Harmless warnings: "rngd: JITTER rng fails with code 2" or "Failed to init entropy source" logged during startup
Issue
- When the Random Number Generator daemon (
rngd.service) starts, the following warning messages are logged in/var/log/messagesor viajournalctl:
rngd: JITTER rng fails with code 2
rngd: Failed to init entropy source 5: JITTER Entropy generator
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- rng-tools (rngd)
- Virtualization Environments (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V) or Cloud Instances
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