Bug ID 818417: Flowspecd starts with message: Shm segment not found in /etc/ha_table/ha_table.conf.

Last Modified: Sep 14, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4

Fixed In:
15.1.0

Opened: Aug 28, 2019

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

During system boot, the flowspecd daemon emits a message 'Shm segment not found in /etc/ha_table/ha_table.conf', and heartbeat monitoring is disabled for flowspecd.

Impact

No heartbeat monitoring for flowspecd daemon.

Conditions

Flowspecd daemon is running.

Workaround

Manually edit the file /etc/ha_table/ha_table.conf and insert a line at the end: ha segment path: /flowspecd

Fix Information

Missing line in /etc/ha_table/ha_table.conf added causing flowspecd to start cleanly and undergo a heartbeat monitoring.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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