[Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing log file
Thomas Markwalder
tmark at isc.org
Wed Jul 25 18:28:39 UTC 2018
Hello Lawrence:
Sounds like there is something wrong with the package. In addition to
reaching out the packager, you may consider downloading the source from
us, directly, and building it yourself:
https://www.isc.org/downloads
Regards,
Thomas Markwalder
ISC Software Engineering
On 07/25/2018 09:59 AM, McBride Lawrence wrote:
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> Unfortunately that did not work either. I have searched through as
> many forums as I can for this and can’t seem to get any closer to an
> answer. I have just tried running the server directly and got the
> following:
>
> [mcbridl at im-netdhcp1 sbin]$ sudo kea-dhcp4 -c
> /opt/kea/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
>
> Segmentation fault
>
> [mcbridl at im-netdhcp1 sbin]$
>
> *Lawrence McBride*
>
> Head of Voice and Data Networks
>
> *NHS Informatics Merseyside*
>
> *a *Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool. L34 9GJ
>
> *t *0151 296 7668
>
> *m *07795 370190**
>
> *e *Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
>
> Say helloto us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
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> *From:*Jason Guy [mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com]
> *Sent:* 19 July 2018 13:33
> *To:* McBride Lawrence <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> *Cc:* marcin at isc.org; KEA-Users (kea-users at lists.isc.org)
> <kea-users at lists.isc.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing log file
>
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> I see, you are running this with keactrl. In that case, you should be
> able to do this:
>
> sudo KEA_LOGGER_DESTINATION=/var/log/kea/dhcp4.log keactrl start -s dhcp4
>
> I don't use centos/rhel normally, so I hope this works.
>
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:37 AM McBride Lawrence
> <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>> wrote:
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> So, if I’m understanding you correctly, you suggest creating a
> service for the dhcp4 server and modifying the
> *kea-dhcp4-server.service file to suit?*
>
> *Lawrence McBride*
>
> Head of Voice and Data Networks
>
> *NHS Informatics Merseyside*
>
> *a *Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool. L34 9GJ
>
> *t *0151 296 7668
>
> *m *07795 370190
>
> *e *Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
>
> Say helloto us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>or follow uson twitter @nhsimerseyside
>
> Exceptionalsize14
>
> **
>
> Advance Notification of absence:
>
> 17^th of August to 6^th of September 2018
>
> *From:*Jason Guy [mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com
> <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com>]
> *Sent:* 18 July 2018 14:00
> *To:* McBride Lawrence <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>
> *Cc:* marcin at isc.org <mailto:marcin at isc.org>; KEA-Users
> (kea-users at lists.isc.org <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>)
> <kea-users at lists.isc.org <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>>
> *Subject:* Re: [Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing log file
>
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> For the Debian package, I set these in the systemd service file.
> If you want to have a look, I am sure you can adjust these the
> same way, since CentOS uses systemd as well. Here is a link to the
> kea-ctrl-agent.service
> <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/isc-kea/blob/master/debian/kea-ctrl-agent.service>
> file for the debian package.
>
> This goes back to the idea I mentioned a few months ago on this
> list, it would probably be better to have a variable file in
> /etc/default or /etc/sysconfig (in centos). Here it would allow
> users to customize the destinations easier. The service simply
> sources these files to dynamically set the env variables.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 6:39 AM McBride Lawrence
> <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>> wrote:
>
> Right,
>
> I tried export KEA_LOGGER_DESTINATION=stdout as root and then
> keactrl start -s dhcp4 but I'm still not receiving any error
> messages.
>
> Was my export the correct way to set the variable?
>
> Lawrence McBride
> Head of Voice and Data Networks
>
> NHS Informatics Merseyside
> a Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool. L34 9GJ
> t 0151 296 7668
> m 07795 370190
> e Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
>
> Say hello to us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk> or follow us on twitter
> @nhsimerseyside
>
>
>
> Advance Notification of absence:
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McBride Lawrence
> Sent: 18 July 2018 11:35
> To: 'Marcin Siodelski' <marcin at isc.org
> <mailto:marcin at isc.org>>; Jason Guy <jguy at cumulusnetworks.com
> <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com>>
> Cc: KEA-Users (kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>) <kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>>
> Subject: RE: [Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing log file
>
> Thanks for that tip.
>
> I can see the kea.log file and the lockfile are present in the
> default dir you mentioned as I successfully got the
> kea-ctrl-agent to work and there are messages in the file.
>
> Where do I set the KEA_LOGGER_DESTINATION environment
> variable? If I can set it stdout the I should get info on the
> cli after I issue the start command.
>
> Lawrence McBride
> Head of Voice and Data Networks
>
> NHS Informatics Merseyside
> a Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool. L34 9GJ
> t 0151 296 7668 m 07795 370190 e
> Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
>
> Say hello to us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk> or follow us on twitter
> @nhsimerseyside
>
>
>
> Advance Notification of absence:
> 17th of August to 6th of September 2018
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcin Siodelski [mailto:marcin at isc.org
> <mailto:marcin at isc.org>]
> Sent: 17 July 2018 16:29
> To: McBride Lawrence <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>; Jason Guy
> <jguy at cumulusnetworks.com <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com>>
> Cc: KEA-Users (kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>) <kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>>
> Subject: Re: [Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing log file
>
> One of the problems with logging configuration is that until
> you successfully configure the server it can't really use the
> log file location specified in the Kea configuration file.
> Instead it will use default locations.
>
> The following section of the Kea User's Guide:
>
> https://jenkins.isc.org/job/Kea_doc/guide/kea-guide.html#logging-during-startup
>
> describes how to influence where the default logging goes.
