Cannot get ceilometer-api to start

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Issue

  • ceilometer-api is not starting and an error message similar to the following will be displayed in /var/log/ceilometer/api.log:
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer Traceback (most recent call last):
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/bin/ceilometer-api", line 10, in <module>
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     sys.exit(main())
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ceilometer/cmd/api.py", line 23, in main
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     srv = app.build_server()
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ceilometer/api/app.py", line 163, in build_server
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     server_cls, get_handler_cls())
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/wsgiref/simple_server.py", line 144, in make_server
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     server = server_class((host, port), handler_class)
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 420, in __init__
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     self.server_activate()
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 439, in server_activate
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     self.socket.listen(self.request_queue_size)
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer     return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
2015-09-11 23:00:16.657 111119 TRACE ceilometer error: [Errno 98] Address already in use

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack 6.0 (RHOS)

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