[Troubleshooting] HAProxy backend servers down

openBalena
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'lo all:

I’ve been smashing my head against the wall the past couple of days and was hoping one of you could help.

I’ve been attempting to follow the openBalena Getting Started guide on a VPS. I’m consistently running into issues surrounding haproxy, and I haven’t been able to find much through Googling.

The immediate issue seems to be a misconfiguration of haproxy, with outputs such as the following from ./scripts/compose up:

haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 133/204330 (17) : Server backend_api/resin_api_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 133/204330 (17) : backend 'backend_api' has no server available!

I wonder if the issue doesn’t lie elsewhere, since the api container doesn’t actually appear to be doing anything. Running ./scripts/compose exec api journalctl --no-pager (as per this forum post) results in No journal files were found.

I’m pretty sure my DNS is configured correctly; I’ve set all the relevant subdomain CNAMEs and nslookup shows them as having properly propagated.

The only configuration change I’ve made from the defaults is setting ACTIVE: "true" in ./compose/services.yml, as cert-provider will complain and exit otherwise. I’ve tested with and without this change though, and haproxy doesn’t seem to care in either case.

I’ve posted the outputs of a couple of commands below in hopes that they’ll be useful. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ dig api.<MYDOMAIN>

; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.7-Ubuntu <<>> api.<MYDOMAIN>
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11557
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;api.<MYDOMAIN>.       IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
api.<MYDOMAIN>. 108    IN      CNAME   <MYDOMAIN>.
<MYDOMAIN>.    108     IN      A       <MYIP>

;; Query time: 6 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.4.4#53(8.8.4.4)
;; WHEN: Tue May 14 21:19:33 UTC 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 82

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The following is the full output of ./scripts/compose up:

Starting openbalena_db_1_cd9595acbb38            ... done
Starting openbalena_cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 ... done
Starting openbalena_redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b         ... done
Starting openbalena_s3_1_608b450642cc            ... done
Starting openbalena_api_1_67b575c88613           ... done
Starting openbalena_vpn_1_f83383c7ec5b           ... done
Starting openbalena_registry_1_e3faba8d4340      ... done
Starting openbalena_haproxy_1_73e64c768a62       ... done
Attaching to openbalena_db_1_cd9595acbb38, openbalena_s3_1_608b450642cc, openbalena_cert-provider_1_b28198981d70, openbalena_redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b, openbalena_api_1_67b575c88613, openbalena_registry_1_e3faba8d4340, openbalena_vpn_1_f83383c7ec5b, openbalena_haproxy_1_73e64c768a62
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:17.977 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:17.978 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:17.996 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql    /.s.PGSQL.5432"
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:18.901 UTC [22] LOG:  database system was interrupted; last known up at 2019-05-14 20:42:03 UTC
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:19.013 UTC [22] LOG:  database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:19.016 UTC [22] LOG:  redo starts at 0/1638190
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:19.017 UTC [22] LOG:  invalid record length at 0/16381C8: wanted 24, got 0
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:19.017 UTC [22] LOG:  redo done at 0/1638190
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-14 20:43:19.492 UTC [1] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
s3_1_608b450642cc | Systemd init system enabled.
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | [Info] VALIDATION not set. Using default: http-01
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | [Info] Waiting for api.<MYDOMAIN> to be available via HTTP...
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | (1/6) Retrying in 5 seconds...
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | (2/6) Retrying in 5 seconds...
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:C 14 May 2019 20:43:20.535 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:C 14 May 2019 20:43:20.535 # Redis version=5.0.4, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=1, just started
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:C 14 May 2019 20:43:20.535 # Warning: no config file specified, using the default config. In order to specify a config file use redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 14 May 2019 20:43:20.596 * Running mode=standalone, port=6379.
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 14 May 2019 20:43:20.596 # Server initialized
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 14 May 2019 20:43:20.596 * DB loaded from disk: 0.000 seconds
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 14 May 2019 20:43:20.596 * Ready to accept connections
api_1_67b575c88613 | Systemd init system enabled.
registry_1_e3faba8d4340 | Systemd init system enabled.
vpn_1_f83383c7ec5b | Systemd init system enabled.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | Building certificate from environment variables...
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | Setting up watches.  Beware: since -r was given, this may take a while!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | Watches established.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [NOTICE] 133/204330 (15) : New worker #1 (17) forked
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 133/204330 (17) : Server backend_api/resin_api_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 133/204330 (17) : backend 'backend_api' has no server available!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 133/204330 (17) : Server backend_registry/resin_registry_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 133/204330 (17) : backend 'backend_registry' has no server available!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 133/204330 (17) : Server backend_vpn/resin_vpn_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 133/204330 (17) : backend 'backend_vpn' has no server available!
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | (3/6) Retrying in 5 seconds...
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 133/204331 (17) : Server vpn-tunnel/balena_vpn is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 133/204331 (17) : proxy 'vpn-tunnel' has no server available!
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | (4/6) Retrying in 5 seconds...
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | (5/6) Retrying in 5 seconds...
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | (6/6) Retrying in 5 seconds...
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | [Error] Unable to access api.<MYDOMAIN> on port 80. This is needed for certificate validation. [Stopping]
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Hey, what provider’s VPS are you trying to deploy this?

