OLVM: Unable to start ovirt-engine service with ovirt-engine: ERROR run:543 Error: process terminated with status code 1 (Doc ID 2930193.1)

Last updated on JULY 27, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Unable to start the oVirt engine service after a dnf/yum update as follows:

# systemctl status ovirt-engine
● ovirt-engine.service - oVirt Engine
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovirt-engine.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2023-02-21 12:39:50 CST; 46s ago
Process: 9020 ExecStart=/usr/share/ovirt-engine/services/ovirt-engine/ovirt-engine.py --redirect-output --systemd=notify $EXTRA_ARGS start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 9020 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 21 12:39:35 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com systemd[1]: Starting oVirt Engine...
Feb 21 12:39:36 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com systemd[1]: Started oVirt Engine.
Feb 21 12:39:36 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com ovirt-engine.py[9020]: 2023-02-21 12:39:36,475-0600 ovirt-engine: INFO _detectJBossVersion:186 Detecting JBoss version. Running: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-11-openjdk-11.0.18.0.10-2.el8_7.x86_64/bin>
Feb 21 12:39:42 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com ovirt-engine.py[9020]: 2023-02-21 12:39:42,232-0600 ovirt-engine: INFO _detectJBossVersion:206 Return code: 0, | stdout: '['WildFly Full 23.0.2.Final (WildFly Core 15.0.1.Final)'], | std>
Feb 21 12:39:50 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com ovirt-engine.py[9020]: 2023-02-21 12:39:50,916-0600 ovirt-engine: ERROR run:543 Error: process terminated with status code 1 <<<<<<<<
Feb 21 12:39:50 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com systemd[1]: ovirt-engine.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 21 12:39:50 krc-ets-olvmmgr1.kniferiver.com systemd[1]: ovirt-engine.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Changes

The ovirt engine was updated via dnf update and rebooted.

Cause

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