Server is AlmaLinux 8.5 (converted from CentOS).
I had been doing some work to add a new web site which included the usual dnf update and also installing php81-php-fpm and some associated packages. All went well until I tried to set up a new SSL certificate with Certbot.
The certbot command simply hangs. There was evidence in the logs that it had successfully run a renew cycle within the previous 24 hours, and the server had been rebooted after the updates (which included a kernel update).
Further investigation revealed that the snap command (Certbot having been installed with it) also hangs. Specifically snap help works but even snap version hangs. I suspect this may be behind the certbot hangs. Snappy version is 1.1.8-3.el8.
I cannot find any Snappy-specific logs and messages doesn’t show anything obvious. I have also confirmed snapd.service is running.
I rebooted the server again and inspected messages and these were the snap entries. Maybe that last entry relates to the issue?
Dec 27 20:31:54 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1]: Starting Socket activation for snappy daemon.
Dec 27 20:31:54 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1]: Started Timer renew for snap application certbot.renew.
Dec 27 20:31:54 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1]: Listening on Socket activation for snappy daemon.
Dec 27 20:32:26 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1787]: Listening on REST API socket for snapd user session agent.
Dec 27 20:34:15 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1]: Started snap.certbot.certbot.210f1e08-0000-45c6-8927-a0252806888f.scope.
Dec 27 20:34:16 zkarj-alma01 snapd[1910]: AppArmor status: apparmor not enabled
Dec 27 20:34:16 zkarj-alma01 snapd[1910]: daemon.go:242: started snapd/2.53.4-1.el8 (series 16; classic; devmode) almalinux/8.5 (amd64) linux/4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.x86_.
Dec 27 20:34:16 zkarj-alma01 snapd[1910]: daemon.go:335: adjusting startup timeout by 45s (pessimistic estimate of 30s plus 5s per snap)
Dec 27 20:34:16 zkarj-alma01 dbus-daemon[776]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service' requested by ':1.71' (uid=0 pid=1910 comm="/usr/libexec/snapd/snapd " label="system_u:system_r:snappy_t:s0")
Dec 27 20:34:25 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1]: snap.certbot.certbot.210f1e08-0000-45c6-8927-a0252806888f.scope: Succeeded.
Dec 27 20:35:01 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1954]: Listening on REST API socket for snapd user session agent.
Dec 27 20:35:12 zkarj-alma01 systemd[1954]: Closed REST API socket for snapd user session agent.
Any help or suggestions appreciated.
