Test with the new (~ppa4) version LGTM: ... Unpacking libvirt0:amd64 (4.6.0-1ubuntu1~ppa4) over (4.0.0-1ubuntu13) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Setting up libjansson4:amd64 (2.11-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.4-2) ... Setting up libvirt0:amd64 (4.6.0-1ubuntu1~ppa4) ... Setting up libvirt-daemon (4.6.0-1ubuntu1~ppa4) ... Setting up libvirt-clients (4.6.0-1ubuntu1~ppa4) ... Setting up libvirt-daemon-system (4.6.0-1ubuntu1~ppa4) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/libvirt-qemu ... Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.libvirtd ... Installing new version of config file /etc/default/libvirt-guests ... Installing new version of config file /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/libvirt/libxl.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/libvirt/virtlockd.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/libvirt/virtlogd.conf ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlockd-admin.socket → /lib/systemd/system/virtlockd-admin.socket. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlogd-admin.socket → /lib/systemd/system/virtlogd-admin.socket. virtlockd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. virtlogd.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Setting up libvirt-daemon dnsmasq configuration. Setting up libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd (4.6.0-1ubuntu1~ppa4) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... After this even the admin socket started just fine. Status after upgrade: root@c2:~# systemctl status virtlogd.service virtlogd.socket virtlogd-admin.socket virtlockd.service virtlockd.socket virtlockd-admin.socket --no-pager --lines 2 ● virtlogd.service - Virtual machine log manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-08-09 11:57:04 UTC; 43s ago Docs: man:virtlogd(8) https://libvirt.org Main PID: 5889 (virtlogd) Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/virtlogd.service └─5889 /usr/sbin/virtlogd Aug 09 11:57:05 c2 systemd[1]: virtlogd.service: Failed to reset devices.list: Operation not permitted Aug 09 11:57:05 c2 systemd[1]: virtlogd.service: Failed to reset devices.list: Operation not permitted ● virtlogd.socket - Virtual machine log manager socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-08-09 11:57:04 UTC; 43s ago Listen: /var/run/libvirt/virtlogd-sock (Stream) CGroup: /system.slice/virtlogd.socket Failed to dump process list, ignoring: No such file or directory Aug 09 11:57:04 c2 systemd[1]: Stopping Virtual machine log manager socket. Aug 09 11:57:04 c2 systemd[1]: Listening on Virtual machine log manager socket. ● virtlogd-admin.socket - Virtual machine log manager socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd-admin.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-08-09 11:57:04 UTC; 43s ago Listen: /var/run/libvirt/virtlogd-admin-sock (Stream) CGroup: /system.slice/virtlogd-admin.socket Failed to dump process list, ignoring: No such file or directory Aug 09 11:57:04 c2 systemd[1]: Listening on Virtual machine log manager socket. ● virtlockd.service - Virtual machine lock manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:virtlockd(8) https://libvirt.org ● virtlockd.socket - Virtual machine lock manager socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (listening) since Thu 2018-08-09 11:57:04 UTC; 43s ago Listen: /var/run/libvirt/virtlockd-sock (Stream) CGroup: /system.slice/virtlockd.socket Failed to dump process list, ignoring: No such file or directory Aug 09 11:57:04 c2 systemd[1]: Stopping Virtual machine lock manager socket. Aug 09 11:57:04 c2 systemd[1]: Listening on Virtual machine lock manager socket. ● virtlockd-admin.socket - Virtual machine lock manager admin socket Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd-admin.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (listening) since Thu 2018-08-09 11:57:05 UTC; 42s ago Listen: /var/run/libvirt/virtlockd-admin-sock (Stream) CGroup: /system.slice/virtlockd-admin.socket Failed to dump process list, ignoring: No such file or directory Aug 09 11:57:05 c2 systemd[1]: Listening on Virtual machine lock manager admin socket. The only potentially bad things is that virtlogd is listed as "started ... 43s ago" which would imply a restart that should not happen.