Bug ID 1063609: "Failed to start Jitterentropy Gatherer Daemon" encountered during boot

Last Modified: Sep 27, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4

Opened: Nov 23, 2021

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

During PXE installation or software upgrade, the following is logged at first-time boot: [[1;31mFAILED[0m] Failed to start Jitterentropy Gatherer Daemon. [ 11.071830] See 'systemctl status jitterentropy-rngd.service' for details.systemd-fsck

Impact

The device will reboot itself after the first boot after PXE installation or software upgrade.

Conditions

-- First boot after PXE install. -- First boot after software upgrade.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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