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Hey, you only need to set ACTIVE = true if you plan to use a cert provider such as Let’s Encrypt. The logs you see that suggest an error condition when that variable is “false” are innocuous and can be ignored. Can you try again with ACTIVE = false?

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@imrehg VPS is through Hostinger, DNS through Dynadot.

@dfunckt Ah gotcha. Setting ACTIVE = false results in much the same output though, save cert-provider’s complaints:

Starting openbalena_s3_1_608b450642cc            ... done
Starting openbalena_db_1_cd9595acbb38            ... done
Starting openbalena_redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b         ... done
Starting openbalena_cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 ... done
Starting openbalena_api_1_67b575c88613           ... done
Starting openbalena_registry_1_e3faba8d4340      ... done
Starting openbalena_vpn_1_f83383c7ec5b           ... done
Starting openbalena_haproxy_1_73e64c768a62       ... done
Attaching to openbalena_db_1_cd9595acbb38, openbalena_redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b, openbalena_s3_1_608b450642cc, openbalena_cert-provider_1_b28198981d70, openbalena_api_1_67b575c88613, openbalena_registry_1_e3faba8d4340, openbalena_vpn_1_f83383c7ec5b, openbalena_haproxy_1_73e64c768a62
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-15 20:22:22.795 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-15 20:22:22.795 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-15 20:22:22.798 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-15 20:22:22.997 UTC [22] LOG:  database system was shut down at 2019-05-15 20:21:56 UTC
db_1_cd9595acbb38 | 2019-05-15 20:22:23.618 UTC [1] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:C 15 May 2019 20:22:22.619 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:C 15 May 2019 20:22:22.619 # Redis version=5.0.4, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=1, just started
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:C 15 May 2019 20:22:22.619 # Warning: no config file specified, using the default config. In order to specify a config file use redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 15 May 2019 20:22:22.637 * Running mode=standalone, port=6379.
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 15 May 2019 20:22:22.637 # Server initialized
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 15 May 2019 20:22:22.692 * DB loaded from disk: 0.054 seconds
redis_1_a3ba71d90e7b | 1:M 15 May 2019 20:22:22.692 * Ready to accept connections
s3_1_608b450642cc | Systemd init system enabled.
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | [Error] ACTIVE variable is not enabled. Value should be "true" or "yes" to continue.
cert-provider_1_b28198981d70 | [Error] Unable to continue due to misconfiguration. See errors above. [Stopping]
api_1_67b575c88613 | Systemd init system enabled.
registry_1_e3faba8d4340 | Systemd init system enabled.
vpn_1_f83383c7ec5b | Systemd init system enabled.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | Building certificate from environment variables...
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | Setting up watches.  Beware: since -r was given, this may take a while!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | Watches established.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [NOTICE] 134/202232 (15) : New worker #1 (17) forked
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 134/202232 (17) : Server backend_api/resin_api_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 134/202232 (17) : backend 'backend_api' has no server available!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 134/202233 (17) : Server backend_registry/resin_registry_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 134/202233 (17) : backend 'backend_registry' has no server available!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 134/202233 (17) : Server backend_vpn/resin_vpn_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 134/202233 (17) : backend 'backend_vpn' has no server available!
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [WARNING] 134/202234 (17) : Server vpn-tunnel/balena_vpn is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_73e64c768a62 | [ALERT] 134/202234 (17) : proxy 'vpn-tunnel' has no server available!

