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Bug #14977

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Stale Kea control socket lock file can prevent Kea from starting

Added by Jim Pingle 6 months ago. Updated 4 days ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Category:
DHCP (IPv4)
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
24.07
Release Notes:
Default
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Description

If for some reason the Kea control socket lock file is present while Kea is stopped, then Kea can never start until that file is removed.

Attempting to start Kea while /tmp/kea4-ctrl-socket.lock exists, even if Kea is not currently running, results in a fatal error preventing Kea from running:

Nov 13 13:07:53    kea-dhcp4    32826    ERROR [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4.0x1c655d812000] DHCP4_INIT_FAIL failed to initialize Kea server: configuration error using file '/usr/local/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf': cannot lock socket lockfile, /tmp/kea4-ctrl-socket.lock, : Resource temporarily unavailable

Removing the socket file allows Kea to start (rm /tmp/kea4-ctrl-socket.lock).

Forum thread: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1135910

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