[mod_python] Re: apachectl restart == dead mod_python

Graham Dumpleton grahamd at dscpl.com.au
Wed Sep 14 23:30:20 EDT 2005


We don't always have immediate answers nor the time to look at things
straight away. For me personally, I am actually on holidays in a foreign
country and haven't had Internet access for about 5 days. I only have it
now because I found an unsecured wireless connection.

Thus, be patient. I have another 100+ messages to catch up on. Your
problem isn't simple so I will be flagging it for later.

Things you should at least do are try the latest mod_python 3.2 beta
available from:

   http://www.modpython.org/dist/

You should also do a good search back through the mailing list archives
as I do vaguely recollect a similar problem mentioned before. You can
search the mailing list archive from the mod_python home page search  
box.

Graham

On 14/09/2005, at 12:25 AM, Christian Holtje wrote:

> Hi Graham and the mod_python gang.
>
> Is no one going to respond to this?  More info was asked for and I
> gathered it...
>
> Ciao!
>
> The Doctor What wrote:
>
>> * Graham Dumpleton (grahamd at dscpl.com.au) [050908 21:06]:
>>
>>
>>> On 09/09/2005, at 11:43 AM, The Doctor What wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> I have apache2 2.0.54, mod_python 3.1.3, python 2.3.5 (Debian
>>>> Sarge).
>>>>
>>>> I can start up apache2 and the mod_python pages work fine.
>>>>
>>>> However, if I then do apachectl restart, the mod_python pages hang
>>>> forever.  Frozen.  Eventually I get a timeout message in my browser.
>>>> The apache children do not die readily and require extra time to
>>>> clean up. :-(
>>>>
>>>> I full stop/start works everytime but in not a desirable solution
>>>> for a live server with multiple domains.  In addition, I'd have to
>>>> change all the log rotation stuff, etc.
>>>>
>>>> I particularly interested in TRAC, but it seems to be a generic
>>>> problem. I want to get PSE on my server, too.
>>>>
>>>> Is there some option I'm not including or something?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Is this happening with a really simple mod_python handler, ie.,
>>> something like mptest, or something more complicated? Ie., can
>>> you be sure it isn't the handler code itself is causing the
>>> problem?
>>>
>>> What mode is Apache running in, "prefork" or "worker"?
>>>
>>> Do you get any messages in the Apache error log file which may be
>>> pertinent?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Graham! Thanks for replying. :-)
>>
>> I set up the mptest.py and got the following behaviour:
>>  * After setting up the configuration directives, I did a complete
>>    restart (stop-start). The mptest.py worked correctly.
>>  * I then did a reload (kill -HUP aka graceful) on apache.
>>    mptest.py then returned 500s for the first few times, then the
>>    apache server stopped responding to that page. Other pages work
>>    fine.  No logs are generated other than access logs.
>>  * To recover, a full restart is needed (stop-start).  It takes
>>    work to kill some of the children.  It's obvious that they
>>    are hung somehow.
>>
>> See the attached file "experiment" for a full log of my tests.
>>
>> The apache server is running in "prefork" mode.
>>
>> Ciao!
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> --
>>
>> Script started on Fri Sep  9 09:38:53 2005
>> docwhat % sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
>> Forcing reload of web server: Apache2.
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> docwhat % sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
>> Reloading web server config...done.
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>>  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
>> <head>
>> <title>Server error!</title>
>> <link rev="made" href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d" />
>> <style type="text/css"><!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/
>>    body { color: #000000; background-color: #FFFFFF; }
>>    a:link { color: #0000CC; }
>>    p, address {margin-left: 3em;}
>>    span {font-size: smaller;}
>> /*]]>*/--></style>
>> </head>
>>
>> <body>
>> <h1>Server error!</h1>
>> <p>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    The server encountered an internal error and was
>>    unable to complete your request. Either the server is
>>    overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.
>>
>>
>>
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> If you think this is a server error, please contact
>> the <a href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d">webmaster</a>.
