[Gluster-users] Gluster3.7 version of glusterd doesn't create a lock file in RHEL7.1

[Niels de Vos]

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:42:17PM +0530, SATHEESARAN wrote:
> Hi Niels,
> 
> I have installed glusterfs-3.7 in RHEL 7.1 and noticed that starting
> glusterd in RHEL7.1
> doesn't create a lock file - /var/lock/subsys/glusterd
> I have seen this lock file getting created while starting glusterd in
> RHEL6.x
> 
> Is this the problem or the expected in RHEL 7.1 ?

The /var/lock/subsys/glusterd file is created and deleted by the
SysV-init script. RHEL-7 uses systemd, and this lock file is not needed
there. systemd maintains the state, init-script writers do not need to
maintain /var/lock/subsys/... files any more.

If you have any checks for this lock-file, you need to adapt your tests
for systemd. I think something like "systemctl is-active glusterd" would
return useful results for you.

Cheers,
Niels