d@bpid:~$ sudo journalctl -e -f -u cardano-node
Jan 11 16:05:57 bpid systemd[1]: cardano-node.service: Failed with result āexit-codeā.
Jan 11 16:06:02 bpid systemd[1]: cardano-node.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2078.
Jan 11 16:06:02 bpid systemd[1]: Stopped Cardano Node Service.
Jan 11 16:06:02 bpid systemd[1]: Started Cardano Node Service.
Jan 11 16:06:02 bpid cardano-node[26372]: Node configuration: NodeConfiguration {ncSocketConfig = SocketConfig {ncNodeIPv4Addr = Last {getLast = Just 0.0.0.0}, ncNodeIPv6Addr = Last {getLast = Nothing}, ncNodePortNumber = Last {getLast = Just 6000}, ncSocketPath = Last {getLast = Just (SocketPath {unSocketPath = ā/home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socketā})}}, ncConfigFile = ā/home/d/cardano-my-node/config.jsonā, ncTopologyFile = ā/home/d/cardano-my-node/topology.jsonā,
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an 12 13:51:12 bpid cardano-node[65585]: [bpid:cardano.node.startup:Info:5] [2023-01-12 20:51:12.05 UTC] startup time: 1673556673
Jan 12 13:51:12 bpid cardano-node[65585]: [bpid:cardano.node.startup:Error:5] [2023-01-12 20:51:12.05 UTC] Failure while attempting to remove the stale local socket: /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket : /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket: removeLink: inappropriate type (Is a directory)
Jan 12 13:51:12 bpid cardano-node[65585]: Shutting downā¦
Jan 12 13:51:12 bpid cardano-node[65585]: LocalSocketError ā/home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socketā /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket: removeLink: inappropriate type (Is a directory)
Jan 12 13:51:12 bpid cardano-node[65585]: cardano-node: Failure while attempting to remove the stale local socket: /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket : /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket: removeLink: inappropriate type (Is a directory)
Jan 12 13:51:12 bpid systemd[1]: cardano-node.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 12 13:51:12 bpid systemd[1]: cardano-node.service: Failed with result āexit-codeā.
20:51:12.05 UTC] Failure while attempting to remove the stale local socket: /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket : /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket: removeLink: inappropriate type (Is a directory)
d@bpid:~$ cd $NODE_HOME
d@bpid:~/cardano-my-node$ ls
alonzo-genesis.json config.json db startCardanoNode.sh
byron-genesis.json configuration.yaml shelley-genesis.json topology.json
d@bpid:~/cardano-my-node$ cd db
d@bpid:~/cardano-my-node/db$ ls
cardano-node.service socket
d@bpid:~/cardano-my-node/db$
d@bpid:~/cardano-my-node/db$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rār-- 1 root root 720 Jan 9 10:39 cardano-node.service
drwxrwxr-x 2 d d 4096 Jan 11 22:55 socket
d@bpid:~/cardano-my-node/db$
ok. you created the socket folder, thats why canāt create the socket file
type rm socket ( if not working try rm -R socket) restart the node and check again the status
Jan 12 13:56:05 bpid cardano-node[66179]: [bpid:cardano.node.startup:Error:5] [2023-01-12 20:56:05.02 UTC] Failure while attempting to remove the stale local socket: /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket : /home/d/cardano-my-node/db/socket: removeLink: inappropriate type (Is a directory)