> This may help you determine why the server is not starting.
> The location of the default log file being used before the
> server configures is prefix/var/kea/kea.log, where prefix is
> where Kea server is installed.
> After the server is started and configured successfully, the
> logging should go to the locations specified in the Kea config
> files.
>
> Marcin Siodelski
> ISC Engineering
>
> On 17.07.2018 16:49, McBride Lawrence wrote:
> > Centos 7.4
> >
> >
> >
> > *Lawrence McBride*
> >
> > Head of Voice and Data Networks
> >
> >
> >
> > *NHS Informatics Merseyside*
> >
> > *a *Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool. L34 9GJ
> >
> > *t *0151 296 7668
> >
> > *m *07795 370190**
> >
> > *e *Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> >
> >
> >
> > Say helloto us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>or follow uson twitter
> @nhsimerseyside
> >
> >
> >
> > Exceptionalsize14
> >
> > * *
> >
> > Advance Notification of absence:
> >
> > 17^th of August to 6^th of September 2018
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:*Jason Guy [mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com
> <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com>]
> > *Sent:* 17 July 2018 15:35
> > *To:* McBride Lawrence <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>
> > *Cc:* KEA-Users (kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>) <kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>>
> > *Subject:* Re: [Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing log
> file
> >
> >
> >
> > Was this installed from the Debian Sid repo, or is this on
> RHEL/CentOS?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:18 AM McBride Lawrence
> > <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry,
> >
> >
> >
> > Version 1.4
> >
> > File and dir exist
> >
> > I am starting the services as root
> >
> >
> >
> > *Lawrence McBride*
> >
> > Head of Voice and Data Networks
> >
> >
> >
> > *NHS Informatics Merseyside*
> >
> > *a *Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool.
> L34 9GJ
> >
> > *t *0151 296 7668
> >
> > *m *07795 370190
> >
> > *e *Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>
> >
> >
> >
> > Say helloto us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>or follow uson twitter
> > @nhsimerseyside
> >
> >
> >
> > Exceptionalsize14
> >
> > * *
> >
> > Advance Notification of absence:
> >
> > 17^th of August to 6^th of September 2018
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:*Jason Guy [mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com
> <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com>
> > <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com
> <mailto:jguy at cumulusnetworks.com>>]
> > *Sent:* 17 July 2018 14:38
> > *To:* McBride Lawrence
> <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>>
> > *Cc:* KEA-Users (kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>
> > <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>>) <kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>
> > <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org
> <mailto:kea-users at lists.isc.org>>>
> > *Subject:* Re: [Kea-users] DHCP4 not starting or writing
> log file
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Lawrence,
> >
> >
> >
> > First, what version of Kea are you using?
> >
> > Does the log directory exist? I am not sure if kea will
> create the
> > directory, as well as the file.
> >
> > Finally, make sure to start the service as root or using
> sudo.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:02 AM McBride Lawrence
> > <Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.McBride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am starting just the dhcp4 server with the
> following command:
> >
> >
> >
> > keactrl start -s dhcp4
> >
> >
> >
> > I get a corresponding message to say it is starting:
> >
> >
> >
> > INFO/keactrl: Starting /opt/kea/sbin/kea-dhcp4 -c
> > /opt/kea/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
> >
> >
> >
> > However, it doesn’t start as the status output shows:
> >
> >
> >
> > keactrl status
> >
> > DHCPv4 server: inactive
> >
> > DHCPv6 server: inactive
> >
> > DHCP DDNS: inactive
> >
> > Control Agent: inactive
> >
> > Kea DHCPv4 configuration file:
> /opt/kea/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf
> >
> > Kea DHCPv6 configuration file:
> /opt/kea/etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf
> >
> > Kea DHCP DDNS configuration file:
> > /opt/kea/etc/kea/kea-dhcp-ddns.conf
> >
> > Kea Control Agent configuration file:
> > /opt/kea/etc/kea/kea-ctrl-agent.conf
> >
> > keactrl configuration file:
> /opt/kea/etc/kea/keactrl.conf
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I get no log output either so have no idea what is
> going on –
> > logging config below:
> >
> >
> >
> > "loggers": [
> >
> > {
> >
> > // This section affects kea-dhcp4, which is
> the base
> > logger for DHCPv4
> >
> > // component. It tells DHCPv4 server to
> write all log
> > messages (on
> >
> > // severity INFO or more) to a file.
> >
> > "name": "kea-dhcp4",
> >
> > "output_options": [
> >
> > {
> >
> > "output":
> "/opt/kea/var/log/kea-dhcp4.log"
> >
> > // This governs whether the log
> output is
> > flushed to disk after
> >
> > // every write.
> >
> > // "flush": false,
> >
> > // This specifies the maximum size
> of the file
> > before it is
> >
> > // rotated. File size is set to 10MB
> > (10240000)
> >
> > "maxsize": 10240000,
> >
> > // This specifies the maximum number
> of rotated
> > files to keep.
> >
> > "maxver": 8
> >
> > }
> >
> > ],
> >
> >
> >
> > *Lawrence McBride*
> >
> > Head of Voice and Data Networks
> >
> >
> >
> > *NHS Informatics Merseyside*
> >
> > *a *Saturn House, Knowsley Business Park,
> Liverpool. L34 9GJ
> >
> > *t *0151 296 7668
> >
> > *m *07795 370190
> >
> > *e *Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <mailto:Lawrence.Mcbride at imerseyside.nhs.uk>>
> >
> >
> >
> > Say helloto us online at www.imerseyside.nhs.uk
> <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>
> > <http://www.imerseyside.nhs.uk>or follow uson twitter
> > @nhsimerseyside
> >
> >
> >
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