Re: Cfexecd does no updates ... problem with locks?

[Mark Burgess]

Hei - what version are you using? Locks were a problem earlier, but
should not be now.

M

On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 10:39 +0100, Jon-Finngard Moe wrote:
> I have done som changes to the central update.conf file. The intention was 
> to introduce a redundant policyhost if the main server was down.
> (Yes, i know the star-configuration is not optimal. I will change this).
> 
> My problem is when i introduced the secondary server, the firewall 
> configuration was not updated so the hosts could reach that server. 
> 
> This created a timeout when cfagent tried to connect to the secondary 
> server. My problem is that no host since that time has updated itself, not 
> even from the primary policyhost. But "cfexecd" is still running on every 
> host!
> 
> 1) Is this a problem with locks preventing cfexecd to perform updates?
> 2) Will my new update.conf prevent this from happening in the future?
> 3) If not, any ideas how this did happen?
> 
> control:
> 
>    actionsequence  = ( copy.IfElapsed10.ExpireAfter30
>                        processes
>                        tidy ) 
> 
>    domain          = ( mss.mnemonic.no )  # Needed for remote copy
>    sysadm          = ( finngard@mnemonic.no )
>    mailserver      = ( somemailserver.mnemonic.no )
>    EmailMaxLines   = ( 100 )
> 
>    #
>    # Spamming and lock control
>    #
> 
>    IfElapsed = ( 10 )
>    ExpireAfter = ( 40 )
> 
>    #
>    # Which host/dir is the master for configuration roll-outs?
>    #
> 
>    policyhost      = ( somehost.mnemonic.no )
>    policyhost_svg  = ( anotherhost.mnemonic.no )
> 
>    master_cfinput  = ( /var/cfengine/inputs )
>    master_cfinput_svg = ( /var/lib/cfengine2/inputs )
> 
>    SplayTime = ( 15 )
> 
> copy:
> 
>      $(master_cfinput)            dest=$(workdir)/inputs
>                                   r=inf
>                                   mode=700
>                                   type=binary
>                                   exclude=*.lst
>                                   exclude=*~
>                                   exclude=#*
>                                   exclude=Entries
>                                   exclude=Repository
>                                   exclude=Root
>                                   exclude=CVS
>                                   exclude=cfservd.conf
>                                   server=$(policyhost)
>                                   trustkey=true
>                                   elsedefine=failover_svg
> 
>         failover_svg::
>                 $(master_cfinput_svg)   dest=$(workdir)/inputs
>                                         r=inf
>                                         mode=700
>                                         type=binary
>                                         exclude=*.lst
>                                         exclude=*~
>                                         exclude=#*
>                                         exclude=Entries
>                                         exclude=Repository
>                                         exclude=Root
>                                         exclude=CVS
>                                         exclude=cfservd.conf
>                                         server=$(policyhost_svg)
> 
> 
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