rabbitmq 3.3.4 shovel configuration is crashing start process - configuration

Question

I'm trying to configure the shovel plugin via the config file (running in docker) but I get this error:
BOOT FAILED
===========
Error description:
{error,{failed_to_cluster_with,[rabbit#dalmacpmfd57],
"Mnesia could not connect to any nodes."}}
The config is set up this way because the destination for shovel will be created on demand when a dev environment is spun up... the source is a permanent rabbitmq instance running that the new, dev environment will attach to.
Here is the config file contents:
[
{rabbitmq_shovel,
[{shovels,
[{indexer_replica_static,
[{sources,
[{broker, [ "amqp://guest:guest#rabbitmq/newdev" ]},
{declarations,
[{'queue.declare', [{queue, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>}, durable]},
{'queue.bind',[ {exchange, <<"Indexer">>}, {queue, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>}]}
]
}
]
},
{destinations,
[{broker, "amqp://"},
{declarations, [ {'exchange.declare', [ {exchange, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>}
, {type, <<"fanout">>}, durable]},
{'queue.declare', [
{queue, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>},
durable]},
{'queue.bind',
[ {exchange, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>}
, {queue, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>}
]}
]
}
]
},
{queue, <<"Indexer_Replica_Static">>},
{prefetch_count, 0},
{ack_mode, on_confirm},
{publish_properties, [ {delivery_mode, 2} ]},
{reconnect_delay, 2.5}
]
}
]
},
{reconnect_delay, 2.5}
]
}
].
[UPDATE]
This is being run in docker but since I couldn't debug the issue in docker I tried booting up rabbit locally with the same config file. I noticed in the logs that the rabbit config system variable I set (RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE) isn't reflected in the log and the shovel settings haven't been applied (no surprise huh). I verified the variable with an echo statement and the correct path is displayed: /dev/rabbitmq_server-3.3.4/rabbitmq
=INFO REPORT==== 3-Sep-2014::15:30:37 ===
node : rabbit#dalmacpmfd57
home dir : /Users/e002678
config file(s) : (none)
cookie hash : n6vhh8tY7Z+uR2DV6gcHUg==
log : /usr/local/rabbitmq_server-3.3.4/sbin/../var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit#dalmacpmfd57.log
sasl log : /usr/local/rabbitmq_server-3.3.4/sbin/../var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit#dalmacpmfd57- sasl.log
database dir : /usr/local/rabbitmq_server-3.3.4/sbin/../var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit#dalmacpmfd57
Thanks!