recurring failure on raspi4
Added by matoq over 2 years ago
I run lighttpd on the lastest raspberry pi os on a pi4.
systemctl status lighttpd
outputs
● lighttpd.service - Lighttpd Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ago Process: 1026 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/lighttpd -tt -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1031 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lighttpd -D -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) Main PID: 1031 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION) systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. systemd[1]: Stopped Lighttpd Daemon. systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Start request repeated too quickly. systemd[1]: lighttpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. systemd[1]: Failed to start Lighttpd Daemon.
I can make lighttpd start and run fine by:
sudo mkdir /var/run/lighttpd sudo chown -R pi:pi /var/run/lighttpd sudo service lighttpd restart
It'll perform as intended until a reboot. After which the issue/procedure starts anew.
How can I make this apparently temporary fix permanent?
Replies (2)
RE: recurring failure on raspi4 - Added by gstrauss over 2 years ago
This is probably a better question for raspberry pi forums.
Is /lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service using /var/run or /run? Modern versions of lighttpd should use /run
Does your system have a symlink from /var/run to /run? Most modern linux systems do.
A solution is probably to create /run/lighttpd with appropriate permissions as part of /lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service, but you should check how raspberry pi package for lighttpd handles this, as that should be handled by the raspberry pi package of lighttpd unless you have made breaking custom changes yourself.
RE: recurring failure on raspi4 - Added by matoq over 2 years ago
well, I gave the raspberry pi forum a four day head start https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=317565&p=1900781#p1900781
thanks for the pointer, I'll look into that!