<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang="DE" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I guess you should “systenmctl cat” the service file in question (my glass orb is in maintenance </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">😉</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ulrich Windl<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> systemd-devel <systemd-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Raul Jimeno<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 17, 2024 3:58 PM<br> <b>To:</b> systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org<br> <b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [systemd-devel] The unit asterisk.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'timeout'<o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Sorry, I am new on this list and this is my first post requesting some help troubleshooting an issue with systemd. <o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p>I’m experiencing an issue where the Asterisk service fails to start and times out consistently. This happens across multiple versions of Asterisk, so we suspect it might be a systemd-related issue.<br> <br> The OS is Rocky Linux release 8.9 and running in a VM. <br> No issue in other sites with same OS and same Asterisk versions <o:p></o:p></p> <h3>Issue Details:<o:p></o:p></h3> <ul type="disc"> <li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">When starting Asterisk with <code><span style="font-size:10.0pt">systemctl</span></code>, it fails due to a timeout:<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <div> <div> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sudo systemctl start asterisk </span><o:p></o:p></pre> </div> <div> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><code>Job </code><span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">for</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-title">asterisk</span><code>.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. <o:p></o:p></code></pre> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><code>See </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">"systemctl status asterisk.service"</span><code> and </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">"journalctl -xe"</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">for</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-title">details</span><code>. <o:p></o:p></code></pre> </div> </div> <ul type="disc"> <li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><code><span style="font-size:10.0pt">systemctl status asterisk</span></code> shows the service in an "activating" state for a while before timing out:<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <div> <div> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span class="gmail-hljs-string"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">asterisk.service</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <span class="gmail-hljs-bullet">-</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-string">Asterisk</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-string">PBX</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-string">and</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-string">telephony</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-string">daemon</span> </span><o:p></o:p></pre> </div> <div> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-attr">Loaded:</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">loaded</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">(/etc/systemd/system/asterisk.service;</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">enabled;</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-attr">vendor preset:</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">disabled)</span><code> <o:p></o:p></code></pre> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-attr">Active:</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">activating</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">(start)</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">since</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">Tue</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-number">2024-12-17 16:22:36 </span><span class="gmail-hljs-string">EET;</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">21s</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">ago</span><code> <o:p></o:p></code></pre> </div> </div> <ul type="disc"> <li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">After a minute or so, the service fails with the following:<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <div> <div> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span class="gmail-hljs-type"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dec</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <span class="gmail-hljs-number">17</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-number">16</span>:<span class="gmail-hljs-number">37</span>:<span class="gmail-hljs-number">47</span> localhost systemd[<span class="gmail-hljs-number">1</span>]: Failed <span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">to</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">start</span> Asterisk PBX <span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">and</span> telephony daemon. </span><o:p></o:p></pre> </div> <div> <pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><code>The unit asterisk.service has entered the </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">'failed'</span><code> state </code><span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">with</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-keyword">result</span><code> </code><span class="gmail-hljs-string">'timeout'</span><code>. <o:p></o:p></code></pre> </div> </div> <h3>What Has Been Tried:<o:p></o:p></h3> <ol start="1" type="1"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> Different versions of Asterisk have been tested — the issue persists.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> Asterisk was run manually, and it starts fine outside of systemd.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> Timeouts (<code><span style="font-size:10.0pt">TimeoutStartSec</span></code>) were increased in the systemd unit file, but the service still doesn’t reach an "active (running)" state.<o:p></o:p></li></ol> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br> Any help would 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