And of course, balena login errors out with:

BalenaRequestError: Request error: <html><body><h1>503 Service Unavailable</h1>
No server is available to handle this request.
</body></html>
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Hi,

Ok, so it looks like the main services are starting but possibly an issue in the API container. Could you try looking at the journalctl logs for the open-balena-api service in the API container? This can be done by executing the journalctl command in the API container, which is aliased for you in the scripts as logs:

logs api -fn100

This will take the last 100 lines and then tail the output. If you could post any errors etc here, that would be great.

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Actually, that only applies in the Vagrant VM - you will need to do the following:

./scripts/compose exec api journalctl -u open-balena-api -fn100
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Thanks for the note!

open-balena-api doesn’t seem to run at all:

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose exec api journalctl -u open-balena-api -fn100
No journal files were found.

Querying for any units also fails:

balena@vps43862673:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose exec api journalctl
No journal files were found.
-- No entries --

Seems like journald never actually starts?:

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose exec api ps -A
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:00 systemd
    6 ?        00:00:00 sleep
   14 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
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@sinclair something seems to be really broken in your setup. Could you confirm that you have pulled the latest version of the master branch for openBalena, delete the ./config directory, and then run the ./scripts/quickstart ... process again. Please keep a log of everything and post it here; hopefully we can see from that what is happening.

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@richbayliss

For the sake of fully redoing the process, I reset the server to standard Ubuntu 18.04 and proceeded from there. Long story short, I’m ending up in exactly the same spot, with the api container just not doing anything. I did run into a couple of bumps along the way, but I don’t see anything in the logs that would indicate an insurmountable problem.

root@vps:~# apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential git
root@vps:~# adduser balena
root@vps:~# usermod -aG sudo balena
root@vps:~# apt-get install docker.io
root@vps:~# usermod -aG docker balena
root@vps:~# curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.23.0-rc3/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
root@vps:~# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
root@vps:~# apt-get install libssl-dev
root@vps:~# apt-get install nodejs
root@vps:~# apt-get install npm

No issues (output cut for bevity).

root@vps:~# su balena
balena@vps:~$ cd ~/
balena@vps:~$ git clone https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena.git
balena@vps:~$ cd open-balena
balena@vps:~/open-balena$ git log | head -n 5
commit 3bf14a2140ac30f801c877c74a199640649e54b6
Author: Resin CI <34882892+balena-ci@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Fri May 10 18:22:12 2019 +0300

    v1.1.1
balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/quickstart -U <MYEMAIL> -P <MYPASSWORD> -d <MYDOMAIN>
==> Creating new configuration at: /home/balena/open-balena/config
==> Bootstrapping easy-rsa...
  - Downloading easy-rsa...
==> Generating root CA cert...
==> Generating root cert chain for haproxy...
==> Generating token auth cert...
==> Generating VPN CA, cert and dhparam (this may take a while)...
==> Setting up environment...
==> Adding default compose file...
==> Success!
  - Start the instance with: ./scripts/compose up -d
  - Stop the instance with: ./scripts/compose stop
  - Use the following certificate with Balena CLI: /home/balena/open-balena/config/certs/root/ca.crt

No troubles so far.

