[SOLVED] proxmox failed to start after reboot

Logan_Rocks

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my proxmox web interface failed to start after reboot. i ran a systemctl status pveproxy.service and here is the log.

Code:
root@odc-host1:~# systemctl status pveproxy.service
● pveproxy.service - PVE API Proxy Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pveproxy.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2019-05-07 08:57:38 EDT; 15s ago
  Process: 2274 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pveproxy start (code=exited, status=255)
      CPU: 537ms

May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 systemd[1]: Starting PVE API Proxy Server...
May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 pveproxy[2274]: start failed - failed to get address info for: odc-host1: Name or service not
May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 pveproxy[2274]: start failed - failed to get address info for: odc-host1: Name or service not
May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 systemd[1]: pveproxy.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=255
May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 systemd[1]: Failed to start PVE API Proxy Server.
May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 systemd[1]: pveproxy.service: Unit entered failed state.
May 07 08:57:38 odc-host1 systemd[1]: pveproxy.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
 
seems your DNS-resolution or rather your /etc/hosts are not configured correctly

make sure that the hostname you've set resolves to an ip-address by adding it to /etc/hosts

hope this helps!
 
Ive got it back up but i was mesing arround with the name on the server and i cant get the vms back up ApplicationFrameHost_9MM1OuQMUc.png
 
Hm - I guess you renamed the host from 'pve' to 'odc-host1' ? (and that it's a single-node setup and not a cluster)

In that case the most likely cause of the problems is, that the clusterfilesystem (pmxcfs, mounted on '/etc/pve') still references the old hostname,
you need to move the directory from '/etc/pve/nodes/<oldname> to '/etc/pve/nodes/<newname>' - and restart some services (a reboot would be best, but you can try restarting 'pvestatd', 'pvedaemon' and 'pveproxy')

hope this helps!
 
Im getting this error when i try to move it.
Code:
mv: cannot move '/etc/pve/nodes/pve' to '/etc/pve/nodes/odc-host1/pve': Directory not empty
root@odc-host1:~#
 
oh - I guess in that case - move every file in '/etc/pve/nodes/pve' to '/etc/pve/nodes/odc-host1/'
`mv /etc/pve/nodes/pve/* /etc/pve/nodes/odc-host1/`
 
I just changed the hostname back to pve and rebooted the whole server. seems to be working fine now. Never changing the hostname again :p. thanks for the help!!!!
 

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