Oct 26 03:16:16 5c3s1-node4 systemd[1]: Starting Raise network interfaces...
Oct 26 03:16:16 5c3s1-node4 sh[985]: /etc/network/interfaces.d/interfaces: Is a directory
Oct 26 03:16:16 5c3s1-node4 ifup[1036]: /etc/network/interfaces.d/interfaces: Is a directory
Oct 26 03:16:17 5c3s1-node4 ifup[1036]: /sbin/ifup: waiting for lock on /run/network/ifstate.em1
Oct 26 03:16:23 5c3s1-node4 systemd[1]: Started Raise network interfaces.
root@5c3s1-node4:~#
To recover I have to reboot the node:-
root@5c3s1-node4:~# reboot
root@5c3s1-node4:~# Connection to 10.87.74.132 closed by remote host.
Connection to 10.87.74.132 closed.
[ritam@nodem3 ~]$ ssh root@10.87.74.132
root@10.87.74.132's password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-87-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https:/ /help.ubuntu. com /landscape. canonical. com /ubuntu. com/advantage system/ networking. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) generator/ networking. service. d
`-50- insserv. conf-$network. conf /sbin/ifup -a --read-environment (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) /bin/sh -c [ "$CONFIGURE_ INTERFACES" != "no" ] && [ -n "$(ifquery --read-environment --list --exclude=lo)" ] && udevadm settle (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) slice/networkin g.service
* Management: https:/
* Support: https:/
Last login: Fri Oct 26 02:59:44 2018 from 10.204.216.92
root@5c3s1-node4:~# systemctl status networking.service
* networking.service - Raise network interfaces
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Drop-In: /run/systemd/
Active: active (exited) since Fri 2018-10-26 03:16:23 PDT; 2min 22s ago
Docs: man:interfaces(5)
Process: 1036 ExecStart=
Process: 985 ExecStartPre=
Main PID: 1036 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 0
Memory: 0B
CPU: 0
CGroup: /system.
Oct 26 03:16:16 5c3s1-node4 systemd[1]: Starting Raise network interfaces... interfaces. d/interfaces: Is a directory interfaces. d/interfaces: Is a directory ifstate. em1
Oct 26 03:16:16 5c3s1-node4 sh[985]: /etc/network/
Oct 26 03:16:16 5c3s1-node4 ifup[1036]: /etc/network/
Oct 26 03:16:17 5c3s1-node4 ifup[1036]: /sbin/ifup: waiting for lock on /run/network/
Oct 26 03:16:23 5c3s1-node4 systemd[1]: Started Raise network interfaces.
root@5c3s1-node4:~#