Bug ID 539148: Restnoded restarts continuously

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.1.0

Opened: Aug 11, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When restjavad is unavailable, restnoded restarts continuously until restjavad is available.

Impact

logs fill with messages about restnoded restarts

Conditions

When older versions of BIG-IQ (4.6 and prior) discover BIG-IP devices, the REST Framework on the BIG-IP is updated. Part of the update installs restnoded, which was previously unavailable in BIG-IP prior to 12.0 The version of restnoded installed by the framework upgrade exhibits the behavior described.

Workaround

After discovery by BIG-IQ, disable restnoded on the BIG-IP if the customer is not using it.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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