This is before nova has parsed the log config options, but you would think upstart would log the error message somewhere. Perhaps a bug against the ubuntu package?
Vish On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Ahmed Al-Mehdi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to add, it would have been really helpful if nova-compute put > some error log message in /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log or > /var/log/syslog. Is that an enhancement worth filing against nova-compute? > > Regards, > Ahmed. > > > On 11/16/12 1:40 PM, "Ahmed Al-Mehdi" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >>>> 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:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Freitag, 16. November 2012 13:56 >>>>> To: Ahmed Al-Mehdi >>>>> Cc: Narayanan, Krishnaprasad; [email protected] >>>>> 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" >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> 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: [email protected] >>>>>>> [[email protected]] on >>>>>>> behalf of Ahmed Al-Mehdi [[email protected]] >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:19 AM >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> 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 : [email protected] >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

