[Kea-users] kea-ctrl-agent: "Connection refused. The server is likely to be offline"

[Marcin Siodelski]

On 15.09.2017 16:50, Neil Briscoe wrote:
> Me again!
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> Just got 1.2.0 from src up and running perfectly using keactrl.  Now
> taking a further step in getting kea-ctrl-agent to work but having a
> couple of issues when I send requests to the API on the DHCP server itself.
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> Remote Command:
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> *curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "command":
> "config-get", "service": [ "dhcp4" ] }' http://10.255.11.125:8000/*
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> Returns:
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> *[ { "result": 1, "text": "unable to forward command to the dhcp4
> service: Connection refused. The server is likely to be offline" } ]*
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> So wondering if there is something like permissions on the centos DHCP
> server stopping the connection.  selinux off (if that makes any
> difference)!  Obviously getting a response from the CA as it’s
> responding with something.
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> Config on DHCP server:
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> kea.conf -
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> *"Dhcp4":*
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> * *
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> *        "control-socket": {*
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> *        "socket-type": "unix",*
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> *        "socket-name": "/tmp/kea-dhcp4-ctrl.sock"*
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> *        },*
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> kea-ca.conf –
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> *  "Control-agent": {*
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> *        "http-host": "10.255.11.125",*
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> *        "http-port": 8000,*
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> *        "control-sockets": {*
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> *            "dhcp4-server": {*
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> *                "socket-type": "unix",*
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> *                "socket-name": "/tmp/kea-dhcp4-ctrl.sock"*
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> *            },*
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> Any ideas?  So close with this one!
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A couple of ideas:

1. DHCPv4 server is not running. If you're using keactrl you can use it
to check server status.

2. DHCPv4 server is started from "root" but Control Agent isn't. This
may cause unix socket descriptor access problems.

3. Kea bug #5336 which caused forwarding problems (although with
different error) - http://kea.isc.org/ticket/5336


Marcin Siodelski
ISC