DirectAdmin service not running

crenet

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Hi,

This was my initial default setup and after reboot the DA service is not running.

sudo service directadmin restart
Job for directadmin.service failed because of unavailable resources or another system error.
See "systemctl status directadmin.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

systemctl status directadmin.service
● directadmin.service - DirectAdmin Web Control Panel
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/directadmin.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: resources) since Sat 2019-11-02 13:44:12 -01; 19s ago
Docs: http://www.directadmin.com
Process: 1322 ExecStart=/usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 393 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

sudo tail /var/log/directadmin/error.log
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ListFile::writeFile(./data/users/admin/domains.list) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ConfigFile::writeFile(./data/users/admin/reseller.usage) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ListFile::writeFile(./data/users/admin/users.list) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ConfigFile::writeFile(./data/users/admin/reseller.allocation) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ConfigFile::writeFile(./data/admin/admin.usage) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ListFile::writeFile(./data/admin/reseller.list) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-12:36:35: ConfigFile::writeFile(./data/admin/admin.allocation) : Timestamp from when it was read is different, overwriting anyway
2019:11:02-13:44:12: error loading certificate: /usr/local/directadmin/conf/cacert.pem
2019:11:02-13:45:03: error loading certificate: /usr/local/directadmin/conf/cacert.pem
2019:11:02-13:45:08: error loading certificate: /usr/local/directadmin/conf/cacert.pem


sudo journalctl -xe
Nov 02 13:50:08 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Daemon never wrote its PID file. Failing.
Nov 02 13:50:08 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: Failed to start DirectAdmin Web Control Panel.
-- Subject: Unit directadmin.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- Unit directadmin.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 02 13:50:08 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 02 13:50:08 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
Nov 02 13:50:13 hostmame.domain.com CRON[1406]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com CRON[1452]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com CRON[1453]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/directadmin/dataskq)
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: Starting DirectAdmin Web Control Panel...
-- Subject: Unit directadmin.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- Unit directadmin.service has begun starting up.
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: PID file /run/directadmin.pid not readable (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Daemon never wrote its PID file. Failing.
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: Failed to start DirectAdmin Web Control Panel.
-- Subject: Unit directadmin.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- Unit directadmin.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 02 13:51:01 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
Nov 02 13:51:06 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: Starting DirectAdmin Web Control Panel...
-- Subject: Unit directadmin.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- Unit directadmin.service has begun starting up.
Nov 02 13:51:06 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: PID file /run/directadmin.pid not readable (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Nov 02 13:51:06 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Daemon never wrote its PID file. Failing.
Nov 02 13:51:06 hostmame.domain.comt systemd[1]: Failed to start DirectAdmin Web Control Panel.
-- Subject: Unit directadmin.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
--
-- Unit directadmin.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 02 13:51:06 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 02 13:51:06 hostmame.domain.com systemd[1]: directadmin.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
Nov 02 13:51:11 hostmame.domain.com CRON[1452]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Nov 02 13:51:19 hostmame.domain.com sudo[1467]: sudouser : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/usr/local/directadmin ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl -xe
Nov 02 13:51:19 hostmame.domain.com sudo[1467]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by sudouser(uid=0)

What's missing ?

Thanks
 
Last edited:
Hi,

After doing
./directadmin set ssl 0
./directadmin set letsencrypt 0
./directadmin set enable_ssl_sni 0


I couldd restart the DA service
● directadmin.service - DirectAdmin Web Control Panel
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/directadmin.service; enabled; vendor pres
Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-11-02 16:12:35 -01; 10s ago
Docs: http://www.directadmin.com
Process: 2252 ExecStart=/usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d (code=exited, sta
Main PID: 2253 (directadmin)
Tasks: 11 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/directadmin.service
├─2253 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2254 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2255 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2256 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2257 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2258 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2259 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2260 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2261 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
├─2262 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d
└─2263 /usr/local/directadmin/directadmin d

Now I will try to do the set again.
 
After retrying setting everything is working fine.
Thanks
 
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