Installation error

[Usama]

Got following error while installing: apt install -f proxmox-ve postfix open-iscsi

Even i have run following command as well getting same error.
#pveupdate
#pveupgrade

Ign:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                                         
Hit:2 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve stretch InRelease                                                   
Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                       
Hit:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release                                 
Hit:6 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
10 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up pve-cluster (5.0-14) ...
Job for pve-cluster.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status pve-cluster.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript pve-cluster, action "start" failed.
● pve-cluster.service - The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pve-cluster.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-10-05 01:05:27 EDT; 11ms ago
  Process: 33341 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pmxcfs $DAEMON_OPTS (code=exited, status=255)

Oct 05 01:05:27 proxmox systemd[1]: Starting The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem...
Oct 05 01:05:27 proxmox pmxcfs[33341]: [main] crit: Unable to get local IP address
Oct 05 01:05:27 proxmox systemd[1]: pve-cluster.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=255
Oct 05 01:05:27 proxmox systemd[1]: Failed to start The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem.
Oct 05 01:05:27 proxmox systemd[1]: pve-cluster.service: Unit entered failed state.
Oct 05 01:05:27 proxmox systemd[1]: pve-cluster.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
dpkg: error processing package pve-cluster (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-firewall:
 pve-firewall depends on pve-cluster; however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-firewall (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpve-guest-common-perl:
 libpve-guest-common-perl depends on pve-cluster; however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libpve-guest-common-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qemu-server:
 qemu-server depends on pve-cluster; however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.
 qemu-server depends on pve-firewall; however:
  Package pve-firewall is not configured yet.
 qemu-server depends on libpve-guest-common-perl; however:
  Package libpve-guest-common-perl is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package qemu-server (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
 proxmox-ve depends on qemu-server; however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-manager:
 pve-manager depends on qemu-server (>= 1.1-1); however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on pve-cluster (>= 1.0-29); however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.
 pve-manager depends on pve-firewall; however:
  Package pve-firewall is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpve-access-control:
 libpve-access-control depends on pve-cluster; however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libpve-access-control (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-container:
 pve-container depends on libpve-guest-common-perl; however:
  Package libpve-guest-common-perl is not configured yet.
 pve-container depends on pve-cluster (>= 4.0-8); however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-container (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-ha-manager:
 pve-ha-manager depends on pve-cluster (>= 3.0-17); however:
  Package pve-cluster is not configured yet.
 pve-ha-manager depends on qemu-server; however:
  Package qemu-server is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-ha-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of librados2-perl:
 librados2-perl depends on libpve-access-control; however:
  Package libpve-access-control is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package librados2-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pve-cluster
 pve-firewall
 libpve-guest-common-perl
 qemu-server
 proxmox-ve
 pve-manager
 libpve-access-control
 pve-container
 pve-ha-manager
 librados2-perl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

 

[Usama]

I have fixed that error by removing

rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/*

But getting below error while starting pve-cluster

root@proxmox:~# /etc/init.d/pve-cluster start
[....] Starting pve-cluster (via systemctl): pve-cluster.serviceJob for pve-cluster.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status pve-cluster.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
 failed!
root@proxmox:~# /etc/init.d/pve-cluster status
● pve-cluster.service - The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pve-cluster.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-10-05 01:34:10 EDT; 46s ago
  Process: 33870 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pmxcfs $DAEMON_OPTS (code=exited, status=255)

Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox systemd[1]: Starting The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem...
Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox pmxcfs[33870]: [main] crit: Unable to get local IP address
Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox systemd[1]: pve-cluster.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=255
Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox systemd[1]: Failed to start The Proxmox VE cluster filesystem.
Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox systemd[1]: pve-cluster.service: Unit entered failed state.
Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox systemd[1]: pve-cluster.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
root@proxmox:~# journalctl -xe
Oct 05 01:34:52 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33925 started
Oct 05 01:34:52 proxmox pveproxy[33925]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33923]: worker exit
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33924]: worker exit
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33923 finished
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: starting 1 worker(s)
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33927 started
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33924 finished
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: starting 1 worker(s)
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33928 started
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33925]: worker exit
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33927]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33928]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33925 finished
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: starting 1 worker(s)
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33929 started
Oct 05 01:34:57 proxmox pveproxy[33929]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pvestatd[33809]: ipcc_send_rec[1] failed: Connection refused
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pvestatd[33809]: ipcc_send_rec[2] failed: Connection refused
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pvestatd[33809]: ipcc_send_rec[3] failed: Connection refused
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pvestatd[33809]: ipcc_send_rec[4] failed: Connection refused
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pvestatd[33809]: ipcc_send_rec[4] failed: Connection refused
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pvestatd[33809]: ipcc_send_rec[4] failed: Connection refused
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33927]: worker exit
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33928]: worker exit
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33927 finished
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: starting 1 worker(s)
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33929]: worker exit
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33928 finished
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33939 started
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33939]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33929 finished
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: starting 2 worker(s)
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33940 started
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33762]: worker 33941 started
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33940]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar
Oct 05 01:35:02 proxmox pveproxy[33941]: /etc/pve/local/pve-ssl.key: failed to load local private key (key_file or key) at /usr/shar

 

[dcsapak]

Oct 05 01:34:10 proxmox pmxcfs[33870]: [main] crit: Unable to get local IP address

this here is your problem, how does your /etc/hosts file look like ?

 

[Usama]

Got it thanks, issue fixed.