Keepalived generating "bogus VRRP packet received ..." messages in /var/log/messages.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • /var/log/messages filled with:
        Keepalived_vrrp[xxxx]: receive an invalid ip number count associated with VRID!" messages.
        Keepalived_vrrp[xxxx]: bogus VRRP packet received on ens224 !!!
        Keepalived_vrrp[xxxx]: VRRP_Instance(VI_1) Dropping received VRRP packet...

OR

         Keepalived_vrrp[xxxx]: (VI_1): received a 0 auth, expecting 1!
         Keepalived_vrrp[xxxx]: bogus VRRP packet received on ens224 !!!
         Keepalived_vrrp[xxxx]: VRRP_Instance(VI_1) ignoring received advertisment...

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All versions).
  • Keepalived

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