unsubscribe > On Oct 6, 2025, at 11:22 AM, Corby Stephens via Kea-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Darren. I dug deeper into the logs and in this instance the > unattended upgrades service did run before this. It appears that service is > scheduled to run daily and if that's true, then for some reason, the DHCP4 > service won't come back up only on some occasions. > > But I agree with your thinking re auto updates. I'm going to disable the > service. > > > Corby Stephens, Fiber Network Administrator | ACCESS Anacortes Fiber Internet > | P.O. Box 547 | 904 Sixth Street | Anacortes, WA 98221 > Office: 360.588.8362 | Cell: 360.873.3770 | corbys@anacorteswa. > <mailto:corbys@anacorteswa.>gov | www.anacorteswa.gov/fiber > <http://www.anacorteswa.gov/fiber> > <Outlook-dhvno2sh.png> > From: Darren Ankney <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Saturday, October 4, 2025 2:55 AM > To: Kea user's list <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: Corby Stephens <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [Kea-users] Kea DHCP4 stopping by itself, one or more hook > libraries failed to load > > ***** This email is from outside the City of Anacortes network. Please > use caution when clicking on links, opening attachments, or replying. ***** > Hi Corby, > > In addition to Carsten's note, I would point out this line which is sort of > attached to the previous line (perhaps due to copy/paste): > > Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 systemd[1]: Stopping > isc-kea-dhcp4-server.service - Kea DHCPv4 Service... > > You say no one performed this command. If this is Ubuntu, I would check for > "unattended upgrades" package: > https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/software/automatic-updates/ as > this service WILL unexpectedly restart services. Generally speaking, > unattended upgrades are a very bad idea because things may break during an > update and a human needs to be in attendance so that they might be fixed in a > timely fashion (actually, upgrades should first be tested in a lab > environment if you want to be really safe). > > Thank you, > Darren Ankney > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM Corby Stephens via Kea-users > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I brought this up previously with no response. I have a bit from the log but > not much. > > Sep 26 18:29:14 access-dhcp1 systemd[1]: Started isc-kea-dhcp4-server.service > - Kea DHCPv4 Service. > Sep 26 18:29:14 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[1024]: 2025-09-26 18:29:14.727 INFO > [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/1024.137644572152000] DHCP4_STARTING Kea DHCPv4 server > version 3.0.1 (stable) starting > Sep 26 18:29:14 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[1024]: 2025-09-26 18:29:14.731 INFO > [kea-dhcp4.commands/1024.137644572152000] COMMAND_RECEIVED Received command > 'config-set'Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 systemd[1]: Stopping > isc-kea-dhcp4-server.service - Kea DHCPv4 Service... > -- something happens here -- > Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.228 INFO > [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/197782.137503524004032] DHCP4_STARTING Kea DHCPv4 server > version 3.0.1 (stable) starting > Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.229 INFO > [kea-dhcp4.commands/197782.137503524004032] COMMAND_RECEIVED Received command > 'config-set' > Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.295 ERROR > [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/197782.137503524004032] DHCP4_INIT_FAIL failed to initialize > Kea server: configuration error using file '/etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf': One or > more hook libraries failed to load > Oct 01 06:12:45 access-dhcp1 kea-dhcp4[197782]: 2025-10-01 06:12:45.296 INFO > [kea-dhcp4.commands/197782.137503524004032] HTTP_COMMAND_MGR_SERVICE_STOPPING > Server is stopping HTTP service bound to address 10.0.207.12 port 8002 > > No human is issuing the stop service command. Does it periodically restart > itself? The system didn't reboot. The service was running for five days. > > The fourth Oct 01 entry is an error. These are the hook libraries I'm using. > > libdhcp_pgsql.so <http://libdhcp_pgsql.so/> > libdhcp_subnet_cmds.so <http://libdhcp_subnet_cmds.so/> > libdhcp_lease_cmds.so <http://libdhcp_lease_cmds.so/> > libdhcp_stat_cmds.so <http://libdhcp_stat_cmds.so/> > libdhcp_host_cmds.so <http://libdhcp_host_cmds.so/> > libdhcp_legal_log.so <http://libdhcp_legal_log.so/> > > They are all present in the file system, they don't go away. The Postgresql > database is still running. > > > Corby Stephens, Fiber Network Administrator | ACCESS Anacortes Fiber Internet > | P.O. Box 547 | 904 Sixth Street | Anacortes, WA 98221 > Office: 360.588.8362 | Cell: 360.873.3770 | corbys@anacorteswa. > <mailto:corbys@anacorteswa.>gov | www.anacorteswa.gov/fiber > <http://www.anacorteswa.gov/fiber> > <Outlook-4rhicmbs.png> > -- > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us athttps://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > To unsubscribe visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users. > [email protected] > <https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/[email protected]> > -- > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > To unsubscribe visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users. > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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