ejabberd - Comments for "ejabberdctl commands go missing"

ejabberd 16.09 included some

badlop — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 09:42:52 +0000

ejabberd 16.09 included some fix related to missing ejabberd_commands table, see https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/issues/1210
Maybe your problem is fixed there, or maybe your problem is somehow related, and that fix isn't yet enough.

Alexander, we are having the

fabricapo — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 01:28:38 +0000

Alexander, we are having the same issue when a new node joins the cluster. Did it disappear by upgrading to a new ejabberd version?

Thanks,

fabrizio

I noticed something: on the

Alexander — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:37:23 +0000

I noticed something: on the node where commands go missing, the command "ejabberdctl mnesia" shows "ejabberd_commands" only in the "tables" list, not in the "local_tables" list.

The command "ejabberdctl mnesia info" additionally displays "remote = [ejabberd_commands]" and "[] = [ejabberd_commands]".

Does this mean anything?

It's probably not connection

Alexander — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:00:50 +0000

It's probably not connection problems, since the commands are run directly on the node.

How can I investigate whether the commands table is broken?

If ejabberd is "considering being stopped", does it have to receive a shutdown command, or can it happen by other means?

Those five commands are

badlop — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:48:45 +0000

Those five commands are explicitly provided by ejabberd_ctl. The other ones (which are the majority) are provided by other modules, like ejabberd_admin, mod_admin_extra,..., and are managed buy ejabberd_commands.

There are many possible reasons, for example: problem connecting to the ejabberd node, or the ejabberd_commands table got broken, or ejabberd was considering being stopped (in that case maybe modules stop, and their commands availability gets removed)...