X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=adapter%2Fvppapiclient%2Fstat_client.go;h=389c93bea8f0a7592d883a23cf5d7ee6816448be;hb=3f0489044a1fbc6539aa8c57ffce6d7b00de7d82;hp=2615b6537df52ea3ed57f014b9cc9b5f401db3ae;hpb=df781c9bcf64ba93d0ab7ce62573d93c2bf93d4e;p=govpp.git

diff --git a/adapter/vppapiclient/stat_client.go b/adapter/vppapiclient/stat_client.go
index 2615b65..389c93b 100644
--- a/adapter/vppapiclient/stat_client.go
+++ b/adapter/vppapiclient/stat_client.go
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ func (c *statClient) Connect() error {
 		sockName = c.socketName
 	}
 
+	if _, err := os.Stat(sockName); err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("stats socket file %q does not exists, ensure that VPP is running with `statseg { ... }` section in config", sockName)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("stats socket file error: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	rc := C.govpp_stat_connect(C.CString(sockName))
 	if rc != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("connecting to VPP stats API failed (rc=%v)", rc)