At the end what worked for me was: 1) kernel update to the newest version 2) removal of all the alternatives to java and javac, e.g. https://askubuntu.com/questions/613016/removing-oracle-jdk-and-re-configuring-update-alternatives ... View more

I've experiened the same problem on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Cloudera CDH 5.12   Out of 5 nodes, 4 upgraded with no problems, while the 5th has mentioned issue. All instances were working fine on CDH 5.11   One clue is the fact that supervisord directories were created but are empty   Is there a way to enable additional logging for supervisord during installation? ... View more