Cluster Stuck in Converging State due to Permission Issue with the file: user-config/.checksum

Problem

Cluster stuck in converging state - Due to permission issue with file: /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum in a node stuck in Retrying state. Below errors can be seen in the nodelet logs of affected node:

"C":"fileio/fileio.go:193","M":"Error: open /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum: permission denied"}

Environment

• Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - v5.9.

Cause

The file /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum has incorrect permission in the affected node.

# ls -lrt /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum

Resolution

Correct the permissions of the file to below permissions and restart the PMK stack.

# ls -lrt /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum

-rw-r--r-- 1 pf9 pf9group /var/opt/pf9/kube/user-config/.checksum