Unable to Install pf9-hostagent Package on the node

Problem

Unable to install pf9-hostagent package on the node
We see below errors in the /var/log/pf9/hostagent.log.

Unable to install pf9-hostagent package on the node

pf9_app_db.py ERROR - Install command failed: sudo /opt/pf9/hostagent/bin/pf9-apt install /var/cache/pf9apps/pf9-hostagent/4.4.0-3252.9717c06/pf9-hostagent-4.4.0-3252.9717c06.x86_64.deb. Return code: 1, stdout: Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ub

untu8.14) ...

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-194-generic (4.4.0-194.226) ...

Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.14) ...

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-193-generic

W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.

gzip: stdout: No space left on device

E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1

update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-193-generic with 1.

dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Environment

Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - All Versions
Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All Versions

Cause

There is no space on the /boot partition.

$ df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

udev 20G 0 20G 0% /dev

tmpfs 4.0G 394M 3.6G 10% /run

/dev/mapper/cluster2--vg-root 218G 12G 195G 6% /

tmpfs 20G 0 20G 0% /dev/shm

tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock

tmpfs 20G 0 20G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/sda2 721M 681M 3.0M 100% /boot

/dev/sdb1 1.8T 68M 1.7T 1% /mnt/raid

/dev/sda1 511M 3.6M 508M 1% /boot/efi

10.10.0.203:/volume1/kubernetes 32T 18T 14T 57% /nfs/kubernetes

tmpfs 4.0G 0 4.0G 0% /run/user/1001

Resolution

Free the disk space in the /boot partition. The /boot directory contains all of your kernel images, so the likely cause of this issue is that you have too many previous kernels installed.

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