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose up
Creating network "openbalena_default" with the default driver
Creating volume "openbalena_certs" with default driver
Creating volume "openbalena_cert-provider" with default driver
Creating volume "openbalena_db" with default driver
Creating volume "openbalena_redis" with default driver
Creating volume "openbalena_registry" with default driver
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WARNING: Image for service haproxy was built because it did not already exist. To rebuild this image you must use `docker-compose build` or `docker-compose up --build`.
Creating openbalena_db_1_a98686ee9e2b ... 
Creating openbalena_redis_1_80f98d5c21a5 ... 
Creating openbalena_s3_1_74e059c36e0f    ... 
Creating openbalena_cert-provider_1_ae75aa3e02ce ... 

ERROR: for openbalena_cert-provider_1_ae75aa3e02ce  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for openbalena_db_1_a98686ee9e2b  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for openbalena_redis_1_80f98d5c21a5  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for openbalena_s3_1_74e059c36e0f  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for db  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for redis  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for s3  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

ERROR: for cert-provider  UnixHTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=None): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)
ERROR: An HTTP request took too long to complete. Retry with --verbose to obtain debug information.
If you encounter this issue regularly because of slow network conditions, consider setting COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT to a higher value (current value: 60).

Strange; what if we run again?:

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose up
openbalena_redis_1_951ad77fac5f is up-to-date
openbalena_db_1_e08e5d53d7fc is up-to-date
openbalena_s3_1_d1a8e870ae4c is up-to-date
openbalena_cert-provider_1_c5cb9972fe19 is up-to-date
Creating openbalena_api_1_13408d80ffe7 ... done
Creating openbalena_registry_1_5d9f5a1a7761 ... done
Creating openbalena_vpn_1_32a5e9e40137      ... done
Creating openbalena_haproxy_1_30df91cbccd2  ... error

ERROR: for openbalena_haproxy_1_30df91cbccd2  Cannot start service haproxy: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint openbalena_haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 (cc5422a802aca49ffa13f84a398d0e86b4cffd6d17f6edfddbaaca3d5aeb6a18): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:80: bind: address already in use

ERROR: for haproxy  Cannot start service haproxy: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint openbalena_haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 (cc5422a802aca49ffa13f84a398d0e86b4cffd6d17f6edfddbaaca3d5aeb6a18): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:80: bind: address already in use
ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

Oh, whoops, forgot to stop apache:

