Hi, Description of problem: I noticed that varnish service doesn't work after systemd update to version 201-2 varnish.service - Varnish a high-perfomance HTTP accelerator Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/varnish.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since czw 2013-05-16 23:12:50 CEST; 1min 2s ago Process: 424 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/varnishd -P /var/run/varnish.pid -f $VARNISH_VCL_CONF -a ${VARNISH_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT} -T ${VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS}:${VARNISH_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT} -t $VARNISH_TTL -w ${VARNISH_MIN_THREADS},${VARNISH_MAX_THREADS},${VARNISH_THREAD_TIMEOUT} -u $VARNISH_USER -g $VARNISH_GROUP -S $VARNISH_SECRET_FILE -s $VARNISH_STORAGE $DAEMON_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: usage: varnishd [options] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -a address:port # HTTP listen address and port maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -b address:port # backend address and port maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -b <hostname_or_IP> maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -b '<hostname_or_IP>:<port_or_service>' maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -C # print VCL code compiled to C language maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -d # debug maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -f file # VCL script maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -F # Run in foreground maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -h kind[,hashoptions] # Hash specification maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -h critbit [default] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -h simple_list maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -h classic maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -h classic,<buckets> maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -i identity # Identity of varnish instance maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -l shl,free,fill # Size of shared memory file maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # shl: space for SHL records [80m] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # free: space for other allocations [1m] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # fill: prefill new file [+] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -M address:port # Reverse CLI destination. maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -n dir # varnishd working directory maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -P file # PID file maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -p param=value # set parameter maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -s kind[,storageoptions] # Backend storage specification maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -s malloc maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -s file [default: use /tmp] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -s file,<dir_or_file> maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -s file,<dir_or_file>,<size> maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -s persist{experimenta} maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -s file,<dir_or_file>,<size>,<granularity> maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -t # Default TTL maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -S secret-file # Secret file for CLI authentication maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -T address:port # Telnet listen address and port maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -V # version maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -w int[,int[,int]] # Number of worker threads maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -w <fixed_count> maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -w min,max maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: # -w min,max,timeout [default: -w2,500,300] maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl varnishd[424]: -u user # Priviledge separation user id maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl systemd[1]: varnish.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1 maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl systemd[1]: Failed to start Varnish a high-perfomance HTTP accelerator. maj 16 23:12:50 ozzy.pl systemd[1]: Unit varnish.service entered failed state. I downgraded systemd to version 195-15 and varnish works fine again.
OK, I can reproduce this. It turns out these two lines in the default /etc/varnish/varnish.params have trailing whitespace, which gets included in the ExecStart command line: VARNISH_MIN_THREADS=5 VARNISH_MAX_THREADS=1000 As a workaround, remove the trailing whitespace.
I cannot reproduce this in F19. Looking for a patch to cherry-pick to F18...
systemd-201-2.fc18.7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-201-2.fc18.7
Works fine. Thank you very much! Best regards, Michal
Package systemd-201-2.fc18.7: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.7' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-8598/systemd-201-2.fc18.7 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
systemd-201-2.fc18.7 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.