Upgrading to 6.6 can't reload

[Dridi Boukelmoune]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 12:24 PM Richard Chivers <r.chivers at zengenti.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> First post, hope this is the right place.
>
> I am doing some work at the moment moving our config from version 6 to 6.6, also moving from ubuntu bionic to focal.
>
> In the systemd configuration when we start varnish we pass the args (also many more not detailed):
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> -T localhost:6082 \
> -S /etc/varnish/secret \
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> We have generated an appropriate secret file etc.
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> In bionic when we run a varnishadm, we don't need to pass the -T or -S args, it just reads the secret file ( I am assuming) and connects.
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> In focal this is not the case, I need to pass the args. e.g. varnishadm -T localhost:6082 -S /etc/varnish/secret
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> Because of this calling /usr/sbin/varnishreload fails because it calls varnishadm -n '' -- vcl.list and gets the response "No -T in shared memory"
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> So my question is where does this default from, is there an ENV variable to set, or am I just missing something?

Did your system's hostname change between the moment when varnish was
started and when you attempted a reload?

Can you share the rest of your service file? (maybe redact sensitive
parts if any)


> Another strange issue is that varnishlog is not returning anything, it simply hangs and doen't show anything or an error for that matter.
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> I Installed by adding the repo: deb https://packagecloud.io/varnishcache/varnish66/ubuntu/ focal main
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> Any ideas or help appreciated.
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> I have gone back through change logs, but can't spot anything.
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> Thanks
>
> Richard
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