Failed to start tailwatchd - Unit tailwatchd service entered failed state

Failed to start tailwatchd.

Unit tailwatchd.service entered failed state. 

tailwatchd.service failed.

tailwatchd has failed. Contact your system administrator if the service does not automagically recover.


This can often occur when multiple instances of tailwatchd are running. Perform the following via SSH:

ps aux | grep tailwatchd
kill -9 #


Where # will be all the processes listed. Once the processes are all killed perform:

/bin/systemctl restart  tailwatchd.service
or
service tailwatchd restart

 

  • 102 Users Found This Useful

Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

E Sysup: Needed system RPMs were not installed: yum-utils

When encountering the following:E Sysup: Needed system RPMs were not installed: yum-utils*****...

error: db3 error(-) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery

error: db3 error(-) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery...

Whitelisting Multiple IPs with Mod_Security

The following can be added to the main modsecurity.conf or a whitelist file such as one...

Account's error_log produces flood of missing modules

 Account's error_log produces flood of missing modules. Ex:   From error_log:     [23-Apr-2018...

Error: rpmdb open failed with cPanel

This can occur with older packages sitting on your drive. Try running the following: rm -f...