BeeOND - pid file and log

[Michal Pitonak]

Hi all,

could you please give me a hint on how to change the default location of the pid file (default: /var/run) and the log file (default: /var/log) ?

If I got the BeeOND idea right, the "beeond start ..." command should be run by user, which typically doesn't have r/w permissions to the aforementioned locations. I couldn't find any cli option or config file entry related to this issue...

Thank you very much,

Michal

[Toby Darling]

Hi All

On 31/07/2018 13:39, Michal Pitonak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> could you please give me a hint on how to change the default location
> of the pid file (default: /var/run) and the log file (default:
> /var/log) ?

I've been looking at beeond this week, and notice that the 'start'
options in 7.1.3 has

-L PATH => Log file directory. If necessary, the directory will be
created. Default: /var/log

That works great, but Michal's point about /var/run is still an issue.

toby@m02[beeond]: beeond start -n ~toby/projects/beeond/nodes -d /ssd -c
/beeond -p 5000 -f /gridware/sge/lmb/beeond -P -L /tmp/beeond
INFO: Using status information file: /var/tmp/beeond.tmp
...
INFO: Starting beegfs-mgmtd processes
INFO: Management daemon log: /tmp/beeond/beegfs-mgmtd_20190531-150049.log
INFO: Starting beegfs-mgmtd on host: host146
Unable to lock working directory lock file:
/var/run/beegfs-mgmtd-20190531-150049.pid; SysErr: Permission denied

Error: Unable to create/lock PID file:
/var/run/beegfs-mgmtd-20190531-150049.pid

[BeeGFS Management Node Version: 7.1.3
Refer to the default config file (/etc/beegfs/beegfs-mgmtd.conf)
or visit http://www.beegfs.com to find out about configuration options.]

ERROR: Unable to start beegfs-mgmtd on host: host146


Has anyone solved this?

Cheers
Toby

[Sun Panny]

Hi,

Would you please try to use root user to try one more time.

I remember I have the same problem like you, you can try with root.

Thanks.

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[nwe...@g.harvard.edu]

The pidfile location could be worked around by hacking the beeond shell script, but the "modprobe" and "mount" commands called in that shell script would still be problematic for an unprivileged user.

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Nathan 

[Toby Darling]

Hi Sun

Thanks for your reply. Yes, it works fine when run as root, but I'd like
my users to be able to use beeond without needing sudo/root

Cheers
Toby

Cheers
Toby
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