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centengine: No module configuration file provided in the Engine configuration file.

  • April 28, 2026
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Fresh install on Alma 9 as per Unattended installation of a central server | Centreon Documentation.

Simple single server for everything setup. GUI seems to work, but the poller does not  come up:
 

# systemctl restart centengine
# systemctl status centengine | nl
     1  × centengine.service - Centreon Engine
     2       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/centengine.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     3       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2026-04-28 14:48:08 CEST; 5s ago
     4     Duration: 42ms
     5      Process: 67873 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/centengine /etc/centreon-engine/centengine.cfg (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
           …
    15  Apr 28 14:48:08 dev12 centengine[67873]: No module configuration file provided in the Engine configuration file.
    16  Apr 28 14:48:08 dev12 systemd[1]: centengine.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
    17  Apr 28 14:48:08 dev12 systemd[1]: centengine.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.


What do I have to put in there? Is it a feature that the installer didn’t do this?