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The startup timeouts were recently adjusted and synchronized between the
SysV and systemd startup files.

https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server-release/pull/129

The new startup files should be included in this package.

[Impact]

After starting the RabbitMQ server process, the startup script will wait
for the server to start by calling `rabbitmqctl wait` and will time out
after 10 s.

The startup time of the server depends on how quickly the Mnesia
database becomes available and the server will time out after
`mnesia_table_loading_retry_timeout` ms times
`mnesia_table_loading_retry_limit` retries. By default this wait is
30,000 ms times 10 retries, i.e. 300 s.

The mismatch between these two timeout values might lead to the startup
script failing prematurely while the server is still waiting for the
Mnesia tables.

This change introduces variable `RABBITMQ_STARTUP_TIMEOUT` and the
`--timeout` option into the startup script. The default value for this
timeout is set to 10 minutes (600 seconds).

This change also updates the systemd service file to match the timeout
values between the two service management methods.

[Test Case]

In a clustered setup with two nodes, A and B.

1. create queue on A
2. shut down B
3. shut down A
4. boot B

The broker on B will wait for A. The systemd service will wait for 10
seconds and then fail. Boot A and the rabbitmq-server process on B will
complete startup.

[Regression Potential]

This change alters the behavior of the startup scripts when the Mnesia
database takes long to become available. This might lead to failures
further down the service dependency chain.

** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Nicolas Bock (nicolasbock)
         Status: New

** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Nicolas Bock (nicolasbock)
         Status: New

** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Nicolas Bock (nicolasbock)
         Status: New

** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu Eoan)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Nicolas Bock (nicolasbock)
         Status: New

** Affects: rabbitmq-server (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Nicolas Bock (nicolasbock)
         Status: New


** Tags: patch sts
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rabbitmq-server startup timeouts differ between SysV and systemd
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874075
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