Grafana on raspberry pi zero: Start request repeated too quickly. Failed with result 'signal'

Grafana Support Configuration
#1

I’m trying to start grafana-server on a raspberry pi zero

sudo /bin/systemctl status grafana-server
● grafana-server.service - Grafana instance
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/grafana-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: signal) since Fri 2021-02-26 18:36:29 GMT; 3s ago
     Docs: http://docs.grafana.org
  Process: 2866 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/grafana-server --config=${CONF_FILE} --pidfile=${PID_FILE_DIR}/grafana-server.pid --packaging=deb cfg:default.paths.logs=${LOG_DIR} c
 Main PID: 2866 (code=killed, signal=ILL)

Feb 26 18:36:29 raspberry systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Feb 26 18:36:29 raspberry systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Feb 26 18:36:29 raspberry systemd[1]: Stopped Grafana instance.
Feb 26 18:36:29 raspberry systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 26 18:36:29 raspberry systemd[1]: grafana-server.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
Feb 26 18:36:29 raspberry systemd[1]: Failed to start Grafana instance.
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The folder /var/log/grafana is empty.

#2

[quote=“thalasso, post:1, topic:43736”]
grafana-server.service: Start request
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hello thalasso, welcome to the forums, and a lot of fun with your grafana. best wishes

#3

Hello melrose, thank you!
Do you have any idea what to do about the issue?

#4

I have uninstalled grafana from the apt repository and reinstalled it via .deb package:

sudo apt-get install -y adduser libfontconfig1
wget https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-rpi_7.4.3_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i grafana-rpi_7.4.3_armhf.deb

Now it’s working. But I’d prefer to install it from repository to get automated updates.

#5

yes try again it shall work

#6

No, it doesn’t. Same error as before.

#7

and what did you do different

#8

I didn’t do anything different.

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#9

Hello Thalasso

I’ve the same issue, did you find a solution ?

Thanks

#10

what is in
/var/log/syslog
after a grafana restart ?
what exact hardware is your rasbety?

#11

Hello Thalasso

Where did you set the log to go?
E.g. in defaults.ini or custom.ini or grafana.ini

Directory where grafana can store logs
logs = data/log

That means under your grafana folder.
I do not think for raspberry this is any different.

For /var/log there are usually special rights required, e.g. in my installation only root can write there. Does the grafan user have rights to write there?
BR, Daniel

#12

Hi,
I have installed grafana with apt command but it doesn’t works … So I tried with dpkg and now it work. But if someone know how it can run with apt command, I would prefer :smiley:

BR, Cédric