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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-35705

Server incorrectly assumes legacy config file is YAML due to trailing colon in bind_ip value

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Priority: Icon: Minor - P4 Minor - P4
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    • Affects Version/s: 3.0.15, 4.0.0
    • Component/s: Admin
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      I discovered what may be a bug in the server's format detection for configuration files (between legacy 2.4 format and YAML, which was introduced in 2.6). Consider:

      vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$ /home/vagrant/3.0/usr/bin/mongod --config /home/vagrant/30.conf --port 2700
      Error parsing YAML config file: yaml-cpp: error at line 8, column 18: illegal map value
      try '/home/vagrant/3.0/usr/bin/mongod --help' for more information
      
      vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$ cat 30.conf 
      dbpath=/tmp/standalone-30/
      nssize=1
      journal=true
      logappend=true
      logpath=/tmp/standalone-30/mongod.log
      smallfiles=true
      oplogSize=100
      bind_ip=0.0.0.0,::
      ipv6=true
      setParameter = enableTestCommands=1
      
      vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~$
      

      Since I was working with a 3.0 server, I was using the bind_ip equivalent for bind_ip_all (introduced in 3.6).

      This is a configuration file produced by Mongo Orchestration. Since MO supports 2.4, it generates config files in the legacy format.

      Here, it looks like the the trailing colon on line 8 caused mongod to assume it was loading a YAML config file.

      Values in legacy 2.4 config files cannot be quoted. I attempted to wrap 0.0.0.0,:: in quotes and observed the following startup error:

      2018-06-20T17:28:56.902+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] options: { config: "/home/vagrant/30.conf", net: { bindIp: ""0.0.0.0,::"", ipv6: true, port: 2700 }, replication: { oplogSizeMB: 100 }, setParameter: { enableTestCommands: "1" }, storage: { dbPath: "/tmp/standalone-30/", journal: { enabled: true }, mmapv1: { nsSize: 1, smallFiles: true } }, systemLog: { destination: "file", logAppend: true, path: "/tmp/standalone-30/mongod.log" } }
      2018-06-20T17:28:56.969+0000 I NETWORK  [initandlisten] getaddrinfo(""0.0.0.0") failed: Name or service not known
      2018-06-20T17:28:56.971+0000 I NETWORK  [initandlisten] getaddrinfo("::"") failed: Name or service not known
      

      I was able to work around this issue by swapping the order of the IP addresses to ::,0.0.0.0.

      Assuming this is a bug, I certainly don't expect that a fix would be backported to 3.0 (or 2.6). It may be prudent to simply change the order of the IP addresses in our documentation, which should minimize the chance of other users coming across this.

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            backlog-server-servicearch [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Service Architecture
            Reporter:
            jmikola@mongodb.com Jeremy Mikola
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