Public bug reported: The salt-master.service being shipped with the package seems to depend on functionality provided by the python systemd module, namely the systemd.daemon notify method, however I can only find python3-systemd and not python-systemd or python2-systemd and salt uses python2.
# systemctl status salt-master ● salt-master.service - The Salt Master Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/salt-master.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Fri 2015-12-11 11:10:03 WET; 22min ago Process: 21873 ExecStart=/usr/bin/salt-master (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 21873 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Dec 11 11:08:32 vulcan-next systemd[1]: Starting The Salt Master Server... Dec 11 11:10:03 vulcan-next systemd[1]: salt-master.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Dec 11 11:10:03 vulcan-next systemd[1]: Failed to start The Salt Master Server. Dec 11 11:10:03 vulcan-next systemd[1]: salt-master.service: Unit entered failed state. Dec 11 11:10:03 vulcan-next systemd[1]: salt-master.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. # cat /lib/systemd/system/salt-master.service [Unit] Description=The Salt Master Server After=network.target [Service] LimitNOFILE=16384 Type=notify ExecStart=/usr/bin/salt-master [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Release: 16.04 # apt-cache policy salt-master salt-master: Installed: 2015.8.3+ds-1 Candidate: 2015.8.3+ds-1 Version table: *** 2015.8.3+ds-1 0 500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: salt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1525184 Title: salt-master timeout while starting/activating (systemd) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/salt/+bug/1525184/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs