Hello, I resolved the issue, and I feel really silly about the root cause. Thanks to a suggestion from a member of the community, running the exact command from /etc/init/nova-compute.conf manually revealed the issue.
root@sonoma:~# date; exec su -s /bin/sh -c "exec nova-compute --config-file=/etc/nova/nova.conf --config-file=/etc/nova/nova-compute.conf" nova Fri Nov 16 13:12:45 PST 2012 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/nova-compute", line 43, in <module> flags.parse_args(sys.argv) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/flags.py", line 43, in parse_args default_config_files=default_config_files) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/openstack/common/cfg.py", line 1026, in __call__ self._parse_config_files() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/openstack/common/cfg.py", line 1496, in _parse_config_files raise ConfigFilesNotFoundError(not_read_ok) nova.openstack.common.cfg.ConfigFilesNotFoundError: Failed to read some <======= config files: /etc/nova/nova.conf Connection to sonoma closed. Ahmeds-MacBook-Pro:~ ahmed$ Ahmeds-MacBook-Pro:~ ahmed$ Ahmeds-MacBook-Pro:~ ahmed$ ssh root@sonoma root@sonoma's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64) root@sonoma:~# root@sonoma:~# ls -l /etc/nova/nova.conf -rw-r----- 1 root root 2208 Nov 14 10:53 nova.conf <====== Much thanks to everyone for helping out. I am a step closer to getting my setup working. Regards, Ahmed. On 11/16/12 11:34 AM, "Vishvananda Ishaya" <vishvana...@gmail.com> wrote: >nova-compute is crashing for some reason. Try running >sudo nova-compute --config-file=/etc/nova/nova.conf > >that should start it in the foreground so you can see any error messages >that might pop up. > >Vish > >On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Ahmed Al-Mehdi <ah...@coraid.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> The two servers time clock is off by 2 seconds, so obvious not time >> synced. I will work on getting that fixed. The compute node is ahead >>by >> about 2 seconds. Would that cause such a problem? >> >> Regards, >> Ahmed. >> >> >> On 11/16/12 8:56 AM, "Narayanan, Krishnaprasad" <naray...@uni-mainz.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ahmed, >>> >>> If I understand the email correctly from Gong Yong Sheng, he is asking >>> you to check the status of ntp server on control and compute nodes. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Krishnaprasad Narayanan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: gong yong sheng [mailto:gong...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] >>> Sent: Freitag, 16. November 2012 13:56 >>> To: Ahmed Al-Mehdi >>> Cc: Narayanan, Krishnaprasad; openstack@lists.launchpad.net >>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Command to find out list of compute nodes >>> >>> Can u check if the time is synchronized? Times on compute node and >>> control node should be synchronized. >>> On 11/16/2012 12:28 PM, Ahmed Al-Mehdi wrote: >>>> Hi Narayanan, >>>> >>>> Awesome, thank you. There reason I was not seeing the "nova-compute" >>>> listed is because it did not launch on the compute node. I did a >>>> manual start of "nova-compute" on the compute node, and I do see it >>>> listed on the control-node but with "XXX" State. >>>> >>>> root@bodega:~/ahmed/new_guide# nova-manage service list >>>> >>>> Binary Host Zone Status State >>>> Updated_At >>>> nova-network bodega nova enabled :-) >>>> 2012-11-15 >>>>23:49:28 >>>> nova-scheduler bodega nova enabled :-) >>>> 2012-11-15 >>>> 23:49:28 >>>> nova-compute sonoma nova enabled XXX >>>> 2012-11-15 >>>>23:46:46 >>>> <= compute-node >>>> >>>> What I don't understand is even though nova-compute is listed on the >>>> control-node, the service is not running on the compute node. That >>>> does not seem right. >>>> >>>> root@sonoma:~# service nova-compute status nova-compute stop/waiting >>>> root@sonoma:~# date; service nova-compute start Thu Nov 15 15:48:08 >>>> PST 2012 nova-compute start/running, process 2785 root@sonoma:~# >>>> service nova-compute status nova-compute stop/waiting root@sonoma:~# >>>> ps aux | grep nova >>>> root 2810 0.0 0.0 9384 924 pts/0 S+ 15:49 0:00 grep >>>> --color=auto nova >>>> root@sonoma:~# service nova-compute status nova-compute stop/waiting >>>> root@sonoma:~# >>>> >>>> There are no log entries in the log files on compute-node or >>>> control-node. >>>> Any ideas please? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Ahmed. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/15/12 3:29 PM, "Narayanan, Krishnaprasad" >>>> <naray...@uni-mainz.de> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Ahmed, >>>>> >>>>> You can use the command "nova-manage service list" from the command >>>>> line of control node to get the list of compute nodes along with the >>>>> nova-compute service status. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Krishnaprasad Narayanan >>>>> ________________________________ >>>>> From: openstack-bounces+narayana=uni-mainz...@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> [openstack-bounces+narayana=uni-mainz...@lists.launchpad.net] on >>>>> behalf of Ahmed Al-Mehdi [ah...@coraid.com] >>>>> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:19 AM >>>>> To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Subject: [Openstack] Command to find out list of compute nodes >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a command I can issue on the control node to find out the >>>>> list of compute node(s) (nodes running nova-compute), and potentially >>>>> any additional info about the compute node(s)? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Ahmed. >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>>> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp