Hello everyone. I also tested proposed package and it works fine for me on Xenial. Checked "master", "backup", "both", "none" daemon mode:
root@test_lvs:~# echo -e "AUTO="true"\nDAEMON="master"\nIFACE="eth0"" > /etc/default/ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# systemctl restart ipvsadm ; ps aux | grep ipvs root 3135 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 05:22 0:00 [ipvs-m:0:0] root 3138 0.0 0.0 12944 1012 pts/0 S+ 05:22 0:00 grep --color=auto ipvs root@test_lvs:~# journalctl -u ipvsadm | tail -n 10 May 29 05:21:44 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3126]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3126]: ...done. May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3126]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3126]: ...done. May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3126]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon master May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3126]: ...done. May 29 05:22:14 test_lvs systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. root@test_lvs:~# systemctl stop ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# echo -e "AUTO="true"\nDAEMON="backup"\nIFACE="eth0"" > /etc/default/ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# systemctl restart ipvsadm ; ps aux | grep ipvs root 3166 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 05:22 0:00 [ipvs-b:0:0] root 3169 0.0 0.0 12944 988 pts/0 S+ 05:22 0:00 grep --color=auto ipvs root@test_lvs:~# journalctl -u ipvsadm | tail -n 10 May 29 05:22:25 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs ipvsadm[3156]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs ipvsadm[3156]: ...done. May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs ipvsadm[3156]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs ipvsadm[3156]: ...done. May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs ipvsadm[3156]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon backup May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs ipvsadm[3156]: ...done. May 29 05:22:42 test_lvs systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. root@test_lvs:~# echo -e "AUTO="true"\nDAEMON="both"\nIFACE="eth0"" > /etc/default/ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# systemctl stop ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# systemctl restart ipvsadm ; ps aux | grep ipvs root 3201 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 05:23 0:00 [ipvs-m:0:0] root 3203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 05:23 0:00 [ipvs-b:0:0] root 3206 0.0 0.0 12944 968 pts/0 S+ 05:23 0:00 grep --color=auto ipvs root@test_lvs:~# journalctl -u ipvsadm | tail -n 10 May 29 05:23:10 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3191]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3191]: ...done. May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3191]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3191]: ...done. May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3191]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon master May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs ipvsadm[3191]: ...done. May 29 05:23:14 test_lvs systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. root@test_lvs:~# systemctl stop ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# echo -e "AUTO="true"\nDAEMON="none"\nIFACE="eth0"" > /etc/default/ipvsadm root@test_lvs:~# systemctl restart ipvsadm ; ps aux | grep ipvs root 3238 0.0 0.0 12944 984 pts/0 S+ 05:24 0:00 grep --color=auto ipvs root@test_lvs:~# journalctl -u ipvsadm | tail -n 10 May 29 05:23:47 test_lvs ipvsadm[3213]: ...done. May 29 05:23:47 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: ipvsadm daemon. May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs ipvsadm[3227]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs ipvsadm[3227]: ...done. May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs ipvsadm[3227]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs ipvsadm[3227]: ...done. May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs ipvsadm[3227]: * ipvsadm is not configured to run. Please edit /etc/default/ipvsadm May 29 05:24:05 test_lvs systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. Package version: # apt-cache policy ipvsadm ipvsadm: Installed: 1:1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 Candidate: 1:1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 Version table: *** 1:1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:1.28-3 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Release: 16.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830033 Title: Connection synchronization daemon fails at start due to a bug in launch script To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipvsadm/+bug/1830033/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs