What init do you use on your system? The creation of the pid file should have been done by the init.
May 3, 2017 5:09 AM, "Daniel Ring" <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: netdata > Version: 1.5.0+dfsg-4 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > The init scripts provided with this package do not seem to work properly. > I reported this bug upstream at > https://github.com/firehol/netdata/issues/2135, but the init > scripts provided with this package have been modified for Debian so I'm not > sure where the issue > first arose. > The directory "/var/run/netdata" is not created by default on my system. > Creating it and chowning > to netdata:netdata had no effect. > > Running `service netdata restart` results in the following output: > [ ok ] Stopping the netdata daemon...done (not running - there is no > /var/run/netdata/netdata.pid). > [....] Starting the netdata daemon...2017-05-02 19:55:59: netdata: ERROR: > IPv4 bind() on ip > '127.0.0.1' port 19999 failed. (errno 98, Address already in use) > 2017-05-02 19:55:59: netdata: ERROR: Cannot bind to ip '127.0.0.1', port 19999 > 2017-05-02 19:55:59: netdata: FATAL: Cannot listen on any socket. Exiting... > # : Success > > 2017-05-02 19:55:59: netdata: INFO: Saving database... > 2017-05-02 19:55:59: netdata: INFO: netdata exiting. Bye bye... > failed. > > Running `service netdata stop` results in the following output: > [ ok ] Stopping the netdata daemon...done (not running - there is no > /var/run/netdata/netdata.pid). > > A netdata instance is running normally in the background in both cases. > Running `service netdata start` works as expected. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 8.7 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) > > Versions of packages netdata depends on: > ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 > ii init-system-helpers 1.22 > ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u7 > ii libcap2-bin 1:2.24-8 > ii libuuid1 2.25.2-6 > ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1 > ii netdata-data 1.5.0+dfsg-4 > ii python 2.7.9-1 > ii python-yaml 3.11-2 > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 > > Versions of packages netdata recommends: > pn nodejs <none> > > netdata suggests no packages. > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/netdata/netdata.conf changed [not included] > > -- no debconf information
