Jira (PUP-1847) Ubuntu ignores service status, never checks it.

[Jo Rhett (JIRA)]

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Jo Rhett commented on an issue   Re: Ubuntu ignores service status, never checks it. So further testing found that the init script had lost track of the puppet agent PID. root@sunstone:~# /etc/init.d/puppet status ; echo $? * agent is not running 3 root@sunstone:~# ps auwx | grep puppet root 10561 0.0 3.3 112104 34076 ? Ssl Feb09 0:59 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent root@sunstone:~# /etc/init.d/puppet stop * Stopping puppet agent [ OK ] root@sunstone:~# ps auwx | grep puppet root 10561 0.0 3.3 112104 34076 ? Ssl Feb09 0:59 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent root@sunstone:~# kill 10561 root@sunstone:~# ps auwx | grep puppet root 17127 0.0 0.0 9452 904 pts/2 S+ 14:07 0:00 grep --color=auto puppet root@sunstone:~# /etc/init.d/puppet start * Starting puppet agent [ OK ] root@sunstone:~# /etc/init.d/puppet status ; echo $? * agent is not running 3 root@sunstone:~# tail /var/log/syslog Mar 4 14:02:18 sunstone puppet-agent[16759]: (/Stage[main]/Puppet::Client/Notify[puppet]/message) defined 'message' as 'ensure = stopped' Mar 4 14:02:20 sunstone puppet-agent[16759]: Finished catalog run in 1.79 seconds Mar 4 14:07:03 sunstone puppet-agent[10561]: Caught TERM; calling stop Mar 4 14:07:11 sunstone puppet-agent[17150]: Reopening log files Mar 4 14:07:11 sunstone puppet-agent[17150]: Starting Puppet client version 3.4.3 Mar 4 14:07:14 sunstone puppet-agent[17154]: ensure = stopped Mar 4 14:07:14 sunstone puppet-agent[17154]: (/Stage[main]/Puppet::Client/Notify[puppet]/message) defined 'message' as 'ensure = stopped' Mar 4 14:07:16 sunstone puppet-agent[17150]: Caught TERM; calling stop Mar 4 14:07:16 sunstone puppet-agent[17154]: (/Stage[main]/Puppet::Client/Service[puppet]/ensure) ensure changed 'running' to 'stopped' Mar 4 14:07:17 sunstone puppet-agent[17154]: Finished catalog run in 2.48 seconds So the net effect here is that the script looked for a puppet agent based on some criteria which was not valid, however there was a running puppet agent daemon which it ignored. Most every init script is smarter than this, checking for running process. Can we do better? Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1847 Ubuntu ignores service status, never checks it. On Ubuntu only (not Solaris, CentOS, FreeBSD, etc) ensure => stopped is ignored. {code}  notify { $service_name: message => "ensure = $service_ensure" }   service { $service_name:     ensure => $service_ensure,     enable => $service_enable,   } {code} {code} # puppet agent --test Info: Retrieving plugin Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/pu... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.