# sensu cannot connect to rabbitmq

**URL:** <https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-cannot-connect-to-rabbitmq/19>\
**Category:** Sensu Classic (EOL)\
**Created:** [April 11, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-cannot-connect-to-rabbitmq/19 "2013-04-11T10:11:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/Matt)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/sensu-cannot-connect-to-rabbitmq/19/1 "2013-04-11T10:11:44Z")

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Try connecting on the RabbitMQ non-ssl port. I’m having to not use ssl at the moment due to being stuck on Ubuntu 11.04.

Thanks,

Matt

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> On 10 April 2013 15:58, Imran Akbar [skunkwerk@gmail.com](mailto:skunkwerk@gmail.com) wrote:
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> > Hi,  
> > I just installed Sensu following the instructions on the wiki.
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> > I tried starting sensu, but it failed and I see this message in my sensu-server logs:
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> > {“timestamp”:“2013-04-10T14:52:12.171066+0000”,“level”:“fatal”,“message”:“rabbitmq connection error”,“error”:“cannot connect to rabbitmq”}
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> > The Rabbitmq server is running.
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> > Any ideas?
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> > thanks,
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> > imran

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