On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM Pierre C. Dussault <pierrecharles.dussa...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to get a working fencing device on a single Proxmox 8 host (not > using the Proxmox tools) with fence_virtd and fence_virt/vxm. I can't get the > command > # fence_xvm -o list > to output anything, it keeps failing via timeout despite many attempts at > finding the fault. The exact return message is: > Timed out waiting for response > Operation failed > > I am trying to configure it using the multicast Listener with the Libvirt > backend. All settings were left to defaults except the listening interface > which was set to the Linux bridge connecting the host and the guests. The > fence_xvm.key file was copied in the /etc/cluster/ directory on the host and > on the guests. > > I followed this: https://projects.clusterlabs.org/w/fencing/guest_fencing/ > which didn't work, > then this: > https://kevwells.com/it-knowledge-base/how-to-install-cluster-fencing-using-libvert-on-kvm-virtual-machines/ > which also didn't work. > > I read the man pages for fence_virt, fence_xvm, fence_virtd and > fence_virt.conf. > I read the README and doc files in "agents/virt" and "agent/virt/docs" from > the source repository. > > I am at a loss here. Is there a better guide out there (or more up to date)? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Manage your subscription: > https://lists.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > ClusterLabs home: https://www.clusterlabs.org/
Can you try with the firewall disabled on both the host and the guests? If it works, then we know it's a firewall issue. You probably need to allow traffic through 1229/udp on the host, in addition to 1229/tcp on the guests, if you are not already doing so. (Not sure if 1229/tcp is needed on the host.) You can also try with SELinux (or AppArmor or whatever) disabled or not-enforcing. I haven't configured or troubleshot fence_xvm or fence_virt in a long time. Firewall issues have been the most common problem for me though. -- Regards, Reid Wahl (He/Him) Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat RHEL High Availability - Pacemaker _______________________________________________ Manage your subscription: https://lists.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/users ClusterLabs home: https://www.clusterlabs.org/
