Public bug reported: Hello, it is quite easy to reproduce the bug:
root@fuffa:~# apt-get update && apt-get install redis-server [....] The following NEW packages will be installed: redis-server 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/397 kB of archives. After this operation, 1.055 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package redis-server. (Reading database ... 421904 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../redis-server_2%3a3.2.1-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking redis-server (2:3.2.1-1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Processing triggers for systemd (231-9ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up redis-server (2:3.2.1-1) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/redis.service → /lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/redis-server.service → /lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service. Job for redis-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status redis-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript redis-server, action "start" failed. ● redis-server.service - Advanced key-value store Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since sab 2017-02-11 18:58:26 CET; 14ms ago Docs: http://redis.io/documentation, man:redis-server(1) Process: 26199 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf (code=exited, status=226/NAMESPACE) Process: 26196 ExecStartPre=/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-up.d (code=exited, status=226/NAMESPACE) feb 11 18:58:26 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226 feb 11 18:58:26 fuffa systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store. feb 11 18:58:26 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Unit entered failed state. feb 11 18:58:26 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. dpkg: error processing package redis-server (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for systemd (231-9ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Errors were encountered while processing: redis-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Of course it is quite impossible to understand what is happening root@fuffa:~# journalctl -xe -- Subject: Process /bin/run-parts could not be executed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- The process /bin/run-parts could not be executed and failed. -- -- The error number returned by this process is 2. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[31304]: redis-server.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/bin/redis-server: No such file or directory -- Subject: Process /usr/bin/redis-server could not be executed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- The process /usr/bin/redis-server could not be executed and failed. -- -- The error number returned by this process is 2. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226 feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store. -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- Unit redis-server.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Unit entered failed state. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: Stopped Advanced key-value store. -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- Unit redis-server.service has finished shutting down. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store. -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- Unit redis-server.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Unit entered failed state. feb 11 19:01:09 fuffa systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'. Of course, launching it from command line simply works: root@fuffa:~# su - redis -s /bin/bash redis@fuffa:~$ /usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf redis@fuffa:~$ echo $? 0 redis@fuffa:~$ ps auxw| grep redis-ser redis 31431 0.0 0.0 40288 5836 ? Ssl 19:04 0:00 /usr/bin/redis-server 127.0.0.1:6379 ** Affects: redis (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663911 Title: redis-server fails at startup, installation failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/redis/+bug/1663911/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs