Error: unable to connect to node : nodedown

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On a new installation you see the following.

Full Error:

$ rabbitmqctl cluster_status
Cluster status of node 'rabbit@ip-172-31-19-23' ...
Error: unable to connect to node 'rabbit@ip-172-31-19-23': nodedown

DIAGNOSTICS
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attempted to contact: ['rabbit@ip-172-31-19-23']

rabbit@ip-172-31-19-23:
  * connected to epmd (port 4369) on ip-172-31-19-23
  * epmd reports: node 'rabbit' not running at all
                  no other nodes on ip-172-31-19-23
  * suggestion: start the node

current node details:
- node name: 'rabbitmq-cli-22@ip-172-31-19-23'
- home dir: /var/lib/rabbitmq
- cookie hash: mAGXrW2YL1CEtwanvc4MTg==

In fact running any rabbitmqctlcommand will generate this error.

If you see this error try the following:

$ sudo rm -rf /var/log/rabbitmq/*

sudo service rabbitmq-server start

Run cluster_status again.

$ rabbitmqctl cluster_status