How to stop RabbitMQ starting on Ubuntu bootup?

Question

I have installed RabbitMQ on Ubuntu, but I want to only start it when needed manually, not have it load automatically upon boot.

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '16 at 21:37

17

With Ubuntu 15.10 (using systemd), I used systemctl:

sudo systemctl disable rabbitmq-server

answered Apr 27 '16 at 21:37

proximous

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 11 '12 at 15:41

12

Use update-rc.d:

update-rc.d -f rabbitmq-server remove

answered Apr 11 '12 at 15:41

Shane Madden

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