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Problem

You may face ones of these problems while activating changes:

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Error running automation call restart (exit code 1). error: An error occurred: Other restart currently in progress. Aborting.

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The site is currently locked by another activation process. Please try again later.



Solution A (recommended)


  1. Check the entries within the site's web.log, you may see entries like below:

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    022-02-23 15:13:35,705 [30] [cmk.web.automations 7098] 'check_mk --automation restart' returned 'An error occurred: Other restart currently in progress. Aborting.
    2022-02-23 15:13:35,705 [40] [cmk.web.automations 7098] Error running 'check_mk --automation restart' (exit code 1)
    2022-02-23 15:13:35,706 [40] [cmk.web.site[<sitename>] 7098] error activating changes
    
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/omd/sites/mysite/lib/python3/cmk/gui/watolib/activate_changes.py", line 1388, in _do_run
    configuration_warnings = self._do_activate()
    File "/omd/sites/mysite/lib/python3/cmk/gui/watolib/activate_changes.py", line 1651, in _do_activate
    configuration_warnings = self._call_activate_changes_automation()
    File "/omd/sites/mysite/lib/python3/cmk/gui/watolib/activate_changes.py", line 1661, in _call_activate_changes_automation
    return execute_activate_changes(domains)
    File "/omd/sites/mysite/lib/python3/cmk/gui/watolib/activate_changes.py", line 1792, in execute_activate_changes
    warnings = domain_class().activate()
    File "/omd/sites/mysite/lib/python3/cmk/gui/watolib/config_domains.py", line 60, in activate
    return check_mk_local_automation(config.wato_activation_method)
    File "/omd/sites/mysite/lib/python3/cmk/gui/watolib/automations.py", line 143, in check_mk_local_automation
    raise _local_automation_failure(command=command,
    cmk.utils.exceptions.MKGeneralException: Error running automation call <tt>restart</tt> (exit code 1), error: <pre>An error occurred: Other restart currently in progress. Aborting.


    Most likely, there are lingering files within the site's ~/tmp/check_mk/wato/activation/ directory. 

  2. A restart of the operating system will clear out these files and should allow you to activate changes again.


Solution B

If for whatever reason you do not want to restart the server, you can delete the files manually.

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