nova_libvirt container dies and refuses to restart

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • nova_libvirt dies but does not take down the running libvirtd. On restart it complains that the pid-file is present.
  • Intermittent crashing of dumb-init on compute nodes and then systemd not cleaning up properly before it restarts the service.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (RHOSP)

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