Alpine Linux from HUB: xe-daemon: CollectOS error

Forza

Hi!

Just installed Alpine Linux from XO HUB template.

in /var/log/messages I see lots of lines like this:

Oct  1 08:10:38 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}

xe-guest-utilities is running. The version installed is:

# apk info xe-guest-utilities
xe-guest-utilities-7.12.0-r0 description:
XenServer guest tools

xe-guest-utilities-7.12.0-r0 webpage:
https://github.com/xenserver/xe-guest-utilities

xe-guest-utilities-7.12.0-r0 installed size:
5472256

This is the full boot log:

May  7 09:53:32 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2396, tty '': '/sbin/openrc default'
May  7 09:53:32 localhost daemon.info chronyd[2445]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP -SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS -SECHASH +IPV6 -DE
BUG)
May  7 09:53:32 localhost daemon.info chronyd[2445]: Frequency -82.005 +/- 0.157 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
May  7 09:53:42 localhost daemon.warn chronyd[2445]: No suitable source for initstepslew
May  7 09:53:44 localhost cron.info crond[2470]: crond (busybox 1.30.1) started, log level 8
May  7 09:53:44 localhost auth.info sshd[2500]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
May  7 09:53:44 localhost auth.info sshd[2500]: Server listening on :: port 22.
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2539, tty '/dev/tty1': '/sbin/getty 38400 tty1'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2540, tty '/dev/tty2': '/sbin/getty 38400 tty2'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2544, tty '/dev/tty3': '/sbin/getty 38400 tty3'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2548, tty '/dev/tty4': '/sbin/getty 38400 tty4'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2552, tty '/dev/tty5': '/sbin/getty 38400 tty5'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2556, tty '/dev/tty6': '/sbin/getty 38400 tty6'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost daemon.info init: starting pid 2560, tty '/dev/ttyS0': '/sbin/getty -L 0 ttyS0 vt100'
May  7 09:53:44 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 09:54:09 localhost auth.info login[2581]: root login on 'tty1'
May  7 09:54:19 localhost auth.err passwd: password for root changed by root
May  7 09:54:44 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 09:55:44 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 09:56:08 localhost daemon.info chronyd[2445]: Source 193.30.120.245 replaced with 162.159.200.123
May  7 09:56:44 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 09:57:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 09:58:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 09:59:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:00:00 localhost cron.info crond[2470]: USER root pid 2656 cmd run-parts /etc/periodic/15min
May  7 10:00:00 localhost cron.info crond[2470]: USER root pid 2657 cmd run-parts /etc/periodic/hourly
May  7 10:00:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:01:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:02:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:03:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:04:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:05:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:06:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}
May  7 10:07:45 localhost user.notice xe-daemon: CollectOS error: &os.PathError{Op:"open", Path:"/var/cache/xe-linux-distribution", Err:0x2}

olivierlambert

Does it stay if you update Alpine?

Forza

@olivierlambert said in Alpine Linux from HUB: xe-daemon: CollectOS error:

Does it stay if you update Alpine?

Yes.

The problem seems to be fixed if I manually create /var/cache/xe-linux-distribution

olivierlambert

Hmm maybe there's a bug in the tool repo in Alpine. Could you open a ticket in Alpine bug tracker?

Forza

I don't really know where their tracker for packages is. Though also it might not even be an Alpine issue, but an upstream issue?

olivierlambert

You have all details here: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=xe-guest-utilities&branch=edge&repo=community

I'm not sure it's upstream, it's more like a folder not created during package install.

You should try with a clean Alpine VM, install the package and see if there's the same issue. If yes, than the maintainer name is displayed on the previous link I posted.

Forza

Hi. The problem is solved in Alpine-3.13. All I had to do was edit /etc/apk/repositories to

# /etc/apk/repositories
http://alpine.42.fr/v3.13/main
http://alpine.42.fr/v3.13/community

@olivierlambert Perhaps you can update the XO HUB Template to Alpine 3.13?

olivierlambert

Thanks for the feedback. We will.

olivierlambert

@fohdeesha let's work on another clean Alpine template.