After installing netdata, starting the service results in spam from failure to open a journal path (that appears to have been created by this service). I get the same behavior on multiple F40 systems. root@srv:~# rpm -q netdata netdata-1.45.6-1.fc40.x86_64 root@srv:~# systemctl start netdata.service root@srv:~# systemctl status netdata.service -l --no-pager ● netdata.service - Real time performance monitoring Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/netdata.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-07-15 07:51:35 EDT; 1min 37s ago Process: 322999 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/cache/netdata (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 323001 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R netdata /var/cache/netdata (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 323003 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/netdata (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 323005 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R netdata /run/netdata (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 323007 (netdata) Tasks: 130 (limit: 19143) Memory: 96.4M (peak: 97.2M) CPU: 10.077s CGroup: /system.slice/netdata.service ├─323007 /usr/sbin/netdata -P /run/netdata/netdata.pid -D ├─323011 /usr/sbin/netdata --special-spawn-server ├─323219 /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin 1 ├─323226 /usr/bin/bash /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/tc-qos-helper.sh 1 ├─323257 /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/network-viewer.plugin 1 ├─323259 /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/nfacct.plugin 1 ├─323279 /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/go.d.plugin 1 └─323284 /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/systemd-journal.plugin 1 Jul 15 07:53:11 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:11 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:11 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:11 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:12 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:12 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:12 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:12 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:13 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Jul 15 07:53:13 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut root@srv:~# ll /var/log/journal/ total 16 drwxr-sr-x+ 2 root systemd-journal 12288 Jul 11 19:18 00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138 drwxr-sr-x+ 2 root systemd-journal 28 Jul 15 07:15 00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata root@srv:~# ll /var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/ total 8196 -rw-r-----+ 1 root systemd-journal 8388608 Jul 15 07:55 system.journal Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install netdata 2. `systemctl enable --now netdata` 3. `systemctl status netdata` Actual Results: Error message spams constantly, multiple times per second in the unit status. Jul 15 07:53:13 srv systemd-journal.plugin[323284]: JOURNAL: cannot open file '/var/log/journal/00f22a4ba90941658197e67eac79f138.netdata/system.journal' to update msg_ut Expected Results: No systemd-journal.plugin errors.
Hi Craig, I can confirm the problem and the fix is very easy sudo usermod -aG systemd-journal netdata Next netdata packages will include this fix (unfortunately netdata-1.46.3-4 is already in testing repo) Thanks for your report
FEDORA-2024-21fa367bbc (netdata-1.47.0-1.fc39) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-21fa367bbc
FEDORA-2024-03f5e57063 (netdata-1.47.0-1.fc40) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 40. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-03f5e57063
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-2480bf2932 (netdata-1.47.0-4.el8) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-2480bf2932
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-9335483c08 (netdata-1.47.0-1.el9) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-9335483c08
FEDORA-2024-21fa367bbc has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-21fa367bbc \*` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-21fa367bbc See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-9335483c08 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-9335483c08 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-2480bf2932 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-2480bf2932 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2024-03f5e57063 has been pushed to the Fedora 40 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2024-03f5e57063 \*` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-03f5e57063 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2024-03f5e57063 (netdata-1.47.0-1.fc40) has been pushed to the Fedora 40 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-2024-21fa367bbc (netdata-1.47.0-1.fc39) has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-9335483c08 (netdata-1.47.0-1.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-2480bf2932 (netdata-1.47.0-4.el8) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.