containers fail to start on overcloud controller due to 'The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached'

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • After yum update -y and reboot on overcloud controller node, containers fail to start due to The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached :
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
Dec 20 02:47:14 overcloud-controller-0 dbus-daemon[2561]: [system] The maximum number of active connections for UID 0 has been reached (max_connections_per_user=256)
  • When this happens, it's not possible to login into the controller again and podman ps command timed out

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15.0 (RHOSP)

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