Unable to open Shell : Connection failed (Error 500: Timeout while waiting for port '5900' to get ready!)

dimitriz

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I haven't had any issues with this previously and it seems like this started after applying last updates. (Especially since I was able to apply them previously without any problems.)
Now any time I try to open shell to either of my 2 nodes this comes up.

Mar 12 08:58:50 node1 pvedaemon[7683]: starting termproxy UPID:node1:00001E03:03E090B9:604B739A:vncshell::root@pam:
Mar 12 08:58:50 node1 pvedaemon[19880]: <root@pam> starting task UPID:node1:00001E03:03E090B9:604B739A:vncshell::root@pam:
Mar 12 08:58:50 node1 pvedaemon[7683]: command '/usr/bin/termproxy 5900 --path /nodes/node1 --perm Sys.Console -- /bin/login -f root' failed: exit code 1
Mar 12 08:58:50 node1 pvedaemon[19880]: <root@pam> end task UPID:node1:00001E03:03E090B9:604B739A:vncshell::root@pam: command '/usr/bin/termproxy 5900 --path /nodes/node1 --perm Sys.Console -- /bin/login -f root' failed: exit code 1

The only change I made to either of the nodes was opening port 80 because SSL certificate renewal wasn't going through. Nothing else.
It worked fine since I set up the nodes in December.

Thanks!
 
Could you try to renew the certificate again? it could be from the certificate because it works here well
 
Moayad,

Here is the certificate Order: (It's identical with both nodes)

Task viewer: SRV - Order Certificate

OutputStatus

Stop
Loading ACME account details
Placing ACME order
Order URL: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/order/10XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Getting authorization details from 'https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/authz-v3/11XXXXXXX'
node1.dcon.solutions is already validated!

All domains validated!

Creating CSR
Checking order status
Order is ready, finalizing order
valid!

Downloading certificate
Setting pveproxy certificate and key
Restarting pveproxy
TASK OK


root@node1:~# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 6.3-1 (running kernel: 5.4.103-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.3-6 (running version: 6.3-6/2184247e)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.3-7
pve-kernel-helper: 6.3-7
pve-kernel-5.4.103-1-pve: 5.4.103-1
pve-kernel-5.4.101-1-pve: 5.4.101-1
pve-kernel-5.4.98-1-pve: 5.4.98-1
pve-kernel-5.4.78-2-pve: 5.4.78-2
pve-kernel-5.4.78-1-pve: 5.4.78-1
ceph-fuse: 12.2.11+dfsg1-2.1+b1
corosync: 3.1.0-pve1
criu: 3.11-3
glusterfs-client: 5.5-3
ifupdown: 0.8.35+pve1
libjs-extjs: 6.0.1-10
libknet1: 1.20-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.7
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.0.3-1
libpve-access-control: 6.1-3
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.1-3
libpve-common-perl: 6.3-5
libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.1-5
libpve-http-server-perl: 3.1-1
libpve-storage-perl: 6.3-7
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1
lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4
lxc-pve: 4.0.6-2
lxcfs: 4.0.6-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1
proxmox-backup-client: 1.0.10-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.4-6
pve-cluster: 6.2-1
pve-container: 3.3-4
pve-docs: 6.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200531-1
pve-firewall: 4.1-3
pve-firmware: 3.2-2
pve-ha-manager: 3.1-1
pve-i18n: 2.2-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 5.2.0-3
pve-xtermjs: 4.7.0-3
pve-zsync: 2.0-4
qemu-server: 6.3-8
smartmontools: 7.2-pve2
spiceterm: 3.1-1
vncterm: 1.6-2
zfsutils-linux: 2.0.3-pve2


Thank you.
 
The only way I can get shell is if I click Shell option on the upper right corner and select noVNC.
Also by connecting with Putty of course.

Initially when I set it up I am thinking I got the certificate before setting up firewall. 3 month later because it couldn't auto renew my certificate unless I opened port 80.
 
The only way I can get shell is if I click Shell option on the upper right corner and select noVNC.
Also by connecting with Putty of course.

Initially when I set it up I am thinking I got the certificate before setting up firewall. 3 month later because it couldn't auto renew my certificate unless I opened port 80.
Hello. write an entry in DNS: 127.0.0.1 localhost. localdomain localhost
 
Hello everybody!

Can everybody explain the "Hello. write an entry in DNS: 127.0.0.1 localhost. localdomain localhost" in a bit more details... I am about 8 hours new to Proxmox, but not a newbie to linux in general.
I made the mistake to want to change the node name from "pve" to something else. I changed /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname with the desired name, but that messed up everything big time.. The new node name appeared, but all the VMs were orphaned, and I could not start them.
So, I restarted the PC and logged in to the local terminal, and undid both the changes.
I restarted again, and now the name is back to "pve", everything else is working, only the pve node shell does this failure. If I do what was mentioned above ("The only way I can get shell is if I click Shell option on the upper right corner and select noVNC.") that works for me too.
Thank you very much!
UPDATE: I tried to log in from another machine, but the symptoms are the same.
 
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Hello everybody!

Can everybody explain the "Hello. write an entry in DNS: 127.0.0.1 localhost. localdomain localhost" in a bit more details... I am about 8 hours new to Proxmox, but not a newbie to linux in general.
I made the mistake to want to change the node name from "pve" to something else. I changed /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname with the desired name, but that messed up everything big time.. The new node name appeared, but all the VMs were orphaned, and I could not start them.
So, I restarted the PC and logged in to the local terminal, and undid both the changes.
I restarted again, and now the name is back to "pve", everything else is working, only the pve node shell does this failure. If I do what was mentioned above ("The only way I can get shell is if I click Shell option on the upper right corner and select noVNC.") that works for me too.
Thank you very much!
UPDATE: I tried to log in from another machine, but the symptoms are the same.
Node -> System -> Hosts
In text field delete string with 127.0.0.1 and paste 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost.
Worked for me.
*Edited mistake
 
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wrong 127.0.0.1 localhost. localdomain localhost.
correctly 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
 
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