Problem with start of Lora Application Server

Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-server.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-server.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Stopped ChirpStack Application Server.
Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 06 13:17:24 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-server.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Could you please answer, why server did not start?

Ekaterina, please post the log output by this command:
journalctl -u chirpstack-application-server -f -n 50
for more verbosity.

Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“api/as: starting application-server api” bind=“0.0.0.0:8001” ca_cert= tls_cert= tls_key=
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: connected to mqtt broker”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: subscribing to tx topic” qos=0 topic=application/+/device/+/tx
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=fatal msg=“setup api error: setup external ap i error: jwt_secret must be set!”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Stopped ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Started ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“starting ChirpStack Application Ser ver” docs=“https://www.chirpstack.io/” version=3.6.1
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg="storage: setting up storage package "
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: setup metrics”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: setting up Redis pool”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: connecting to PostgreSQL d atabase”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: applying PostgreSQL data m igrations”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: PostgreSQL data migrations applied” count=0
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: TLS config is emp ty”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: connecting to mqt t broker” server=“tcp://localhost:1883”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“api/as: starting application-server api” bind=“0.0.0.0:8001” ca_cert= tls_cert= tls_key=
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: connected to mqtt broker”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: subscribing to tx topic” qos=0 topic=application/+/device/+/tx
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=fatal msg=“setup api error: setup external ap i error: jwt_secret must be set!”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Stopped ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Started ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“starting ChirpStack Application Ser ver” docs=“https://www.chirpstack.io/” version=3.6.1
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg="storage: setting up storage package "
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: setup metrics”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: setting up Redis pool”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: connecting to PostgreSQL d atabase”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: applying PostgreSQL data m igrations”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“storage: PostgreSQL data migrations applied” count=0
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: TLS config is emp ty”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: connecting to mqt t broker” server=“tcp://localhost:1883”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“api/as: starting application-server api” bind=“0.0.0.0:8001” ca_cert= tls_cert= tls_key=
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: connected to mqtt broker”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: subscribing to tx topic” qos=0 topic=application/+/device/+/tx
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[784]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:14+03:00” level=fatal msg=“setup api error: setup external ap i error: jwt_secret must be set!”
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Stopped ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Dec 06 13:25:14 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Failed to start ChirpStack A pplication Server.
– Logs begin at Thu 2019-12-05 13:32:13 MSK. –
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“api/as: starting application-server api” bind=“0.0.0.0:8001” ca_cert= tls_cert= tls_key=
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: connected to mqtt broker”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: subscribing to tx topic” qos=0 topic=application/+/device/+/tx
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[739]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=fatal msg=“setup api error: setup external ap i error: jwt_secret must be set!”
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: chirpstack-application-serve r.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Stopped ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 systemd[1]: Started ChirpStack Applicati on Server.
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg=“starting ChirpStack Application Ser ver” docs=“https://www.chirpstack.io/” version=3.6.1
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time =“2019-12-06T13:25:13+03:00” level=info msg="storage: setting up storage package "
Dec 06 13:25:13 ekaterinakazantseva1989 chirpstack-application-server[758]: time ="2019-12-06

Sorry, I forgot to set up jwt secret. In connection with this I had problem. Now all is ok

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exactly.
correctly asked question, contains a half of the answer :slight_smile: