connect(/var/lib/ctdb/ctdb.socket) failed: Connection refused

[steve]

On Sun, 2014-08-10 at 19:31 +1000, Martin Schwenke wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:48:26 +0200, steve <steve at steve-ss.com> wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, none of the ctdbd defaults is set. man ctdbd(1) still has
> > e.g.
> > '--dbdir=<directory>
> > [...]
> > This directory would usually be /var/ctdb .'
> 
> Unfortunately that manpage has bit-rotted.  Patches are always
> accepted.
> 
> If you look in ctdbd.conf(5), which was added in 2.5 but
> only installed from 2.5.2, then you would see the truth.  Similarly,
> ctdb(7) provides an overview of CTDB.  We've worked hard to improve the
> documentation.
> > 
> > We assume that this is why the distros have stepped in big time. It
> > looks as though every option has to be passed on the command line. There
> > are no defaults.
> 
> There are most certainly defaults for the databases.  It
> is /usr/local/var/lib/ctdb.  Unfortunately, you need to set CTDB_VARDIR
> in configuration to get the scripts to play along.  We'll try to fix
> this.
> 
> > Unfortunately too, no man pages are installed from the
> > source ./configure, make make install. It looks like an option from
> > configure. We really could use some default values. I wonder if this man
> > page is current: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ctdbd
> 
> What version is this?  I just downloaded ctdb-2.5.3.tar.gz from:
> 
>   https://ftp.samba.org/pub/ctdb/
ftp.samba.org/pub/ctdb/ctdb-2.5.tar.gz
There was already a configure shell.

It looks as though we have an old version:(
> 
> Before:
> 
>   $ find /usr/local/share/man -type f
>   [Nothing]
> 
> After (./autogen.sh && ./configure && make && sudo make install):
> 
>   $ find /usr/local/share/man -type f
>   /usr/local/share/man/man1/ctdbd.1
>   /usr/local/share/man/man1/onnode.1
>   /usr/local/share/man/man1/ping_pong.1
>   /usr/local/share/man/man1/ctdbd_wrapper.1
>   /usr/local/share/man/man1/ctdb.1
>   /usr/local/share/man/man1/ltdbtool.1
>   /usr/local/share/man/man5/ctdbd.conf.5
>   /usr/local/share/man/man7/ctdb-tunables.7
>   /usr/local/share/man/man7/ctdb.7
> 
> In particular, see ctdbd_wrapper(1).  ctdbd_wrapper(1) can be used to
> start/stop CTDB without an initscript.  You can put configuration
> in /etc/ctdb/ctdbd.conf (or any of the distro defaults,
> like /etc/sysconfig/ctdb or /etc/default/ctdb).
> 
> peace & happiness,
> martin