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Tombart
Asked: 2013-05-04 07:02:12 +0800 CST

Can't start ejabberd after hostname change

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When I try start ejabberd service it always crashes.

Starting jabber server: ejabberd
Crash dump was written to: /var/log/ejabberd/erl_crash.dump
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}})

Crash dump was written to: /var/log/ejabberd/erl_crash.dump
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,kernel,{shutdown,{kernel,start,[normal,[]]}}})
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I've changed hostanme of server, before that it worked fine, however in config I have:

{hosts, ["localhost", "private.localhost", "public.localhost"]}.
debian

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I think you can't just simply change the hostname as Erlang/ejabberd has problems with that.

    Try this approach (sledgehammer style)

    • Switch back to your original hostname
    • Dump ejabberd Erlang database ejabberdctl backup /tmp/ejabberd_bkp (permission problems can occur if you choose another output directory)
    • Backup your ejabberd config(s)
    • Uninstall ejabberd
    • Change your hostname to your current hostname
    • Install ejabberd
    • Import your database with ejabberdctl restore /tmp/ejabberd_bkp
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