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ sudo systemctl stop apache2
[sudo] password for balena: 
balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose up
openbalena_db_1_e08e5d53d7fc is up-to-date
openbalena_redis_1_951ad77fac5f is up-to-date
openbalena_cert-provider_1_c5cb9972fe19 is up-to-date
openbalena_s3_1_d1a8e870ae4c is up-to-date
openbalena_api_1_4cad9ff00e48 is up-to-date
openbalena_vpn_1_eb1ff70cce31 is up-to-date
openbalena_registry_1_ceffb5c7032d is up-to-date
Starting openbalena_haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 ... done
Attaching to openbalena_db_1_e08e5d53d7fc, openbalena_redis_1_951ad77fac5f, openbalena_cert-provider_1_c5cb9972fe19, openbalena_s3_1_d1a8e870ae4c, openbalena_api_1_4cad9ff00e48, openbalena_vpn_1_eb1ff70cce31, openbalena_registry_1_ceffb5c7032d, openbalena_haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres".
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | This user must also own the server process.
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.utf8".
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "UTF8".
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | Data page checksums are disabled.
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/postgresql/data ... ok
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | creating subdirectories ... ok
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | selecting default max_connections ... 100
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | selecting default shared_buffers ... 128MB
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... posix
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | creating configuration files ... ok
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | running bootstrap script ... ok
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | performing post-bootstrap initialization ... ok
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | WARNING: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the option -A, or
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | --auth-local and --auth-host, the next time you run initdb.
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | syncing data to disk ... ok
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | Success. You can now start the database server using:
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc |     pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/data -l logfile start
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | waiting for server to start....2019-05-19 02:31:36.302 UTC [41] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:36.399 UTC [42] LOG:  database system was shut down at 2019-05-19 02:31:35 UTC
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:36.633 UTC [41] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc |  done
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | server started
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | CREATE DATABASE
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh: running /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create-resin-db.sh
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | CREATE DATABASE
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.273 UTC [41] LOG:  received fast shutdown request
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | waiting for server to shut down....2019-05-19 02:31:38.274 UTC [41] LOG:  aborting any active transactions
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.281 UTC [41] LOG:  worker process: logical replication launcher (PID 48) exited with exit code 1
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.281 UTC [43] LOG:  shutting down
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.299 UTC [41] LOG:  database system is shut down
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc |  done
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | server stopped
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | PostgreSQL init process complete; ready for start up.
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.450 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.450 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.451 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.535 UTC [69] LOG:  database system was shut down at 2019-05-19 02:31:38 UTC
db_1_e08e5d53d7fc | 2019-05-19 02:31:38.814 UTC [1] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | Building certificate from environment variables...
redis_1_951ad77fac5f | 1:C 19 May 2019 02:31:32.124 # oO0OoO0OoO0Oo Redis is starting oO0OoO0OoO0Oo
redis_1_951ad77fac5f | 1:C 19 May 2019 02:31:32.125 # Redis version=5.0.5, bits=64, commit=00000000, modified=0, pid=1, just started
redis_1_951ad77fac5f | 1:C 19 May 2019 02:31:32.125 # Warning: no config file specified, using the default config. In order to specify a config file use redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
redis_1_951ad77fac5f | 1:M 19 May 2019 02:31:32.202 * Running mode=standalone, port=6379.
redis_1_951ad77fac5f | 1:M 19 May 2019 02:31:32.202 # Server initialized
redis_1_951ad77fac5f | 1:M 19 May 2019 02:31:32.203 * Ready to accept connections
cert-provider_1_c5cb9972fe19 | [Error] ACTIVE variable is not enabled. Value should be "true" or "yes" to continue.
cert-provider_1_c5cb9972fe19 | [Error] Unable to continue due to misconfiguration. See errors above. [Stopping]
s3_1_d1a8e870ae4c | Systemd init system enabled.
registry_1_ceffb5c7032d | Systemd init system enabled.
api_1_4cad9ff00e48 | Systemd init system enabled.
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | Setting up watches.  Beware: since -r was given, this may take a while!
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | Watches established.
vpn_1_eb1ff70cce31 | Systemd init system enabled.
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [NOTICE] 138/024231 (15) : New worker #1 (17) forked
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [WARNING] 138/024231 (17) : Server backend_api/resin_api_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [ALERT] 138/024231 (17) : backend 'backend_api' has no server available!
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [WARNING] 138/024231 (17) : Server backend_registry/resin_registry_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [ALERT] 138/024231 (17) : backend 'backend_registry' has no server available!
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [WARNING] 138/024232 (17) : Server backend_vpn/resin_vpn_1 is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [ALERT] 138/024232 (17) : backend 'backend_vpn' has no server available!
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [WARNING] 138/024233 (17) : Server vpn-tunnel/balena_vpn is DOWN, reason: Layer4 connection problem, info: "Connection refused", check duration: 0ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
haproxy_1_60f2415d3af8 | [ALERT] 138/024233 (17) : proxy 'vpn-tunnel' has no server available!

Back where we started. api continues to do nothing:

balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose exec api journalctl
No journal files were found.
-- No entries --
balena@vps:~/open-balena$ ./scripts/compose exec api ps -A
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:00 systemd
    7 ?        00:00:00 sleep
   14 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
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That is very weird. I have just this morning pulled down the latest version and it worked exactly right. I used the Vagrant VM which we ship a Vagrantfile for in the repo (https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena/blob/master/Vagrantfile) which is also based on Ubuntu 18.04 so that matches your setup.

You mentioned having to stop Apache; I am wondering if there is something on your install which is preventing a service from starting properly but we are unable to see the cause. Without having the openBalena stack running, could you see if anything is running on port 80, 443, 3128, 5432 and 6379.

