[Freeswitch-users] Getting 503 when starting automatically via systemd

[Bote Man]

A 503 error, huh? Weird. Check for permissions problems.

My guess is that you are building as "root" so when you first ran it
manually all the databases and log files were created with root as owner.
But when it boots systemd is starting it as root and then dropping
privileges to the freeswitch user as it should. After dropping privileges it
can't access its config files or open ports necessary to function.

Again, this is just my S.W.A.G. but it has happened enough times in the past
that it's a pretty good guess. If it bears out you might want to check the
instructions on this deprecated page:
https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/FreeSWITCH+1.6+Video#Fr
eeSWITCH1.6Video-StartingFreeSWITCH

Also, once you achieve success there are MANY other RPi users out there who
would love to see your recipe for success.
https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/Raspberry+Pi

Hope this helps.

Bote


> -----Original Message-----
> From:  freeswitch.opencode at spamgourmet.com
> Sent: Thursday, 25 February, 2016 02:36
> Subject: [Freeswitch-users] Getting 503 when starting automatically via
systemd
> 
> I'm using Arch Linux (specifically Arch Linux ARM on a Raspberry Pi Zero).
I'm
> successfully done a make and install for freeswitch 1.6.6 and when I run
it
> manually (freeswitch -nonat), it works fine. Also, when I start it
manually via
> systemd (systemctl start freeswitch), it still works fine.
> 
> However, when I enable freeswitch.service to start automatically and
> reboot, the freeswitch log shows 503 errors trying to register out to my
> gateway, and my internal client (an Obi200) gets a 503 when trying to
register
> in to FreeSWITCH as well; this keeps happening repeatedly (waiting 30
> seconds and then failing again). However, if I restart the service
(systemctl
> restart freeswitch), connectivity then starts working.
> 
> Would the 503 be what's reported up if there's no network connectivity
> either way?
> 
> I'm using the Debian systemd *freeswitch.service file (with very minor
> tweaks for my configuration on Arch Linux). Has anyone encountered this
> problem before (on Debian, Arch Linux, or elsewhere)? The overall .service
> file is very similar to sshd.service, which doesn't have connection
problems,
> so my guess is there's something specific to FreeSWITCH going on. If this
is
> Arch Linux-specific and I ask in their forums, is there anything different
about
> how FreeSWITCH handles connectivity (perhaps caching some kind of
> handle) that would help point things in the right direction?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
>