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mylux

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Registered: 2012-03-03

Posts: 19

[solved] Systemd timeout starting Virtualbox web service

Hello everybody,
I have configured vboxweb following the wiki.
This is the vboxweb_mod.service file I currently have:

[Unit]
Description=VirtualBox Web Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/run/vboxweb.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv --pidfile /run/vboxweb/vboxweb.pid  --background
User=vbox
Group=vboxusers

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

When I perform the following command:

systemctl start vboxweb_mod

I get the following result:

vboxweb_mod.service - VirtualBox Web Service
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vboxweb_mod.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Fri 2018-02-02 15:54:41 -02; 2min 47s ago
  Process: 8493 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv --pidfile /run/vboxweb/vboxweb.pid --background (code=exited, sta

fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server vboxwebsrv[8493]: 00:00:00.000174 main     DMI Product Name: ProLiant ML350 G5
fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server vboxwebsrv[8493]: 00:00:00.000188 main     DMI Product Version:
fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server vboxwebsrv[8493]: 00:00:00.000248 main     Host RAM: 7978MB (7.7GB) total, 7702MB (7
fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server vboxwebsrv[8493]: 00:00:00.000253 main     Executable: /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxwebsr
fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server vboxwebsrv[8493]: 00:00:00.000254 main     Process ID: 8493
fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server vboxwebsrv[8493]: 00:00:00.000255 main     Package type: LINUX_64BITS_GENERIC (OSE)
fev 02 15:53:06 lux-server systemd[1]: vboxweb_mod.service: PID file /run/vboxweb.pid not readable (yet?) after
fev 02 15:54:36 lux-server systemd[1]: vboxweb_mod.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
fev 02 15:54:41 lux-server systemd[1]: vboxweb_mod.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
fev 02 15:54:41 lux-server systemd[1]: Failed to start VirtualBox Web Service.

If I switch user to vbox and run the command manually:

/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv --pidfile /run/vboxweb/vboxweb.pid --background

It works. Does anybody know why is systemd getting a timeout while the command above works?
Thanks in advance

Last edited by mylux (2018-02-04 23:59:12)

robg

Member

Registered: 2015-03-05

Posts: 225

Re: [solved] Systemd timeout starting Virtualbox web service

There appears to be a slight discrepancy here:

PIDFile=/run/vboxweb.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv --pidfile /run/vboxweb/vboxweb.pid  --background

mylux

Member

Registered: 2012-03-03

Posts: 19

Re: [solved] Systemd timeout starting Virtualbox web service

Thank you so much, robg!
A stupid and very slight detail that makes the whole difference
It is working now