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    pfSense 2.6 problem with zombie processes

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    • gofaizenG
      gofaizen @stephenw10
      last edited by

      @stephenw10
      Everything is similar in FreeBSD and pfSense

      pfSense :

      qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"
      qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log -b "guest-get-fsinfo""

      /usr/local/bin/qemu-ga -d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log -b guest-get-fsinfo -D
      [general]
      daemon=true
      method=isa-serial
      path=/dev/vtcon/org.qemu.guest_agent.0
      logfile=/var/log/qemu-ga.log
      pidfile=/var/run/qemu-ga.pid
      statedir=/var/run
      verbose=true
      retry-path=false
      blacklist=guest-get-fsinfo

      ls -l /dev/vtcon
      total 0
      lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Apr 25 15:24 com.redhat.spice.0 -> ../ttyV0.3
      lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Apr 25 15:24 org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -> ../ttyV0.2
      lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Apr 25 15:24 ovirt-guest-agent.0 -> ../ttyV0.1

      ls -l /dev/ttyV*
      crw------- 1 root wheel 0x34 Apr 25 15:24 /dev/ttyV0.1
      crw------- 1 root wheel 0x35 Apr 28 14:34 /dev/ttyV0.2
      crw------- 1 root wheel 0x36 Apr 25 15:24 /dev/ttyV0.3

      FreeBSD :

      qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"
      qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log -b guest-get-fsinfo"

      /usr/local/bin/qemu-ga -d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log -b guest-get-fsinfo -D
      [general]
      daemon=true
      method=isa-serial
      path=/dev/vtcon/org.qemu.guest_agent.0
      logfile=/var/log/qemu-ga.log
      pidfile=/var/run/qemu-ga.pid
      statedir=/var/run
      verbose=true
      retry-path=false
      blacklist=guest-get-fsinfo

      ls -l /dev/vtcon
      total 0
      lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Apr 28 14:07 com.redhat.spice.0 -> ../ttyV0.3
      lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Apr 28 14:07 org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -> ../ttyV0.2
      lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Apr 28 14:07 ovirt-guest-agent.0 -> ../ttyV0.1

      ls -l /dev/ttyV*
      crw------- 1 root wheel 0x33 Apr 28 14:07 /dev/ttyV0.1
      crw------- 1 root wheel 0x34 Apr 28 14:30 /dev/ttyV0.2
      crw------- 1 root wheel 0x35 Apr 28 14:07 /dev/ttyV0.3

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Ok, lets get a bug report open to track this.

        What steps are required to replicate this?

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        • gofaizenG
          gofaizen @stephenw10
          last edited by gofaizen

          @stephenw10
          I have installed pfSense 2.5 from ISO on virtual machine in oVirt 4.4.5, then I have upgraded it to 2.6 from WEB interface. Then I added qemu-guest agent using this instruction - https://forum.netgate.com/topic/162083/pfsense-vm-on-proxmox-qemu-agent-installation
          And got the problem, described above.

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          • gofaizenG
            gofaizen @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10
            I want to try fresh installation pfSense 2.6 and test qemu-guest-agent.

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            • gofaizenG
              gofaizen @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10
              In fresh installation of pfSense 2.6 same result

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, struggling to replicate this in Proxmox.
                Using the linked instructions the guest-agent starts and gives me IP information only.

                Using the additional flags -b guest-get-fsinfo -D it fails to start at all.

                I will say this is unsupported/untested. It's unlikely to see any developer time.

                Steve

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  It returns correctly when run manually though:

                  root@pve:~# qm agent 110 get-fsinfo
                  [
                     {
                        "disk" : [],
                        "mountpoint" : "/var/run",
                        "name" : "tmpfs",
                        "total-bytes" : 4194304,
                        "type" : "tmpfs",
                        "used-bytes" : 118784
                     },
                     {
                        "disk" : [],
                        "mountpoint" : "/",
                        "name" : "/dev/mirror/pfSenseMirrors1a",
                        "total-bytes" : 7259652096,
                        "type" : "ufs",
                        "used-bytes" : 1825689600
                     }
                  ]
                  

                  Do you not see that?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    ....but that does seem to create zombie processes each time each run. OK.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ok, this actually looks like a known issue that is still open for some reason:
                      https://github.com/aborche/qemu-guest-agent/issues/17

                      https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260023

                      Waiting to be fixed upstream.

                      Steve

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                      • gofaizenG
                        gofaizen @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10
                        Option -D for qemu-ga is to produce config only.
                        With this option qemu-ga shows config and quits.

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                        • gofaizenG
                          gofaizen @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10
                          I don't understand - why qemu-ga in FreeBSD shows me everything in oVirt engine interface and pfSense shows only some information ?
                          They have identical config.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Mmm, the same port version though? 5.0.1?

                            From what I can see that fix should be in 5.0.1_1 and that hasn't arrived in FreeBSD yet.

                            How are you querying the agent?

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