'sudo service varnish reload' results in Error 503 Backend fetch failed on 16.04. service varnish restart resolves.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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varnish (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
1.) $ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
2.) $ apt-cache policy varnish
varnish:
Installed: 4.1.1-1
Candidate: 4.1.1-1
Version table:
*** 4.1.1-1 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3.) Expected
user123@abc123:~$ sudo service varnish reload
[sudo] password for user123:
user123@abc123:~$
Expected varnish to reload and continue to serve from backend.
4.) Actual
browsing to URL resulted in:
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Error 503 Backend fetch failed
Backend fetch failed
Guru Meditation:
XID: 623339
Varnish cache server
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a service restart got it working again.
service status report immediately following reload attached as .txt