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authorSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2014-06-25 15:24:44 +0100
committerSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2014-06-25 15:24:44 +0100
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online, except when using the <command>--offline</command> flag.
</para>
<para>
- When using the <command>--offline</command> flag the node you
- connect to will become the canonical source for cluster metadata
- (e.g. which queues exist), even if it was not before. Therefore
- you should use this command on the latest node to shut down if
- at all possible.
+ When using the <command>--offline</command> flag
+ rabbitmqctl will not attempt to connect to a node as
+ normal; instead it will temporarily become the node in
+ order to make the change. This is useful if the node
+ cannot be started normally. In this case the node will
+ become the canonical source for cluster metadata
+ (e.g. which queues exist), even if it was not
+ before. Therefore you should use this command on the
+ latest node to shut down if at all possible.
</para>
<para role="example-prefix">For example:</para>
<screen role="example">rabbitmqctl -n hare@mcnulty forget_cluster_node rabbit@stringer</screen>