[LON-CAPA-admin] resources not updating on access servers

Todd Ruskell truskell at mines.edu
Wed Nov 19 17:38:09 EST 2008


So here's a shot in the dark . . . Did you configure (accidentally or on
purpose) any of your servers to only accept secure connections?  If so,
did you get the keys properly installed?

Todd

Bob Gonzales wrote:
> So, now I get the following for the problem.log file for a recent update:
> 
> Cleanup phase: Notifications
> 
> Notifying host binghamtona2:rejected
> Notifying host binghamtona3:rejected
> Notifying host csma1:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only msua6:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only msua1:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only msua2:con_delayed
> Notifying host for metadata only msua5:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only msua3:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only msua4:con_delayed
> Notifying host for metadata only msua7:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only uiucaccess1:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only binghamtona1:no_such_host
> Notifying course binghamton_3c24739aca3844830binghamtonl1:ok
> 
> There is still a binghamtona1 in there that doesn’t exist but the
> binghamtona2 and binghamtona3 are both there and giving a 
> ‘rejected’ response.
> 
> The update was at 15:55, here’s the lond.log from binghamtona3:
> Wed Nov 19 15:49:22 2008 (2623): <font color="green"> Attempting to start
> child (IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x1dfc6f0))</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:49:22 2008 (22692): <font color="yellow">INFO: Connection,
> 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3) connection type = client </font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:49:22 2008 (22692): Setting hostid to binghamtona3, and domain
> to binghamton
> Wed Nov 19 15:49:22 2008 (22692): <font color="green"Successful local
> authentication </font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:49:22 2008 (22692): <font color='green'>Established
> connection: binghamtona3</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:59:23 2008 (22692): Client 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3) hanging
> up: exit:
> Wed Nov 19 15:59:23 2008 (22692): <font color='red'>CRITICAL: Disconnect
> from 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3)</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:59:23 2008 (2623): Child 22692 died
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:14 2008 (2623): <font color="green"> Attempting to start
> child (IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x1df3a40))</font>
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:14 2008 (23327): <font color="yellow">INFO: Connection,
> 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3) connection type = client </font>
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:14 2008 (23327): Setting hostid to binghamtona3, and domain
> to binghamton
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:14 2008 (23327): <font color="green"Successful local
> authentication </font>
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:14 2008 (23327): <font color='green'>Established
> connection: binghamtona3</font>
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:55 2008 (22670): Client 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1)
> hanging up: exit:
> Wed Nov 19 16:05:55 2008 (22670): <font color='red'>CRITICAL: Disconnect
> from 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1)</font>
> 
> here’s the lond.log from Binghamtona2
> 
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:08 2008 (27610): Client 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1)
> hanging up: exit:
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:08 2008 (27610): <font color='red'>CRITICAL: Disconnect
> from 12 8.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1)</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:08 2008 (2547): Child 27610 died
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:39 2008 (2547): <font color="green"> Attempting to start
> child(IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x201cd20))</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:39 2008 (27949): <font color="yellow">INFO: Connection,
> 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1) connection type = client </font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:39 2008 (27949): Setting hostid to binghamtona2, and domain
> to binghamton
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:39 2008 (27949): <font color="green">Successful insecure
> authentication with binghamtonl1 </font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:47:39 2008 (27949): <font color='green'>Established
> connection: binghamtonl1</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:45 2008 (27769): Client 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona2) hanging
> up: exit:
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:45 2008 (27769): <font color='red'>CRITICAL: Disconnect
> from 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona2)</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:45 2008 (2547): Child 27769 died
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:54 2008 (2547): <font color="green"> Attempting to start
> child (IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x2013760))</font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:54 2008 (28520): <font color="yellow">INFO: Connection,
> 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona2) connection type = client </font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:54 2008 (28520): Setting hostid to binghamtona2, and domain
> to binghamton
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:54 2008 (28520): <font color="green"Successful local
> authentication </font>
> Wed Nov 19 15:54:54 2008 (28520): <font color='green'>Established
> connection: binghamtona2</font>
> Wed Nov 19 16:00:41 2008 (27949): Client 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1)
> hanging up: exit:
> Wed Nov 19 16:00:41 2008 (27949): <font color='red'>CRITICAL: Disconnect
> from 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1)</font>
> 
> Any guesses on what is going on?
> 
> thanks,
> Bob Gonzales
> Binghamton University
> Chemistry Dept
> 
> ============================================================================
> ============================
> From: lon-capa-admin-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> [mailto:lon-capa-admin-admin at mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Bob Gonzales
