[jira] [Created] (AMBARI-6254) Usability: Ambari-server may fail to start Postgres with a cryptic message

["Dmytro Sen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Dmytro Sen created AMBARI-6254:
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             Summary: Usability: Ambari-server may fail to start Postgres with a cryptic message
                 Key: AMBARI-6254
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-6254
             Project: Ambari
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: controller
    Affects Versions: 1.6.0
            Reporter: Dmytro Sen
            Assignee: Dmytro Sen
             Fix For: 1.6.1


I'm using Centos 5.8 vagrant image. By default, $PATH looks like /usr/bin:/bin .

ambari-server setup fails to start with :

{code}
[root@c5801 vagrant]# /etc/init.d/ambari-server setup -s -v
Using python  /usr/bin/python2.6
Setup ambari-server
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
Checking SELinux...
INFO: about to run command: /usr/sbin/sestatus
SELinux status is 'enabled'
SELinux mode is 'enforcing'
Temporarily disabling SELinux
INFO: about to run command: setenforce 0
WARNING: Could not run /usr/sbin/sestatus: OK
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
Ambari-server daemon is configured to run under user 'root'. Change this setting [y/n] (n)? 
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
INFO: Cleaning bootstrap directory (/var/run/ambari-server/bootstrap) contents...
INFO: about to run command: rm -rf /var/run/ambari-server/bootstrap
Adjusting ambari-server permissions and ownership...
INFO: about to run command: chmod  -R  644 /var/log/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chown  -R  root /var/log/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chmod  755 /var/log/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/log/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chmod  -R  644 /var/run/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chown  -R  root /var/run/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chmod  755 /var/run/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/run/ambari-server
INFO: about to run command: chmod  755 /var/run/ambari-server/bootstrap
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/run/ambari-server/bootstrap
INFO: about to run command: chmod  700 /var/lib/ambari-server/ambari-env.sh
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/lib/ambari-server/ambari-env.sh
INFO: about to run command: chmod  -R  600 /var/lib/ambari-server/keys
INFO: about to run command: chown  -R  root /var/lib/ambari-server/keys
INFO: about to run command: chmod  700 /var/lib/ambari-server/keys
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/lib/ambari-server/keys
INFO: about to run command: chmod  700 /var/lib/ambari-server/keys/db
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/lib/ambari-server/keys/db
INFO: about to run command: chmod  700 /var/lib/ambari-server/keys/db/newcerts
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /var/lib/ambari-server/keys/db/newcerts
INFO: File /var/lib/ambari-server/keys/.ssh does not exist
INFO: about to run command: chmod  -R  755 /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/stacks/
INFO: about to run command: chown  -R  root /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/stacks/
INFO: about to run command: chmod  -R  755 /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/custom_actions/
INFO: about to run command: chown  -R  root /var/lib/ambari-server/resources/custom_actions/
INFO: about to run command: chmod  -R  644 /etc/ambari-server/conf
INFO: about to run command: chown  -R  root /etc/ambari-server/conf
INFO: about to run command: chmod  755 /etc/ambari-server/conf
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /etc/ambari-server/conf
INFO: about to run command: chmod  640 /etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat
Checking iptables...
INFO: about to run command: /usr/bin/env service iptables status
/usr/bin/env: service: No such file or directory

Checking JDK...
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
Do you want to change Oracle JDK [y/n] (n)? 
Completing setup...
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
INFO: os_type already setting in properties file
Configuring database...
Enter advanced database configuration [y/n] (n)? 
INFO: Using database options: postgres,localhost,5432,ambari,ambari,bigdata
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
Default properties detected. Using built-in database.
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
INFO: Adjusting filesystem permissions
INFO: Loading properties from /etc/ambari-server/conf/ambari.properties
INFO: about to run command: chmod  660 /etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat
INFO: about to run command: chown  root /etc/ambari-server/conf/password.dat
Checking PostgreSQL...
INFO: about to run command: /usr/bin/env service postgresql status
Running initdb: This may take upto a minute.
INFO: about to run command: /usr/bin/env service postgresql initdb
About to start PostgreSQL
ERROR: Exiting with exit code 127. 
REASON: Unable to start PostgreSQL server. Exiting
{code}
In fact PostgreSQL server is running (tried starting it manually)

{code}
[root@c5801 vagrant]# /usr/bin/env service postgresql status
/usr/bin/env: service: No such file or directory
{code}

The problem is caused by a $PATH variable:
{code}
[root@c5801 vagrant]# export PATH="$PATH:/sbin/:/usr/sbin"
{code}
fixes that.

We may check $PATH variable and show some warning when running ambari-server.py




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