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diff --git a/src/rabbit.erl b/src/rabbit.erl index 543b0448d7..1dca053d8c 100644 --- a/src/rabbit.erl +++ b/src/rabbit.erl @@ -322,6 +322,15 @@ sd_notify_legacy() -> false end. +%% socat(1) is the most portable way the sd_notify could be +%% implemented in erlang, without introducing some NIF. Currently the +%% following issues prevent us from implementing it in a more +%% reasonable way: +%% - systemd-notify(1) is unstable for non-root users +%% - erlang doesn't support unix domain sockets. +%% +%% Some details on how we ended with such a solution: +%% https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/issues/664 sd_notify_socat() -> case sd_current_unit() of {ok, Unit} -> |