Bug#881725: apache2: reload fails inside (libvirt) lxc container

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 02:46:00PM +0000, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote:
> Package: apache2
> Version: 2.4.25-3+deb9u3
> Severity: normal
> 
> When running inside a libvirt-managed lxc os container, the reload command
> on the systemd unit fails always:
> 
> Nov 14 14:38:33 hostname systemd[1]: Reloading The Apache HTTP Server.
> Nov 14 14:38:33 hostname systemd[11798]: apache2.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/sbin/apachectl: No such file or directory
> Nov 14 14:38:33 hostname systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=226
> Nov 14 14:38:33 hostname systemd[1]: Reload failed for The Apache HTTP Server.
> 
> Restart works normally.
> 
> This mostly crops up for me via the logrotate script.

JFTR, this isn't limited to LXC containers, we've also seen that on baremetal
stretch installations at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our internal task is
at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T185195, I'll update this bug when/if we
have additional information.

Cheers,
        Moritz