vrrp_instance notify_stop never executes

[davewongillies]

I'm attempting to use the notify_stop option in my vrrp_instance but I'm noticing that when stopping keepalived that it never gets executed. The only log entry I see in syslog is:

Aug 21 01:34:10 my-keepalived-server Keepalived[30476]: Stopping Keepalived v1.2.13 (06/15,2014)

Is this the correct option to use when I want notifications of vrrp_instances being stopped when shutting down keepalived or is there something else I should be using?

vrrp_instance my_instance {
    state BACKUP
    interface eth0
    virtual_router_id 1
    priority 50
    advert_int 5

    smtp_alert
    notify_stop "/usr/local/sbin/keepalived_notify.sh"
    notify "/usr/local/sbin/keepalived_notify.sh"

    authentication {
        auth_type PASS
        auth_pass myp@assw0rd
    }

    include /etc/keepalived/conf.d/vrrp/instance.my_instance/*.conf
}

NB, the notify option works as expected when failing over my keepalived servers.

[acassen]

1.2.13 is too old, consider upgrading.

[davewongillies]

I've built version 1.2.19 and I'm still seeing exactly the same behaviour:

Aug 21 04:53:44 my-keepalived-server Keepalived[5662]: Stopping Keepalived v1.2.19 (08/21,2015)

[acassen]

Hello,

1.2.19 is also way too old. Current stable release is 2.0.16, there has been tons of extensions and fixes since 1.2.19 release. Please consider upgrading to last stable.

[davewongillies]

@acassen thanks for replying to this almost 4 years later. I'm not in a job where I use keepalived anymore.

[acassen]

fun enough :)... I received a pop-up on GitHub just today... didn't look at the date... sorry about that.

[ChrLau]

Just some FYI: I noticed the same behaviour with the keepalived versions from Debian Stretch (Version 1.3.2) and Debian Buster (Version 2.0.10).

But it works with the Version 2.1.5 which is included in Debian Bullseye.
Haven't compiled or tested any 2.2.x releases.
For those who have systemd: A useable workaround is using drop-in file for the keepalived unit file and do whatever you need with the ExecStopPost and similiar parameters (see: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html)

Keepalived v2.1.5 (07/13,2020)

Copyright(C) 2001-2020 Alexandre Cassen, <acassen@gmail.com>

Built with kernel headers for Linux 5.8.14
Running on Linux 5.10.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.70-1 (2021-09-30)

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Config options:  NFTABLES LVS REGEX VRRP VRRP_AUTH JSON BFD OLD_CHKSUM_COMPAT FIB_ROUTING SNMP_V3_FOR_V2 SNMP_VRRP SNMP_CHECKER SNMP_RFCV2 SNMP_RFCV3 DBUS

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