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Removal / Upgrade fails on Debian / Ubuntu in combination with WiredTiger storage engine

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
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    • Affects Version/s: 3.0.1, 3.0.2
    • Component/s: Packaging
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      Install MongoDB 3.0.1 change to WiredTiger storage engine - which means you have to switch to the yaml style configuration.
      run

      apt-get update && apt-get upgrade mongodb-org

      will result in the following error:

      Unpacking replacement mongodb-org ...
      Processing triggers for man-db ...
      Setting up libdpkg-perl (1.16.16) ...
      Setting up dpkg-dev (1.16.16) ...
      Setting up mongodb-org-shell (3.0.2) ...
      Setting up mongodb-org-server (3.0.2) ...
      [FAIL] Starting database: mongod failed!
      invoke-rc.d: initscript mongod, action "start" failed.
      dpkg: error processing mongodb-org-server (--configure):
      subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
      Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (3.0.2) ...
      Setting up mongodb-org-tools (3.0.2) ...
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mongodb-org:
      mongodb-org depends on mongodb-org-server; however:
      Package mongodb-org-server is not configured yet.

      dpkg: error processing mongodb-org (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      mongodb-org-server
      mongodb-org
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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      Install MongoDB 3.0.1 change to WiredTiger storage engine - which means you have to switch to the yaml style configuration. run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade mongodb-org will result in the following error: Unpacking replacement mongodb-org ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libdpkg-perl (1.16.16) ... Setting up dpkg-dev (1.16.16) ... Setting up mongodb-org-shell (3.0.2) ... Setting up mongodb-org-server (3.0.2) ... [FAIL] Starting database: mongod failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript mongod, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing mongodb-org-server (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (3.0.2) ... Setting up mongodb-org-tools (3.0.2) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mongodb-org: mongodb-org depends on mongodb-org-server; however: Package mongodb-org-server is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing mongodb-org (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mongodb-org-server mongodb-org E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

      First off, installing mongodb-org (3.0.1) worked without errors on

      Distributor ID: Debian
      Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.8 (wheezy)
      Release: 7.8
      Codename: wheezy

      and

      Distributor ID: Ubuntu
      Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
      Release: 12.04
      Codename: precise

      Since I wanted to test the WiredTiger engine I had to change the configuration file format to yaml:

      root@debian:/etc# cat mongod.conf
      systemLog:
      destination: file
      path: "/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log"
      logAppend: true
      storage:
      dbPath: "/var/lib/mongodb"
      engine: wiredTiger
      journal:
      enabled: true
      processManagement:
      fork: true
      net:
      bindIp: 127.0.0.1
      port: 27017
      setParameter:
      enableLocalhostAuthBypass: true

      Now, the start script /etc/init.d/mongod fails because the PID it saves to

      cat /var/run/mongod.pid
      10142

      is wrong - that PID does not exist.
      And since the dpkg post-install and prerm scripts try to start / stop mongod they will fail and therefor any removal or upgrade to MongoDB 3.0.2 must also fail:

      Unpacking replacement mongodb-org ...
      Processing triggers for man-db ...
      Setting up libdpkg-perl (1.16.16) ...
      Setting up dpkg-dev (1.16.16) ...
      Setting up mongodb-org-shell (3.0.2) ...
      Setting up mongodb-org-server (3.0.2) ...
      [FAIL] Starting database: mongod failed!
      invoke-rc.d: initscript mongod, action "start" failed.
      dpkg: error processing mongodb-org-server (--configure):
      subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
      Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (3.0.2) ...
      Setting up mongodb-org-tools (3.0.2) ...
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mongodb-org:
      mongodb-org depends on mongodb-org-server; however:
      Package mongodb-org-server is not configured yet.

      dpkg: error processing mongodb-org (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      mongodb-org-server
      mongodb-org
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

      Luckily, I was able to get a screenshot of what goes wrong:

      # ps -ef | grep mongodb
      root 9951 2 0 08:49 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/1:1]
      mongodb 10142 1 0 08:51 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
      mongodb 10144 10142 0 08:51 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
      mongodb 10145 10144 12 08:51 ? 00:00:04 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
      root 10206 4584 0 08:52 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef
      root@debian:/var/lib# kill 10142
      bash: kill: (10142) - No such process

      When using a yaml style config file and the WiredTiger storage engine the MongoDB init script starts a process whose PID is written to /var/run/mongod.pid. This process then starts the real mongod and terminates itself so that the PID inside /var/run/mongod.pid is now defunct.

      An easy workaround is to edit the init script and paste these two lines into /etc/init.d/mongod:

      start-stop-daemon --background --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
      --make-pidfile --chuid $DAEMONUSER \
      --exec $NUMACTL $DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS
      errcode=$?
      ######## next two lines added by scsynergy
      sleep 5
      ps -ef | grep mongodb | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' > $PIDFILE

      We now save the correct PID to file and starting / stopping works - but it is not a pretty solution, just a workaround hack which needs to be improved.

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            Reporter:
            scsynergy Ronald Feicht
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