Unable to install csf. Infinite tailwatchd loop

[moazam]

Hi,

I tried first installing CSF from the guideline provided on your website: https://download.configserver.com/csf/install.txt but this created a huge problem for us. Our server was filled up with 60k+ processes like this:

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root      2398  0.0  0.0 124500  1620 ?        Ss   Apr27   0:01 /usr/sbin/crond -n
root     13451  0.0  0.0 222996  3648 ?        S    00:00   0:00  \_ /usr/sbin/CROND -n
root     13468  0.0  0.0 113280  1200 ?        Ss   00:00   0:00  |   \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/csf --lfd restart > /dev/null 2>&1
root     13469  0.0  0.0 113280   868 ?        S    00:00   0:00  |       \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/csf --lfd restart > /dev/null 2>&1
root     13471  0.0  0.0 113280   612 ?        S    00:00   0:00  |           \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/csf --lfd restart > /dev/null 2>&1
root     13472  0.0  0.0 113280   612 ?        S    00:00   0:00  |               \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/csf --lfd restart > /dev/null 2>&1
root     13474  0.0  0.0 113280   612 ?        S    00:00   0:00  |                   \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/csf --lfd restart > /dev/null 2>&1

I disabled lfd cron job and tried installing again using guideline provided by cpanel: https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/ ... -security- and now installation is stuck with infinite loop of these errors:

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Service Status
        tailwatchd (tailwatchd) is running as root with PID 2577 (systemd+/proc check method).

Startup Log
        Apr 28 05:24:36 figma.localhost systemd[1]: Starting tailwatchd...
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost restartsrv_tailwatchd[2577]: [Wed Apr 28 05:24:38 2021] Starting /usr/local/cpanel/libexec/tailwatch/tailwatchd daemon
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost restartsrv_tailwatchd[2577]: Log is at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost systemd[1]: Started tailwatchd.

tailwatchd restarted successfully.

...Done
/usr/local/csf/bin/uninstall.sh: line 2: sf: command not found
Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory
Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory
Failed to remove file: /var/cpanel/apps/csf.conf : No such file or directory
Waiting for “tailwatchd” to restart gracefully ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………waiting for “tailwatchd” to initialize ………finished.

Service Status
        tailwatchd (tailwatchd) is running as root with PID 2577 (systemd+/proc check method).

Startup Log
        Apr 28 05:24:36 figma.localhost systemd[1]: Starting tailwatchd...
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost restartsrv_tailwatchd[2577]: [Wed Apr 28 05:24:38 2021] Starting /usr/local/cpanel/libexec/tailwatch/tailwatchd daemon
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost restartsrv_tailwatchd[2577]: Log is at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost systemd[1]: Started tailwatchd.

tailwatchd restarted successfully.

...Done
/usr/local/csf/bin/uninstall.sh: line 2: sf: command not found
Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory
Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory
Failed to remove file: /var/cpanel/apps/csf.conf : No such file or directory
Waiting for “tailwatchd” to restart gracefully …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………waiting for “tailwatchd” to initialize ………finished.

Service Status
        tailwatchd (tailwatchd) is running as root with PID 2577 (systemd+/proc check method).

Startup Log
        Apr 28 05:24:36 figma.localhost systemd[1]: Starting tailwatchd...
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost restartsrv_tailwatchd[2577]: [Wed Apr 28 05:24:38 2021] Starting /usr/local/cpanel/libexec/tailwatch/tailwatchd daemon
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost restartsrv_tailwatchd[2577]: Log is at /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log
        Apr 28 05:24:38 figma.localhost systemd[1]: Started tailwatchd.

I have no clue what's going on. Please help. Thank you