Sorry for the delay, but I had to start over the complete installation from scratch for this.
# systemctl status keepalived
● keepalived.service - Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/keepalived.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/keepalived.service.d └─override.conf
Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-01-10 15:00:06 UTC; 1h 12min ago
Main PID: 54921 (keepalived)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 8192)
CGroup: /system.slice/keepalived.service
├─54921 /usr/sbin/keepalived
├─54923 /usr/sbin/keepalived
└─54925 /usr/sbin/keepalived
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (internal): track script pingable_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Truncating auth_pass to 8 characters
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (external): track script haproxy_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (external): track script pingable_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Using LinkWatch kernel netlink reflector...
Jan 10 15:00:07 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(external) Transition to MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:07 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(internal) Transition to MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(external) Entering MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Group(haproxy) Syncing instances to MASTER state
Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(internal) Entering MASTER STATE
# journalctl -u keepalived
-- Logs begin at Thu 2019-01-10 13:01:11 UTC, end at Thu 2019-01-10 16:11:10 UTC. --
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 systemd[1]: Starting Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP)...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54915]: Starting Keepalived v1.3.9 (10/21,2017)
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54915]: Opening file '/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54921]: Starting Healthcheck child process, pid=54923
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_healthcheckers[54923]: Opening file '/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54921]: Starting VRRP child process, pid=54925
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 systemd[1]: Started Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP).
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Registering Kernel netlink reflector
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Registering Kernel netlink command channel
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Registering gratuitous ARP shared channel
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Opening file '/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: WARNING - default user 'keepalived_script' for script execution does not exist - please create.
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Failed to set default user for notify script /etc/keepalived/haproxy_notify.sh - ignoring
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Unable to set default user for vrrp script haproxy_check_script - removing
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Unable to set default user for vrrp script pingable_check_script - removing
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Truncating auth_pass to 8 characters
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (internal): track script haproxy_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (internal): track script pingable_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Truncating auth_pass to 8 characters
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (external): track script haproxy_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: (external): track script pingable_check_script not found, ignoring...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: Using LinkWatch kernel netlink reflector...
Jan 10 15:00:07 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(external) Transition to MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:07 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(internal) Transition to MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(external) Entering MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Group(haproxy) Syncing instances to MASTER state
Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_vrrp[54925]: VRRP_Instance(internal) Entering MASTER STATE
Sorry for the delay, but I had to start over the complete installation from scratch for this.
# systemctl status keepalived system/ keepalived. service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) system/ keepalived. service. d
└─override. conf slice/keepalive d.service keepalived keepalived keepalived
● keepalived.service - Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Drop-In: /etc/systemd/
Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-01-10 15:00:06 UTC; 1h 12min ago
Main PID: 54921 (keepalived)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 8192)
CGroup: /system.
├─54921 /usr/sbin/
├─54923 /usr/sbin/
└─54925 /usr/sbin/
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_ vrrp[54925] : (internal): track script pingable_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : Truncating auth_pass to 8 characters vrrp[54925] : (external): track script haproxy_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : (external): track script pingable_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : Using LinkWatch kernel netlink reflector... vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( external) Transition to MASTER STATE vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( internal) Transition to MASTER STATE vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( external) Entering MASTER STATE vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Group(haproxy) Syncing instances to MASTER state vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( internal) Entering MASTER STATE
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_
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Jan 10 15:00:08 vos10 Keepalived_
# journalctl -u keepalived d/keepalived. conf'. healthcheckers[ 54923]: Opening file '/etc/keepalive d/keepalived. conf'. vrrp[54925] : Registering Kernel netlink reflector vrrp[54925] : Registering Kernel netlink command channel vrrp[54925] : Registering gratuitous ARP shared channel vrrp[54925] : Opening file '/etc/keepalive d/keepalived. conf'. vrrp[54925] : WARNING - default user 'keepalived_script' for script execution does not exist - please create. vrrp[54925] : Failed to set default user for notify script /etc/keepalived /haproxy_ notify. sh - ignoring vrrp[54925] : Unable to set default user for vrrp script haproxy_ check_script - removing vrrp[54925] : Unable to set default user for vrrp script pingable_ check_script - removing vrrp[54925] : Truncating auth_pass to 8 characters vrrp[54925] : (internal): track script haproxy_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : (internal): track script pingable_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : Truncating auth_pass to 8 characters vrrp[54925] : (external): track script haproxy_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : (external): track script pingable_ check_script not found, ignoring... vrrp[54925] : Using LinkWatch kernel netlink reflector... vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( external) Transition to MASTER STATE vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( internal) Transition to MASTER STATE vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( external) Entering MASTER STATE vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Group(haproxy) Syncing instances to MASTER state vrrp[54925] : VRRP_Instance( internal) Entering MASTER STATE
-- Logs begin at Thu 2019-01-10 13:01:11 UTC, end at Thu 2019-01-10 16:11:10 UTC. --
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 systemd[1]: Starting Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP)...
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54915]: Starting Keepalived v1.3.9 (10/21,2017)
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54915]: Opening file '/etc/keepalive
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54921]: Starting Healthcheck child process, pid=54923
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived[54921]: Starting VRRP child process, pid=54925
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 systemd[1]: Started Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP).
Jan 10 15:00:06 vos10 Keepalived_
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