Error message on new relay

Support Relay Operator
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Trying to set up a new relay, getting this error message when Tor starts.
Anyone know what could be wrong?

tor@default.service - Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tor@default.service; enabled-runtime; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-08-08 10:00:50 CEST; 23s ago
    Process: 1688 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/install -Z -m 02755 -o debian-tor -g debian-tor -d /run/tor (code=exited, status=0/SUCCES>
    Process: 1689 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/tor --defaults-torrc /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc -f /etc/tor/torrc --RunAsD>
        CPU: 31ms

aug 08 10:00:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
aug 08 10:00:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
aug 08 10:00:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
aug 08 10:00:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: tor@default.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
aug 08 10:00:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
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What does your torrc file look like? If your using the default configuration file, it may not be loaded with the config needed to run a relay. Inspect torrc closely and make sure its actually trying to connect as a relay, and not just a client

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Change the default torrc file to a simpler one, works now.

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Good shit. Any other issues?

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no, works fine now. Closeing the thread.