Description of problem: 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 ERROR nova.openstack.common.threadgroup [-] internal error: client socket is closed 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup Traceback (most recent call last): 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/threadgroup.py", line 117, in wait 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup x.wait() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/threadgroup.py", line 49, in wait 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup return self.thread.wait() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/greenthread.py", line 168, in wait 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup return self._exit_event.wait() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/event.py", line 116, in wait 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup return hubs.get_hub().switch() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/hubs/hub.py", line 187, in switch 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup return self.greenlet.switch() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/greenthread.py", line 194, in main 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup result = function(*args, **kwargs) 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/service.py", line 486, in run_service 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup service.start() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/service.py", line 163, in start 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup self.manager.init_host() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 1029, in init_host 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup self.driver.init_host(host=self.host) 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 657, in init_host 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup self._do_quality_warnings() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 640, in _do_quality_warnings 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup caps = self.get_host_capabilities() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py", line 2880, in get_host_capabilities 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup xmlstr = self._conn.getCapabilities() 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 179, in doit 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup result = proxy_call(self._autowrap, f, *args, **kwargs) 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 139, in proxy_call 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup rv = execute(f,*args,**kwargs) 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/eventlet/tpool.py", line 77, in tworker 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup rv = meth(*args,**kwargs) 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 2967, in getCapabilities 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup if ret is None: raise libvirtError ('virConnectGetCapabilities() failed', conn=self) 2014-11-12 16:34:13.619 14136 TRACE nova.openstack.common.threadgroup libvirtError: internal error: client socket is closed Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHOS 5 rhel 7 How reproducible: Unconfirmed. This looks similar to the upstream bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/+bug/1382837
issue ended up being related to rabbit config which was resolved and the support case was closed.