Re: [WebDNA] v7 problem?
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texte = Just a question.... do you restart apache after removing or adding a new = webdna.fcgi? just an idea there, but if apache starts a WebDNA instance = of a copy of WebDNA that you erase and replace by a new copy, it might = try to start it and find the same instance already opened, which could = create the problem you see. - chris On Jan 9, 2012, at 13:57, Thierry Almy wrote: >=20 >> 70,000 hits a day is by no mean a "high load". >>=20 >> Several questions to help us debug this: >>=20 >> - you write "So I have 3 v7 hosts running on one server and another 2 = on the second server. As soon as I add another one the server crashes" = which could imply a limit in the number of running FastCGI processes. = However, you also wrote ""We've got 4 vhosts running v7 since a few = weeks without problems". >=20 > It's definitely 3 vhosts on server 1 (MacPro dual six-core) and 2 = vhosts on server 2 (MacPro dual quad-core) and they are running fine = like this. >=20 >> - Is it always the same website that makes your webserver crash? >=20 > The "error" appears as soon as I add another vhost with DNA7 on any of = the two servers. > The vhost I add contains ONLY a WebDNA Folder and is NOT hit by = clients. >=20 >=20 >> - when you write "the server crashes", do you mean the website = (WebDNA), apache (all websites) or the entire server? >=20 > I get two kinds of errors in the apache error log as soon as I do = apachectl graceful: >=20 > - sem_open failed: returned EEXIST: File exists > this on is repeated about 20 times and the server still works >=20 > - retry on sem_wait: Bad file descriptor > This error gets repeated endless and unbelievable fast, so that the = logfile grows 1 GB per Minute till the disk is full! (it ended up with a = size of 480GB) >=20 > The server did not really crash. >=20 >> - Do you know if there is a specific apache/iTools directive that = could limit the child processes and automatically restart them when it = reaches its limit? it could be that the iTool apache config is trying to = spawn a high number of childs and that there is a limit somewhere else, = at the mod_FastCGI config level >>=20 >> to simplify debugging, you could try >> StartServers 1 >> MinSpareServers 1 >> MaxSpareServers 1 >=20 > Currently we have the following values: > Start Servers: 5 > Max Clients: 150 > MaxSpare Servers: 10 > MinSpare Servers: 5 > Max Requests per Child: 0 (unlimited) >=20 > Basically iTools just manages apache config files, but I didn't find = anything mod_FastCGI specific. > Before changing this values I'll contact Tenon and ask them ... >=20 > Thanks > Thierry >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> - chris >>=20 >>=20 >> On Jan 9, 2012, at 10:33, Thierry Almy wrote: >>=20 >>> All of our sites are not "extremely" busy ... a few ones have more = hits than other that's true. >>>=20 >>> For server 1 we had about 70'000 hits per day (hits, not visits!) = during the last two weeks, but all served with v6.2 >>> The ones using v7 are not heavily hit. >>>=20 >>> Server 2 has maybe half of hits on v6.2 and only two v7 sites with = almost no hits. >>> The "www.maendli-freizeit.ch" vhost is in development state and has = no hits at all, as I mentioned it makes them crash also if it contains = only the WebDNA folder and nothing else. >>> It doesn't really matter if the v7 sites are heavily hit or not, = it's the fact that having more than a handfull of fcgi processes running = at once. >>>=20 >>> Thierry >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Am 09.01.2012 um 13:20 schrieb christophe.billiottet@webdna.us: >>>=20 >>>> Yes, we will check this error and i will be back with informations. = Could it be that you are running extremely busy websites on a single = server, the kind of website that usually run on dedicated servers, and = that one is heavier than the others? i understand the error follows one = of your websites, www.maendli-freizeit.ch, and that the problem appears = when you add this specific website to your servers. >>>>=20 >>>> I also understood the problem appeared Saturday: "We've got 4 = vhosts running v7 since a few weeks without problems - till yesterday." >>>>=20 >>>> - chris >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 10:07, Thierry Almy wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> Thanks Chris >>>>>=20 >>>>> On our 2x QuadCore we can handle 2 fcgi processes, on the 2x = 6-Core 4 fcgi processes.=20 >>>>> The next process will bring up the errors on each system. >>>>>=20 >>>>> To be honest, it can't be a solution to set up a VPS for each web = host. We're running more than 100 vhosts, it's just impossible to do it = this way ... >>>>>=20 >>>>> The sem_open error points to a programming problem where the = application doesn't properly close channels after usage ...as far as I = understand it ... but I'm definitely not an application programmer ....