ejabberd - Comments for "Could not find .ERLANG.COOKIE file" https://www.ejabberd.im/node/1429 en You can tell the https://www.ejabberd.im/node/1429#comment-3564 <p>On Linux it is created on the home directory of the user that runs it. Maybe on Windows it is the same. Please note that Windows may hide the file because its name starts with a dot: .erlang.cookie</p> <p>If it is not created, you can still tell the cookie directly when ejabberd is started. Modify the script that starts ejabberd and add an option like: -setcookie MYCOOKIE464646WHAT</p> <p>You can put any cookie you want. Make sure only you know the content, and put the same cookie on all the nodes of the cluster.</p> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:51:21 +0000 mfoss comment 3564 at https://www.ejabberd.im