This article explains how to troubleshoot a pending activation error while working with a remote site.
LAST TESTED ON CHECKMK 2.0.0P1
Problem
During the activation of changes from the central site for a remote site, we faced an issue. This will happen if WATO is enabled on the remote site and you have pending changes there.
On the remote:
In the 'replication_changes_remote.mk', you will find the pending change.
OMD[remote]:~/var/check_mk/wato$ ll total 36 drwxrwx--- 2 remote remote 4096 Dec 11 10:07 activation/ drwxrwxr-x 2 remote remote 4096 Dec 11 13:24 auth/ -rw-rw---- 1 remote remote 35 Dec 10 14:14 automation_secret.mk -rw-rw---- 1 remote remote 9 Dec 10 14:12 last_bake.mk drwxrwxr-x 2 remote remote 4096 Dec 10 14:12 log/ drwxrwx--- 2 remote remote 4096 Dec 10 14:12 php-api/ -rw-rw---- 1 remote remote 301 Dec 11 13:24 replication_changes_remote.mk -rw-rw---- 1 remote remote 130 Dec 11 12:00 replication_status_remote.mk drwxrwxr-x 3 remote remote 4096 Dec 11 12:00 snapshots/
~/var/check_mk/wato
OMD[remote]:~/var/check_mk/wato$ cat replication_status_remote.mk
{'current_activation': None, 'last_activation': 'f9607439-2303-412c-a188-f4e0f54702ae', 'times': {'restart': 1.6235217094421388}}
OMD[remote]:~/var/check_mk/wato$ cat replication_changes_remote.mk
{'need_restart': True, 'need_sync': True, 'user_id': u'cmkadmin', 'time': 1607689496.047742, 'domains': ['check_mk'], 'text': u'Modified host p19central-vcenter-agent.txt.', 'object': ('CREHost', 'p19central-vcenter-agent.txt'), 'id': 'cc91dcc8-bcc6-46fa-a264-9bdc5b041720', 'action_name': 'edit-host'}
Solution
In order to activate changes successfully from central to remote, you need to delete both replication-Files on the remote:
OMD[remote]:~/var/check_mk/wato$ rm replication_*
To avoid this issue, disable WATO on the remote and push the configuration only from central.
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