--- deps/rabbit/scripts/rabbitmq-defaults.orig	2021-06-24 16:41:31 UTC
+++ deps/rabbit/scripts/rabbitmq-defaults
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 2007-2021 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
 
 ### next line potentially updated in package install steps
-SYS_PREFIX=
+SYS_PREFIX=LOCALBASE
+# https://www.rabbitmq.com/relocate.html#unix
+export PATH=LOCALBASE/lib/ERLANG_LIB/bin:$PATH
+export RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE=/var/db/rabbitmq/mnesia
+export RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE=/var/log/rabbitmq
+# ensure VM and Elixir scripts are running under the same locale
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
 CLEAN_BOOT_FILE=start_clean
 SASL_BOOT_FILE=start_sasl