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:49 AM
> To: lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> Subject: RE: [LON-CAPA-admin] resources not updating on access servers
> 
> I followed the link mentioned below and republished a problem.  
> 
> Here’s the output from the problem.log file 
> 
> Cleanup phase: Notifications
> Notifying host msua7:ok
> Notifying host msua4:ok
> Notifying host msua6:ok
> Notifying host msua3:ok
> Notifying host msua5:ok
> Notifying host msua1:ok
> Notifying host msua2:ok
> Notifying host msua4:ok
> Notifying host msua2:not_found
> Notifying host msua3:not_found
> Notifying host msua6:not_found
> Notifying host authorl1:ok
> Notifying host msua7:not_found
> Notifying host msua5:not_found
> Notifying host msua1:not_found
> Notifying host authora1:ok
> Notifying host binghamtona1:no_such_host
> Notifying host csma1:ok
> Notifying host msua8:ok
> Notifying host binghamtona3:rejected
> Notifying host for metadata only uiucaccess1:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only fsul1:ok
> Notifying host for metadata only fsua2:ok
> Notifying course binghamton_9S24738c4a3844810binghamtonl1:ok
> Notifying course binghamton_1A2474087a384482fbinghamtonl1:ok
> Notifying course binghamton_3c24739aca3844830binghamtonl1:ok
> Notifying course binghamton_8R76021ee6d2048a6binghamtonl1:ok
> Notifying course binghamton_8315449109c4e4886binghamtonl1:ok
> ============ Done ============
> 
> and lond.log on the loncapa3 access server.
> 
> Tue Nov 18 10:32:21 2008 (2623): <font color="green"> Attempting to start
> child (IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x1dcb190))</font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:32:23 2008 (3854): <font color="yellow">INFO: Connection,
> 128.226.130.107 (binghamtonl1) connection type = client </font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:32:23 2008 (3854): Setting hostid to binghamtona3, and domain
> to binghamton
> Tue Nov 18 10:32:23 2008 (3854): <font color="green">Successful insecure
> authentication with binghamtonl1 </font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:32:23 2008 (3854): <font color='green'>Established connection:
> binghamtonl1</font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:41 2008 (3404): Client 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3) hanging up:
> exit:
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:41 2008 (3404): <font color='red'>CRITICAL: Disconnect from
> 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3)</font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:41 2008 (2623): Child 3404 died
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:44 2008 (2623): <font color="green"> Attempting to start
> child (IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x1cccfe0))</font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:46 2008 (4429): <font color="yellow">INFO: Connection,
> 127.0.0.1 (binghamtona3) connection type = client </font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:46 2008 (4429): Setting hostid to binghamtona3, and domain
> to binghamton
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:46 2008 (4429): <font color="green"Successful local
> authentication </font>
> Tue Nov 18 10:36:46 2008 (4429): <font color='green'>Established connection:
> binghamtona3</font>
> 
> I assume the “Notifying host binghamtona1:no such host” is related to Gerd’s
> reply about the mis-naming of the
> server in the cluster hosts files.  The “Notifying host
> binghamtona3:rejected”   is the item of interest for
> the access server that is in the cluster hosts files.  
> 
> So, what does the lond.log entries tell us?
> 
> Also, regarding the binghamtona1/binghamtona2 server, did the hosts files
> get changed
> back to binghamtona1?  Things were working OK about a month ago.
> 
> Bob Gonzales
> Binghamton University
> Chemistry Dept
> 
> From: lon-capa-admin-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> [mailto:lon-capa-admin-admin at mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of H.K. Ng
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:33 AM
> To: lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> Subject: RE: [LON-CAPA-admin] resources not updating on access servers
> 
> I think I deleted everything under /home/httpd/html/res on the _access_
> server - just what you did. The access server will then get the most
> up-to-date version. Others may want to chime in on this. 
> 
> BTW, is your access server ever for a different purpose with different ip,
> etc. I vaguely remember when I re-configured a server, I miss a line in the
> /etc/hosts file and this caused a number of problems.
> 
> At 09:07 AM 11/18/2008, you wrote:
> HK,
>  
> There weren’t any files in /home/httpd/sockets/delayed/.    How
> did you end up fixing your problem?
>  
> I was wondering if this action of not being updated could affect
> the viewing of grades and statistics.  That is to say, could I look at
> at a student’s results on an access server that didn’t update and 
> see one set of grades and then look on the library server and see
> another newer set of grades?
> 
> It does affect the total points for a sequence if a resource is on one
> server and not the other. Again, I had one of those (or similar) before! See
> 
> http://mail.lon-capa.org/pipermail/lon-capa-admin/2006-November/001548.html
> 
> -hk
> 
> 
>  
> Bob Gonzales
> Binghamton University
> Chemistry Dept
>  
> From: lon-capa-admin-admin at mail.lon-capa.org [
> mailto:lon-capa-admin-admin at mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of H.K. Ng
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:54 AM
> To: lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-admin] resources not updating on access servers
>  
> I had a similar problem a few years back and this is what Guy had to say,
> 
> http://mail.lon-capa.org/pipermail/lon-capa-admin/2006-July/001407.html 
> 
> Maybe there is some files in the library server directory 
> /home/httpd/sockets/delayed/ to indicate what
> happened.
> 
>  
> 
> -hk
> 
> 
> At 04:49 PM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
> 
> I've got .problem resources that were re-published on my library server but
> those updates were not propagated to my access servers.  It's been over a
> week.  I ended up deleting them on the access servers to force the update.
> 
> How do I go about troubleshooting this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob Gonzales
> Binghamton University
> Chemistry Dept
> 
> 
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Dr. Todd Ruskell
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