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Looks like just ssh and exim, and nothing specifically on any of those ports.

balena@vps:~$ sudo netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name    
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      669/sshd            
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      930/exim4           
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN      669/sshd            
tcp6       0      0 ::1:25                  :::*                    LISTEN      930/exim4

Just to make sure, netstat with openBalena running:

balena@vps:~$ sudo netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name    
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      669/sshd            
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      930/exim4           
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN      2260/docker-proxy   
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN      669/sshd            
tcp6       0      0 :::3128                 :::*                    LISTEN      2205/docker-proxy   
tcp6       0      0 ::1:25                  :::*                    LISTEN      930/exim4           
tcp6       0      0 :::443                  :::*                    LISTEN      2236/docker-proxy
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@sinclair just an FYI that we have updated openBalena to v.1.2.0 which has a new version of the registry and API container services. You could try updating via git pull and then restarting the new versions with ./scripts/compose up -d

It would be great to hear if this has any effect, and if it changes if you can get the journalctl logs :+1:

97

Just tried out the new 1.2.0 on a clean Ubuntu 18.04 install, and no dice. ./scripts/compose up still shows the same haproxy error, with ./scripts/compose exec api journalctl showing nothing.

105

I just wanted to setup openBalena on my vServer hosted by Hosteurope.

I already have apache2 listening on port 80 and 443. I am using LetsEncrypt to automatically request SSL Certificates in combination with a Plesk extension.

I followed the “getting started” guide closely, everything worked as expected up to ./scripts/compose up -d which fails with the following message:

Log (click to expand) 
Starting openbalena_db_1            ... done
Starting openbalena_s3_1            ... done
Starting openbalena_cert-provider_1 ... done
Starting openbalena_redis_1         ... done
Starting openbalena_registry_1      ... done
Starting openbalena_api_1           ... done
Starting openbalena_vpn_1           ... done
Starting openbalena_haproxy_1       ... error

ERROR: for openbalena_haproxy_1  Cannot start service haproxy: b'driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint openbalena_haproxy_1 (c73cfad26e5e31ed7e796cea8bb8f1f92e42fb99becfc9bf84d35305d380c840): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:443: bind: address already in use'

ERROR: for haproxy  Cannot start service haproxy: b'driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint openbalena_haproxy_1 (c73cfad26e5e31ed7e796cea8bb8f1f92e42fb99becfc9bf84d35305d380c840): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:443: bind: address already in use'
ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

When I stop the apache2 service with sudo systemctl stop apache2 I am able to successfully execute ./scripts/compose up -d but obviously my Websites are down instead.

106

Hey @idoodler, seems like you are experiencing a very similar issue as posted earlier in this thread. So I’ll echo Rich’s questions to you : )

Could you please confirm that you are running the latest version of openBalena? Next, could you see if anything is running on port 80, 443, 3128, 5432 and 6379? What do you see in the journalctl logs?

Furthermore, what is the VPS configuration (CPU and RAM)?

I see a note from Rich that the earlier issue was related to the machine being under resourced to start the API.

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Hi @gelbal, I freshly pulled the project from github, so I assume its the most up-to-date version of openBalena .

As I already stated in my last post I have an apache2 instance running on port 80 and 443 (Which makes sense because I am deploying openBalena on my private server which hosts some websites.

The other ports 3128, 5432 and 6379 are not in use (Checked with sudo netstat -tulpn).

I can see multiple entries from dockerd in journalctl which can be linked to openBalena:
dockerd[29107]: time=“2020-01-12T14:14:04.359821716+01:00” level=warning msg=“failed to retrieve runc version: unknown output format: runc version spec: 1.0.1-dev”

Here is my VPS configuration:
CPU: Intel® Xeon® Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 core(s))
RAM: 6GB
OS: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

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Hi, the reason you see the error you reported is because we use port 80/443 on HAproxy for openBalena (as the error says, the address is already in use) which coincides with the other services you noted you’re running on the same machine