Description of problem:

After enabling riak, the service can't be started.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

riak-1.3.2 (version included with Fedora 20)

How reproducible:

install riak
sudo systemctl riak enable
sudo systemctl riak start

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
riak enters failed state

Expected results:
riak is expected to start

Additional info:

riak.service - Riak Distributed Data Store
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/riak.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2014-03-18 04:30:18 EDT; 12s ago
  Process: 1846 ExecStart=/usr/bin/riak start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Mar 18 04:29:34 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Riak Distributed Data Store...
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: Riak failed to start within 15 seconds,
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: see the output of 'riak console' for more information.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: If you want to wait longer, set the environment variable
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: WAIT_FOR_ERLANG to the number of seconds to wait.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: riak.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Riak Distributed Data Store.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit riak.service entered failed state.
[jmbrooks@localhost ~]$ journalctl -xn
-- Logs begin at Fri 2014-03-14 12:51:09 EDT, end at Tue 2014-03-18 04:30:30 EDT. --
Mar 18 04:29:43 localhost.localdomain riak[2053]: Starting up
Mar 18 04:29:44 localhost.localdomain run_erl[1913]: Erlang closed the connection.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: Riak failed to start within 15 seconds,
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: see the output of 'riak console' for more information.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: If you want to wait longer, set the environment variable
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain riak[1846]: WAIT_FOR_ERLANG to the number of seconds to wait.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: riak.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Riak Distributed Data Store.
-- Subject: Unit riak.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit riak.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Mar 18 04:30:18 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit riak.service entered failed state.
Mar 18 04:30:30 localhost.localdomain sudo[2511]: jmbrooks : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/jmbrooks ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/systemctl status

I have a similar issue.

Riak console says:

[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]$ riak console
Exec: /usr/lib64/erlang/erts-5.10.4/bin/erlexec -boot /usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak             -embedded -config /etc/riak/app.config             -pa /usr/lib64/riak/basho-patches             -args_file /etc/riak/vm.args -- console
Root: /usr/lib64/riak
{"init terminating in do_boot",{'cannot load',error_handler,get_files}}

Crash dump was written to: /var/log/riak/erl_crash.dump
init terminating in do_boot ()
[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]

The problem seems to be:

- Riak boot script expects Erlang kernel 2.16.3
- Erlang shipped with FC20 is R16B03 which has Erlang kernel 2.16.4

It also fails on F19 since F19 is also providing R16B03 so if ever one does a 'yum update', the riak node is broken.

[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]$ rpm -qa|grep riak
erlang-riak_api-1.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_sysmon-1.1.3-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_err-1.0.1-5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_control-1.3.2-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_pb-1.3.3-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_search-1.3.2-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_core-1.3.2-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riaknostic-1.1.0-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_kv-1.3.2-1.fc20.x86_64
riak-1.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_pipe-1.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]$ rpm -qa|grep erlang
erlang-eper-0.60-5.20120621git16bae32.fc20.x86_64
erlang-compiler-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-snmp-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-ssl-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-basho_stats-1.0.3-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-et-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_api-1.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-dialyzer-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-parsetools-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-crypto-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-eunit-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-merge_index-1.3.0-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_sysmon-1.1.3-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-erlsom-1.2.1-13.20120904gitdef76b9.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_err-1.0.1-5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-test_server-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-lfe-0.6.2-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-neotoma-1.6.0-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-mustache-0.1.0-6.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_control-1.3.2-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-syntax_tools-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-lager-1.2.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-mnesia-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_pb-1.3.3-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-asn1-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-mochiweb-2.4.2-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-bitcask-1.6.3-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-poolboy-0.9.1-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-edoc-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-observer-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-cluster_info-1.2.3-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-gettext-2.1.0-0.7.20101022gitb55cb72.fc20.x86_64
erlang-meck-0.7.2-4.fc20.x86_64
erlang-common_test-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-sidejob-0.2.0-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_search-1.3.2-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-ebloom-1.1.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-rebar-2.1.0-0.6.fc20.x86_64
erlang-erts-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-stdlib-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-wx-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-runtime_tools-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-gs-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-public_key-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-webmachine-1.10.1-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-sext-1.1-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-bear-0.1.3-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-ssh-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-tools-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_core-1.3.2-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-erlydtl-0.7.0-1.20130214git6a9845f.fc19.x86_64
erlang-riaknostic-1.1.0-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-otp_mibs-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_kv-1.3.2-1.fc20.x86_64
erlang-erl_interface-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-kernel-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-xmerl-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-getopt-0.7.0-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-js-1.2.2-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-folsom-0.7.4-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-sasl-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-reltool-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-os_mon-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-gtknode-0.32-6.20110310git19ddfd5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-hipe-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-protobuffs-0.8.0-3.fc20.x86_64
erlang-inets-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-eleveldb-1.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-webtool-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
erlang-riak_pipe-1.3.2-2.fc20.x86_64
erlang-debugger-R16B-03.5.fc20.x86_64
[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]$ cat /usr/lib64/erlang/releases/RELEASES
[{release,"OTP  APN 181 01","R16B03-1","5.10.4",
          [{kernel,"2.16.4","/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/kernel-2.16.4"},
           {stdlib,"1.19.4","/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/stdlib-1.19.4"},
           {sasl,"2.3.4","/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/sasl-2.3.4"}],
          permanent}].
[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]$ grep 2.16 /usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/*
Binary file /usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak.boot matches
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak.rel:         [{kernel,"2.16.3"},
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak.script:     {path,["$ROOT/lib/kernel-2.16.3/ebin","$ROOT/lib/stdlib-1.19.3/ebin"]},
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak.script:     {path,["$ROOT/lib/kernel-2.16.3/ebin"]},
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak.script:         ["$ROOT/lib/kernel-2.16.3/ebin","$ROOT/lib/stdlib-1.19.3/ebin",
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/riak.script:                   {vsn,"2.16.3"},
Binary file /usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/start_clean.boot matches
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/start_clean.rel:         [{kernel,"2.16.3"},
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/start_clean.script:     {path,["$ROOT/lib/kernel-2.16.3/ebin","$ROOT/lib/stdlib-1.19.3/ebin"]},
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/start_clean.script:     {path,["$ROOT/lib/kernel-2.16.3/ebin"]},
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/start_clean.script:         ["$ROOT/lib/kernel-2.16.3/ebin","$ROOT/lib/stdlib-1.19.3/ebin",
/usr/lib64/riak/releases/1.3.2/start_clean.script:                   {vsn,"2.16.3"},
[riak@riak6-vm1 1.3.2]$

This is a major issue: riak just don't work anymore on F19 or F20 since the last Erlang update.

There is no reaction about this issue since the initial report dated March 18th. 

What is the plan to solve this?

I just want to know if there is no more support for Riak on Fedora so I have to build it myself.

Thanks!

Having no feedback about this issue, I rebuilt a RPM from SRPMS on a system with Erlang R16B03: Riak starts correctly and I could start the process of joining an existing cluster.

So it is just a matter of having Riak using the correct Erlang versions...

Any progress here?

None AFAIK. We are stuck with a non working package for months.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Riak last updated 2012-08-20 and was targeting F18.

Basho offers a riak 2.0 rpm for F19 but nothing for F20.

It seems that we are a very small number of users on Fedora...

I need write selinux-policy for this service but I cannot test it, because I don't have working package.

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