=20= >>>>>=20 >>>>> Thierry >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Am 09.01.2012 um 12:19 schrieb christophe.billiottet@webdna.us: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> I will check this asap with our developer. Meanwhile, not all = hosting solutions are being equals, though the FastCGI should be able to = handle almost any UNIX/LINUX configuration. I personnally prefer the one = chosen by Ken: a single website on a VPS with a light but feature-rich = linux OS like DEBIAN associated with LIGHTTPD webserver -which is faster = and lighter than apache- and has a well-designed FastCGI implementation. = This solution can be very cheap, will run with 128MB of RAM and scales = up easily with fast processors and lots of RAM. >>>>>> The VPS is the natural extension of WebDNA 7: it gives as much = control as a dedicated server for a fraction of the cost, and makes each = website an independant entity with greater efficiency and high level of = security. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> - chris >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 8:39, Thierry Almy wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Hi chris >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> sorry for the comment ... I take it back ... >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> I just want to have an environment which allows me to do my job = (programming). >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Maybe we should leave OS X at all and move to Linux? >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> The last error we had a few weeks ago was because of heavy load = and bad RAM. >>>>>>> After changing the RAM the malloc error was gone. >>>>>>> The sem_open error must have to do something with WebDNA ... = v6.2 and v7 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Is there anybody else which has seen the sem_open error? >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Thierry >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>>>> the mailing list
. >>>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>>>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>>>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>>>=20 >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>>> the mailing list . >>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>>=20 >>>> --------------------------------------------------------- This = message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . = To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: = http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: = support@webdna.us >>>=20 >>> --------------------------------------------------------- This = message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . = To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: = http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: = support@webdna.us >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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Just a question.... do you restart apache after removing or adding a new = webdna.fcgi? just an idea there, but if apache starts a WebDNA instance = of a copy of WebDNA that you erase and replace by a new copy, it might = try to start it and find the same instance already opened, which could = create the problem you see. - chris On Jan 9, 2012, at 13:57, Thierry Almy wrote: >=20 >> 70,000 hits a day is by no mean a "high load". >>=20 >> Several questions to help us debug this: >>=20 >> - you write "So I have 3 v7 hosts running on one server and another 2 = on the second server. As soon as I add another one the server crashes" = which could imply a limit in the number of running FastCGI processes. = However, you also wrote ""We've got 4 vhosts running v7 since a few = weeks without problems". >=20 > It's definitely 3 vhosts on server 1 (MacPro dual six-core) and 2 = vhosts on server 2 (MacPro dual quad-core) and they are running fine = like this. >=20 >> - Is it always the same website that makes your webserver crash? >=20 > The "error" appears as soon as I add another vhost with DNA7 on any of = the two servers. > The vhost I add contains ONLY a WebDNA Folder and is NOT hit by = clients. >=20 >=20 >> - when you write "the server crashes", do you mean the website = (WebDNA), apache (all websites) or the entire server? >=20 > I get two kinds of errors in the apache error log as soon as I do = apachectl graceful: >=20 > - sem_open failed: returned EEXIST: File exists > this on is repeated about 20 times and the server still works >=20 > - retry on sem_wait: Bad file descriptor > This error gets repeated endless and unbelievable fast, so that the = logfile grows 1 GB per Minute till the disk is full! (it ended up with a = size of 480GB) >=20 > The server did not really crash. >=20 >> - Do you know if there is a specific apache/iTools directive that = could limit the child processes and automatically restart them when it = reaches its limit? it could be that the iTool apache config is trying to = spawn a high number of childs and that there is a limit somewhere else, = at the mod_FastCGI config level >>=20 >> to simplify debugging, you could try >> StartServers 1 >> MinSpareServers 1 >> MaxSpareServers 1 >=20 > Currently we have the following values: > Start Servers: 5 > Max Clients: 150 > MaxSpare Servers: 10 > MinSpare Servers: 5 > Max Requests per Child: 0 (unlimited) >=20 > Basically iTools just manages apache config files, but I didn't find = anything mod_FastCGI specific. > Before changing this values I'll contact Tenon and ask them ... >=20 > Thanks > Thierry >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> - chris >>=20 >>=20 >> On Jan 9, 2012, at 10:33, Thierry Almy wrote: >>=20 >>> All of our sites are not "extremely" busy ... a few ones have more = hits than other that's true. >>>=20 >>> For server 1 we had about 70'000 hits per day (hits, not visits!) = during the last two weeks, but all served with v6.2 >>> The ones using v7 are not heavily hit. >>>=20 >>> Server 2 has maybe half of hits on v6.2 and only two v7 sites with = almost no hits. >>> The "www.maendli-freizeit.ch" vhost is in development state and has = no hits at all, as I mentioned it makes them crash also if it contains = only the WebDNA folder and nothing else. >>> It doesn't really matter if the v7 sites are heavily hit or not, = it's the fact that having more than a handfull of fcgi processes running = at once. >>>=20 >>> Thierry >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Am 09.01.2012 um 13:20 schrieb christophe.billiottet@webdna.us: >>>=20 >>>> Yes, we will check this error and i will be back with informations. = Could it be that you are running extremely busy websites on a single = server, the kind of website that usually run on dedicated servers, and = that one is heavier than the others? i understand the error follows one = of your websites, www.maendli-freizeit.ch, and that the problem appears = when you add this specific website to your servers. >>>>=20 >>>> I also understood the problem appeared Saturday: "We've got 4 = vhosts running v7 since a few weeks without problems - till yesterday." >>>>=20 >>>> - chris >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 10:07, Thierry Almy wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> Thanks Chris >>>>>=20 >>>>> On our 2x QuadCore we can handle 2 fcgi processes, on the 2x = 6-Core 4 fcgi processes.=20 >>>>> The next process will bring up the errors on each system. >>>>>=20 >>>>> To be honest, it can't be a solution to set up a VPS for each web = host. We're running more than 100 vhosts, it's just impossible to do it = this way ... >>>>>=20 >>>>> The sem_open error points to a programming problem where the = application doesn't properly close channels after usage ...as far as I = understand it ... but I'm definitely not an application programmer ....=20= >>>>>=20 >>>>> Thierry >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Am 09.01.2012 um 12:19 schrieb christophe.billiottet@webdna.us: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> I will check this asap with our developer. Meanwhile, not all = hosting solutions are being equals, though the FastCGI should be able to = handle almost any UNIX/LINUX configuration. I personnally prefer the one = chosen by Ken: a single website on a VPS with a light but feature-rich = linux OS like DEBIAN associated with LIGHTTPD webserver -which is faster = and lighter than apache- and has a well-designed FastCGI implementation. = This solution can be very cheap, will run with 128MB of RAM and scales = up easily with fast processors and lots of RAM. >>>>>> The VPS is the natural extension of WebDNA 7: it gives as much = control as a dedicated server for a fraction of the cost, and makes each = website an independant entity with greater efficiency and high level of = security. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> - chris >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 8:39, Thierry Almy wrote: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Hi chris >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> sorry for the comment ... I take it back ... >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> I just want to have an environment which allows me to do my job = (programming). >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Maybe we should leave OS X at all and move to Linux? >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> The last error we had a few weeks ago was because of heavy load = and bad RAM. >>>>>>> After changing the RAM the malloc error was gone. >>>>>>> The sem_open error must have to do something with WebDNA ... = v6.2 and v7 >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Is there anybody else which has seen the sem_open error? >>>>>>>=20 >>>>>>> Thierry >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>>>> the mailing list . >>>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>>>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>>>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>>>=20 >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>>> the mailing list . >>>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>>>> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >>>>=20 >>>> --------------------------------------------------------- This = message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . = To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: = http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: = support@webdna.us >>>=20 >>> --------------------------------------------------------- This = message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . = To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: = http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: = support@webdna.us >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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