API server does not always starts at boot

[gsanchietti]

Description

Sometimes, the nethsecurity-api service does not start at boot. The issue is not consistently reproducible, and logs do not provide clues because procd captures all output without logging anything in /var/log/messages.

Tests Conducted

• Mounted temporary filesystem
• Checked presence of loopback network interface
• Set environment variables
• Changed log destination
• Used a traditional init.d script

Findings

The only effective solution was to delay the startup. Adding a one-second sleep on a reproducible machine resolved the issue.

Proposed Solution

• Move the startup later, from priority 90 to 99.
• Add a variable to allow further delay if necessary.

Workaround

Manually restart the service:

/etc/init.d/ns-api-server restart

Components

NethSecurity version: 8-23.05.3-ns.1.0.0

[github-actions[bot]]

Testing image version: 8-23.05.3-ns.1.0.0-17-g2097c77

[mamengoni]

Tested and verified!