On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 01:14:47PM -0600, Glen via Postfix-users wrote:
> Problem:
>
> * Postfix does not start after a reboot.
> * systemctl start postfix ...Job for postfix.service failed because
> the control process exited with error code.
> * systemctl status -l postfix ... Failed to start Postfix Mail
> Transport Agent.
> * systemctl restart postfix ... Job for postfix.service failed
> because the control process exited with error code
"The control process" would be master(8), look for and report relevant
boot-time logging from postfix/master.
Are all the requisite filesystems mounted at the time Postfix starts?
Is the DNS resolver already running (in case master.cf lists hostnames
to listen on, ...)? Perhaps some pre-requisite services aren't yet
live?
> However, after a reboot
>
> * postfix start ... takes about 5 minutes
Is there a particularly large count of messages in the (deferred, active
hold or incoming) queues?
> * systemctl status -l postfix ... Still says: Active: failed
> (Result: timeout)
Ah, finally a hint (timeout), not surprising because Postfix was
started by hand and not via systemctl/systemd.
> * systemctl start postfix ... Also still says: Job for
> postfix.service failed
So startup takes too long. Now you need to find out why.
--
Viktor.
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