?

Question

i have a question for rabbitmq

Below is a my process

1. installed RabbitMQ on my Windows10 Pro Linux Subsystem Ubuntu 18.04
2. $ sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server
3. $ sudo service rabbitmq-server start
4. after start, ubuntu process's status Image
5. $ sudo service rabbitmq-server stop
6. after stop, ubuntu process's status Image

so, here is my question

1. why /usr/lib/erlang/erts-9.2/bin/epmd -daemon are remain ?
2. is it normal?
3. if it unnormal, what is solution?

i will watting your answer !

thanks for read !

Answer 1

Yes, it is normal for epmd to continue running. You can read more about epmd here.

Please note that RabbitMQ has a native Windows installer and is not tested on WSL (and probably will never be).