Do not use utils.running(), only works for upstart jobs.

hooks/rabbitmq-server-relations.py

@@ -118,9 +118,8 @@ def ha_joined():
         return
 
     # rabbit node-name need to match on all nodes.
-    if utils.running('rabbitmq-server'):
-        utils.juju_log('INFO','Stopping rabbitmq-server.')
-        utils.stop('rabbitmq-server')
+    utils.juju_log('INFO','Stopping rabbitmq-server.')
+    utils.stop('rabbitmq-server')
     with open('/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf.d/node-name', 'wb') as out:
         out.write('RABBITMQ_NODENAME=%s@localhost' % SERVICE_NAME)
 
@@ -199,9 +198,8 @@ def ceph_changed():
     else:
         utils.juju_log('INFO',
                        'This is not the peer leader. Not configuring RBD.')
-        if utils.running('rabbitmq-server'):
-            utils.juju_log('INFO','Stopping rabbitmq-server.')
-            utils.stop('rabbitmq-server')
+        utils.juju_log('INFO','Stopping rabbitmq-server.')
+        utils.stop('rabbitmq-server')
 
     # If 'ha' relation has been made before the 'ceph' relation
     # it is important to make sure the ha-relation data is being

hooks/utils.py

@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ def start(*services):
 
 
 def running(service):
+    # TODO: ensure compat. /w sysv init scripts.
     try:
         output = subprocess.check_output(['service', service, 'status'])
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:

revision

@@ -1 +1 @@
-75
+76