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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have a fresh Asterisk 18 install on a fresh OS (AWS Linux 2). I used the service file from contrib directory and commented out user and group settings so it runs under root.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I start Asterisk via systemd it waits a long time and then times out. Reporting failure to the command line. Result of journalctl –xe is below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, the asterisk executable has started and is running, I can connect to it via ‘asterisk –r’. Is there a change needed to the service file? (Anyone tested under Amazon Linux 2)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:04 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal dhclient[2858]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 119780ms.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:55 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: asterisk.service start operation timed out. Terminating.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:55 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: Failed to start Asterisk PBX and telephony daemon..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Subject: Unit asterisk.service has failed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Defined-By: systemd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Unit asterisk.service has failed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- The result is failed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:55 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: Unit asterisk.service entered failed state.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:55 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: asterisk.service failed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:59 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: asterisk.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:59 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: Stopped Asterisk PBX and telephony daemon..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Subject: Unit asterisk.service has finished shutting down<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Defined-By: systemd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Unit asterisk.service has finished shutting down.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:59 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal systemd[1]: Starting Asterisk PBX and telephony daemon....<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Subject: Unit asterisk.service has begun start-up<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Defined-By: systemd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Unit asterisk.service has begun starting up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:59 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal kernel: xfs filesystem being remounted at /tmp supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:33:59 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal kernel: xfs filesystem being remounted at /var/tmp supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mar 08 02:35:04 ip-172-31-25-10.us-east-2.compute.internal dhclient[2858]: XMT: Solicit on eth0, interval 119400ms.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>