MariaDB status should use systemd 'systemctl status'

[marcuszan]

Hi,

I am running a CentOS 7.6 server with cPanel on it. I run MariaDB 10.3
Also I use Engintron.
When in Engintron I check the mysql status, it gives me an arror message >

MariaDB is not running                                     [FAILED]

The command to reproduce this from shell is >

service mysql status

CentOS 7 has moved to systemd and 'service' is depreciated. There is some backwards compatibility, but not 100%
The command that does work would be

systemctl status mysql

SO my question is. Is Engintron executing a cPanel script that uses the old code or do they use their own script that uses the old CentOS 6 but NOT CentOS 7 compatible code?

I am aware I should also take this to Engintron support. I created an issue on github but I am not able yet to find a solution with them.

Thanks in advance

 

[GOT]

It's an enginetron issue. The cpa el function work correctly as you can validate by looking at the service status in whm which will show mariadb as up.

 

[marcuszan]

@GOT , I can confirm in WHM service mysql v 10.3 is up ( indicates it is mariadb 10.3 )

So please advice:
Engintron 1.10 on CentOS 7.6 with MariaDB 10.3 > database status error · Issue #1072 · engintron/engintron

I am somehow not able to explain the issue to the guy or I am making some mistake myself here.

Thanks

 

[GOT]

I don't really know how to advise you. The guy in the thread is simply mistaken. On any Centos 7 server, service mysql status will return as not running even when it is. Service is not just an alias to systemctl, they are different commands.

 

[marcuszan]

@GOT , thanks for your feedback. I will have to try to find some docs on this to show him. Right now there seems to be some miscommunication. If someone cares to reply on GitHub in some technical correct language that might convince him it would be great.
Thanks a lot for the feedback so far

 

[GOT]

Enginetron is not great at fixing their development issues, we stopped using it a while ago.

I do not think there is any harm done in the fact that it is reporting MariaDB as down. Its just an info-only function and since you have other indications that are more reliable, I would just ignore it.

 

[marcuszan]

Enginetron is not great at fixing their development issues, we stopped using it a while ago.

I do not think there is any harm done in the fact that it is reporting MariaDB as down. Its just an info-only function and since you have other indications that are more reliable, I would just ignore it.

Yes, you are right about the info-only thing. As I think I now understand better how CentOS7 works regarding systemd I can accept it as an unimportant bug and leave it.
Positive thing, I learned some stuff today ;-)

Thanks

 

[GOT]

Happy to help!

 

[cPanelLauren]

I can second @GOT's evaluation here - ultimately the gentleman in the thread is incorrect, no part of that output showed that MariaDB was disabled, furthermore on systems using Systemd it is called for to use systemctl though this does not affect whether or not the service is actually running in this case.