iSCSI not starting...deeper issue?

[voyager529]

Hi there, everyone!

I'm attempting to make an iSCSI target on my FreeNAS, but the iSCSI service won't start. When I attempt to do so, the log reads as follows:

Code:

Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier:   File "/usr/local/libexec/nas/generate_ctl_conf.py", line 301, in
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier:     main()
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier:   File "/usr/local/libexec/nas/generate_ctl_conf.py", line 136, in main
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier:     auth_group_config(auth_tag, auth_list)
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier:   File "/usr/local/libexec/nas/generate_ctl_conf.py", line 79, in auth_group_config
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier:     auth.iscsi_target_auth_secret,
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xae in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas root: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: /etc/ctl.conf is not readable.
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: /etc/ctl.conf is not readable.
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas root: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: failed precmd routine for ctld
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: failed precmd routine for ctld

When I attempted to create a user for authorized access, I get this:

Code:

 
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas root: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: /etc/ctl.conf is not readable.
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: /etc/ctl.conf is not readable.
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas root: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: failed precmd routine for ctld
Jun 25 16:24:08 freenas notifier: /etc/rc.d/ctld: WARNING: failed precmd routine for ctld
Jun 25 16:29:31 freenas notifier: Will not 'reload' ctld because ctld_enable is NO.
Jun 25 16:29:51 freenas notifier: Will not 'reload' ctld because ctld_enable is NO.
Jun 25 16:30:01 freenas notifier: Will not 'reload' ctld because ctld_enable is NO.
Jun 25 16:30:47 freenas notifier: Will not 'reload' ctld because ctld_enable is NO.

And the UI says this:

Unable to load /api/v1.0/services/iscsi/authcredential/ status: 500

Also of note - and possibly involved with the actual problem - is that the /etc/ctl.conf file indicated as 'unreadable' above, does not appear in the /etc folder at all. I'd create an empty one using the 'touch' command, but I sense that it'd not really be helpful.

I attempted to search the forums here. The results I found seemed to reference an issue back in 2014. My current version is "FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201506162331" - a release or two behind, but the changelog doesn't seem to directly reference these (If an update will absolutely fix the issue I'll do it, but I tend to do updates monthly where possible).

I appreciate any and all assistance in this regard.

Joey

 

[dlavigne]

Can you update to the latest SU and let us know if that fixed it or if the errors change?

 

[voyager529]

Can you update to the latest SU and let us know if that fixed it or if the errors change?

Just ran an update. No change; same behavior, same errors.

 

[dlavigne]

Please create a bug report at bugs.freenas.org and post the issue number here. Include the errors and the build version in the bug report.

 

[Jimm Chen]

This is serious. I encountered this problem as well.

Restoring a backup(WebUI, System -> General -> Upload Config) to a freshly installed FreeNAS caused iSCSI configuration error.

FreeNAS backup machine and restore machine both run FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201506292332.iso .

I feel lucky that I run FreeNAS as a VM inside VMware ESXi 6, and I have a snapshot of version of FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201506042008 . Going back to 20150604 and find that backup/restore works well.

 

[Jimm Chen]

Has any FreeNAS developer confirmed this, or, fixed this ?

 

[dlavigne]

I don't know. Has anyone created a bug report? If so, what is it?