Adding environment variable for erlang shows error in windows server 2016

Question

I installed erlang 19 for rabbitmq in Azure VM with windows 2016 OS. but it shows 'ERLANG HOME not set properly' while enabling rabbitMQ management plugin. I added environment variable in both system variable and user variable like 'ERLANG_HOME' with path 'C:\Program Files\erl8.2\

When I install the same in windows servfer 2012 R2. It works fine.

Is there any error in the way in which I set environment variable in windows server 2016. Please suggest

Thanks in advance

Try setting `HOME` rather than `ERLANG_HOME`. – Steve Vinoski Dec 25 '16 at 17:21 — Steve Vinoski, Dec 25 '16 at 17:21
Tried with 'HOME' still it shows same error – Sridevi Dec 25 '16 at 20:17 — Sridevi, Dec 25 '16 at 20:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '17 at 11:15

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I had a similar issue was able to resolve it with the solutions on this thread

Windows x64 RabbitMQ install error with Erlang environment var (ERLANG_HOME)

For me the issue was windows didn't pick up the environment variable until restart.

answered Jun 29 '17 at 11:15

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '23 at 16:40

I am adding an answer to this thread since it still does not have an accepted answer. When encountering the "ERLANG HOME not set properly" error, it is worth a shot to see if you opened CMD on Windows as an Adminsitrator when enabling the RabbitMQ management plugin. Hope this helps. :D

Adding environment variable for erlang shows error in windows server 2016

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