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rajeev_81179
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Oct 05, 2009

Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration

Service: syslog-ng (1233)

 

Event: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration

 

I did not manually relaod the config, but this message is in my system log.

 

 

Tried looking in F5 database, what exactly do u suggest I do, just wait for the service to restart or reload the LTM ????

 

 

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  • We just had our Skype virtual servers go down in F5 and Skype clients disconnected. At this time I saw this message as well. We also had a changes pending state with sync partner as well afterwards. Are we sure it does not cause an interruption in connectivity?

     

  • Was this at 4am? It's likely syslog-ng was re-initialized as part of cronjobs that run each morning:

     

     

    Oct 2 04:02:03 host syslog-ng[1682]: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration;

     

     

    It's nothing to worry about.

     

     

    Aaron
  • This occurred at 4:02am for me but also during the day at 11:46am which caused an interruption in the availability of the REST API in v11.4.

     

    • vaibhav_MD_2489's avatar
      vaibhav_MD_2489
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      HI Dear,

       

      https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/600/sol11633

       

      The BIG-IP system runs a daily log rotation script at 4:02 A.M. that reloads the syslog-ng process. As a result, the system logs a message similar to the following example to the /var/log/messages file at that time:

       

      syslog-ng[]: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration;

       

       

      In the log message example, note the following:

       

    • RahulK's avatar
      RahulK
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      In my case yes. Change pending is there

      I have the same issue. I can see the log on var/ log/messages but we never start the device and device uptime is since long time

  • Do devices get into "changes pending" state after this operation?

    i do not think so.

    e.g.

    [root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  date; tmsh show cm sync-status
    Mon Jul  7 07:36:05 PDT 2014
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CM::Sync Status
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Color    green
    Status   In Sync
    Summary  All devices in the device group are in sync
    Details
             /Common/ve11b.acme.local: connected (for 521240 seconds)
             /Common/ve11c.acme.local: connected (for 521240 seconds)
             /Common/device_trust_group (In Sync): All devices in the device group are in sync
             /Common/dg (In Sync): All devices in the device group are in sync
    
    [root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  date;/etc/init.d/syslog-ng reload
    Mon Jul  7 07:36:20 PDT 2014
    
    [root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  cat /var/log/messages
    Jul  7 07:36:20 ve11a notice syslog-ng[27803]: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration;
    
    [root@ve11a:Active:In Sync] config  date; tmsh show cm sync-status
    Mon Jul  7 07:36:35 PDT 2014
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CM::Sync Status
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Color    green
    Status   In Sync
    Summary  All devices in the device group are in sync
    Details
             /Common/ve11b.acme.local: connected (for 521240 seconds)
             /Common/ve11c.acme.local: connected (for 521240 seconds)
             /Common/device_trust_group (In Sync): All devices in the device group are in sync
             /Common/dg (In Sync): All devices in the device group are in sync
    
  • Thanks nitass, yes it doesn't correlate with the times changes performed. I tested here as well. Thanks for your answer.

     

    nice commands indeed.