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Alert "nginx service using backup configuration" on StorageGRID Appliance

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Applies to

StorageGRID
  • 11.9.x 
  • 11.8.x
  • 11.7.x

Issue

nginx\config-generation.latest.log shows false alert of nginx restoring from back up config after verifying configuration to be 100% identical, example output below:
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.115]   ERROR -- Configuration not valid. Reverting all changes
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.115]    INFO -- Reverting all backed up session files
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.115] WARNING -- Moved failed file to /etc/nginx/nginx-sg.conf.fail-1731735049.1156604
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.115]    INFO -- Restoring /etc/nginx/nginx-sg.conf from backup file /etc/nginx/nginx-sg.conf.backup-1731735043.4666498
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.116] WARNING -- Moved failed file to /etc/nginx/grid-federation/target-grid.tmp.fail-1731735049.1162562
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.116]    INFO -- Restoring /etc/nginx/grid-federation/target-grid.tmp from backup file /etc/nginx/grid-federation/target-grid.tmp.backup-1731735043.663081
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.116] WARNING -- Moved failed file to /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy.fail-1731735049.116697
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.116]    INFO -- Restoring /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy from backup file /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy.backup-1731735043.7414389
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.117]    INFO -- Revert complete
[2024-11-16T05:30:49.117]    INFO -- storagegrid_private_config_generation_state_timestamp{service="nginx",state="fail"} 1731735049.0

 

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