Any reasons to delete the directory? Directories are created during package install and not during software start. In this case, wouldn't it make more sense to re-create the directory by hand?
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Balazs Nemeth <balazs.nem...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Dear Andy, > > No, I deleted the folder and I started openvswitch-switch process. I built on > branch v2.3 and installed the debs. I got this output: > balazs@ubuntu:~> sudo service openvswitch-switch start > /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: 65: /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch: cannot > create /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-ctl.log: Directory nonexistent > tee: /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-ctl.log: No such file or directory > * Starting ovsdb-server > * Configuring Open vSwitch system IDs > * Starting ovs-vswitchd > * Enabling remote OVSDB managers > > I think a check would be enough if /var/log/openvswitch directory is existing > or not. And if not, make a directory. > > BR, > Balazs > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Zhou [mailto:az...@nicira.com] > Sent: 22 September 2015 22:47 > To: Balazs Nemeth > Cc: b...@openvswitch.org > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS does not start without openvswitch log > directory > > What solutions do you have in mind? > > In this case, it seems there is a script involved in starting ovs. If true, > I wonder if it possible to create the directory if necessary at the beginning > of the script? > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Balazs Nemeth <balazs.nem...@ericsson.com> > wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> I’m using OVS version 2.3.0. I wanted to delete ovs log files and >> accidentally I deleted the whole folder /var/log/openvswitch/. I >> noticed that openvswitch-switch service was unable to start because of >> this. The error message was (I did not delete /var/run/openvswitch/): >> >> start: Job failed to start >> >> 2015-09-22T09:27:41Z|00001|daemon_unix|WARN|/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid: >> open: No such file or directory >> >> ovs-appctl: cannot read pidfile >> "/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid" (No such file or directory) >> >> >> >> If the log directory exists but empty, the openvswitch-switch service >> will start. The problem comes up when the directory doesn’t exist. >> Please investigate this bug. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Balazs Nemeth >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> discuss mailing list >> discuss@openvswitch.org >> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
