error: An error occurred: Other restart currently in progress. Aborting.
LAST TESTED ON CHECKMK 2.2.0P1
Problem
If you face this problem while activating changes:
Solution
Check the web.log, there should be something like this to be found also:
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.
Log on via SSH and become site user. Then do (one step after another):
Stop the site
OMD[mysite]:~$ omd stop
.
Reload the config
OMD[mysite]:~$ cmk -O
.
Start the site again
OMD[mysite]:~$ omd start
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