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List:       apache-httpd-users
Subject:    [users@httpd] httpd already running
From:       Edward Quick <edwardquick () hotmail ! com>
Date:       2013-01-31 21:22:00
Message-ID: DUB002-W47D96EEE7C2BB99E84679FAB1D0 () phx ! gbl
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Hi,

I'm wondering if the following scenario is a bug or designed, because if httpd dies \
and leaves behind a pidfile containing a pid which later gets reused, the httpd \
refuses to come back up. I've already seen this in production, where a host has \
crashed and on coming back up the web server fails to start because something else \
has grabed the pid.

To reproduce the problem I can do this:

[root@laptop httpd]# pkill -9 httpd
[root@laptop httpd]# pgrep httpd
[root@laptop httpd]# echo 1 > /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid 

[root@laptop httpd]# /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using \
fe80::201:4aff:fe5e:5331 for ServerName httpd (pid 1) already running

I wondered whether fedora 17 might have coded round this, but no:

[root@laptop httpd]# systemctl start httpd.service
Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details.
[root@laptop httpd]# systemctl status httpd.service
httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server (prefork MPM)
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled)
      Active: failed (Result: resources) since Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:05:36 +0000; 3s \
                ago
     Process: 2228 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k start (code=exited, \
status=0/SUCCESS)  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/httpd.service

Jan 31 21:05:36 laptop httpd[2228]: httpd: Could not reliably determine the...me
Jan 31 21:05:36 laptop httpd[2228]: httpd (pid 1) already running
[root@laptop httpd]# 

[root@laptop httpd]# pgrep httpd
[root@laptop httpd]# 

I tested this out on RHEL6 which ships with httpd 2.2.15 and noted that doesn't \
suffer the same problem so presumably a patch has gone into httpd since then, but I \
can't see the logic for the situation above. 

Thanks for any guidance on this.
Edward.

 		 	   		  


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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi,<br><br>I'm wondering if the following \
scenario is a bug or designed, because if httpd dies and leaves behind a pidfile \
containing a pid which later gets reused, the httpd refuses to come back up. I've \
already seen this in production, where a host has crashed and on coming back up the \
web server fails to start because something else has grabed the pid.<br><br>To \
reproduce the problem I can do this:<br><br>[root@laptop httpd]# pkill -9 \
httpd<br>[root@laptop httpd]# pgrep httpd<br>[root@laptop httpd]# echo 1 &gt; \
/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid <br><br>[root@laptop httpd]# /usr/sbin/httpd -k \
start<br>httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain \
name, using fe80::201:4aff:fe5e:5331 for ServerName<br>httpd (pid 1) already \
running<br><br>I wondered whether fedora 17 might have coded round this, but \
no:<br><br>[root@laptop httpd]# systemctl start httpd.service<br>Job failed. See \
system journal and 'systemctl status' for details.<br>[root@laptop httpd]# systemctl \
status httpd.service<br>httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server (prefork \
MPM)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Loaded: loaded \
(/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; \
Active: failed (Result: resources) since Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:05:36 +0000; 3s \
ago<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Process: 2228 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/httpd $OPTIONS -k \
start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; CGroup: \
name=systemd:/system/httpd.service<br><br>Jan 31 21:05:36 laptop httpd[2228]: httpd: \
Could not reliably determine the...me<br>Jan 31 21:05:36 laptop httpd[2228]: httpd \
(pid 1) already running<br>[root@laptop httpd]# <br><br>[root@laptop httpd]# pgrep \
httpd<br>[root@laptop httpd]# <br><br>I tested this out on RHEL6 which ships with \
httpd 2.2.15 and noted that doesn't suffer the same problem so presumably a patch has \
gone into httpd since then, but I can't see the logic for the situation above. \
<br><br>Thanks for any guidance on this.<br>Edward.<br><br> 		 	   		  </div></body> \
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