3 months ago
Hello,
I’m experiencing an issue with two newly deployed RabbitMQ nodes:
Issue: Both nodes show “Overview: Management only mode” in the Management UI. Additionally, stats are disabled on these nodes.
Context: I have one older node (7 months old) that is working normally. I did not redeploy it. The two problematic nodes were redeployed today.
Additional info: The same configuration works perfectly on a Google VPS with EasyPanel, even without any special start commands.
Impact: I cannot access queue/exchange statistics or monitor the nodes properly.
Steps taken so far:
Checked the nodes’ logs — no obvious errors.
Verified the management plugin is enabled.
Compared configuration with the working node.
Questions:
Why are the newly redeployed nodes entering management-only mode?
How can I restore full stats and functionality similar to the working node?
Thank you for your help.
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
On those new nodes RabbitMQ is running with stats collection disabled or in a restricted “management‑only” mode, which is why the UI says “Overview: Management only mode” and hides queue/exchange stats.
Compare the actual RabbitMQ config on the new nodes against the old one and look specifically for management.disable_stats or management_agent.disable_metrics_collector being set to true (or a separate .conf file doing that). Flip those to false/remove them and restart the nodes. Also make sure the nodes aren’t stuck in an alarm state (e.g. disk‑free alarm) and are fully joined to the cluster. Once stats are enabled again, the UI should switch back to normal Overview with live metrics.