[CASSANDRA-13330] /var/run/cassandra directory not created on Centos7

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Local/Config

Environment

CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core) (x86_64)
datastax-ddc.noarch 3.9.0-1
datastax-ddc-tools.noarch 3.9.0-1
java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.8.0.121-0.b13.el7_3
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless.x86_64 1:1.8.0.121-0.b13.el7_3

• Severity: Low
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tobi
• Created: 15/Mar/17 10:54
• Updated: 19/Dec/19 09:52
• Resolved: 13/Feb/18 14:26

Description

After updating cassandra from 3.4 to 3.9 via the datastax repo the startup script /etc/init.d/cassandra was unable to stop cassandra. After checking the startscript we found that it's tried to read pid file from /var/run/cassandra/cassandra.pid
But as this path does not exist, the cassandra process could not be stopped. As a fix we created /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/cassandra.conf with this content

d /var/run/cassandra 0750 cassandra cassandra - -

After that the directory was created on boot and the pid file could we written in it

Issue Links

• is related to: CASSANDRA-13148 Systemd support for RPM