This blog finally saved my day.
http://arcware.net/installing-rabbitmq-on-windows/
Here is the summary to be done,
Firewall inbound rules setup,
Allow ports for 5672,15672
Allow program for
- %ProgramFiles%\erl8.0\bin\erl.exe
- %ProgramFiles%\erl8.0\erts-8.0\bin\erl.exe
- %ProgramFiles%\erl8.0\erts-8.0\bin\epmd.exe
Set up correct home drive and reinstall the service (running cmd as administrator)
SET HOMEDRIVE=C: rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management rabbitmq-service stop rabbitmq-service install rabbitmq-service start