>>
>> </p>
>>
>> <h2>Error 500</h2>
>> <address>
>>  <a href="/">gerf.org</a><br />
>>
>>  <span>Fri Sep  9 09:39:58 2005<br />
>>  Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) DAV/2 SVN/1.1.4 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2  
>> mod_python/3.1.3 Python/2.3.5 PHP/4.3.10-16 mod_ssl/2.0.54  
>> OpenSSL/0.9.7e</span>
>> </address>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>>  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
>> <head>
>> <title>Server error!</title>
>> <link rev="made" href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d" />
>> <style type="text/css"><!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/
>>    body { color: #000000; background-color: #FFFFFF; }
>>    a:link { color: #0000CC; }
>>    p, address {margin-left: 3em;}
>>    span {font-size: smaller;}
>> /*]]>*/--></style>
>> </head>
>>
>> <body>
>> <h1>Server error!</h1>
>> <p>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    The server encountered an internal error and was
>>    unable to complete your request. Either the server is
>>    overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.
>>
>>
>>
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> If you think this is a server error, please contact
>> the <a href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d">webmaster</a>.
>>
>> </p>
>>
>> <h2>Error 500</h2>
>> <address>
>>  <a href="/">gerf.org</a><br />
>>
>>  <span>Fri Sep  9 09:39:59 2005<br />
>>  Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) DAV/2 SVN/1.1.4 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2  
>> mod_python/3.1.3 Python/2.3.5 PHP/4.3.10-16 mod_ssl/2.0.54  
>> OpenSSL/0.9.7e</span>
>> </address>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>>  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
>> <head>
>> <title>Server error!</title>
>> <link rev="made" href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d" />
>> <style type="text/css"><!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/
>>    body { color: #000000; background-color: #FFFFFF; }
>>    a:link { color: #0000CC; }
>>    p, address {margin-left: 3em;}
>>    span {font-size: smaller;}
>> /*]]>*/--></style>
>> </head>
>>
>> <body>
>> <h1>Server error!</h1>
>> <p>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    The server encountered an internal error and was
>>    unable to complete your request. Either the server is
>>    overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.
>>
>>
>>
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> If you think this is a server error, please contact
>> the <a href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d">webmaster</a>.
>>
>> </p>
>>
>> <h2>Error 500</h2>
>> <address>
>>  <a href="/">gerf.org</a><br />
>>
>>  <span>Fri Sep  9 09:40:00 2005<br />
>>  Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) DAV/2 SVN/1.1.4 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2  
>> mod_python/3.1.3 Python/2.3.5 PHP/4.3.10-16 mod_ssl/2.0.54  
>> OpenSSL/0.9.7e</span>
>> </address>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>>  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
>> <head>
>> <title>Server error!</title>
>> <link rev="made" href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d" />
>> <style type="text/css"><!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/
>>    body { color: #000000; background-color: #FFFFFF; }
>>    a:link { color: #0000CC; }
>>    p, address {margin-left: 3em;}
>>    span {font-size: smaller;}
>> /*]]>*/--></style>
>> </head>
>>
>> <body>
>> <h1>Server error!</h1>
>> <p>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    The server encountered an internal error and was
>>    unable to complete your request. Either the server is
>>    overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.
>>
>>
>>
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> If you think this is a server error, please contact
>> the <a href="mailto:%5bno%20address%20given%5d">webmaster</a>.
>>
>> </p>
>>
>> <h2>Error 500</h2>
>> <address>
>>  <a href="/">gerf.org</a><br />
>>
>>  <span>Fri Sep  9 09:40:01 2005<br />
>>  Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) DAV/2 SVN/1.1.4 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2  
>> mod_python/3.1.3 Python/2.3.5 PHP/4.3.10-16 mod_ssl/2.0.54  
>> OpenSSL/0.9.7e</span>
>> </address>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>>
>> docwhat % echo I pressed control c, it never came back.
>> I pressed control c, it never came back.
>> docwhat % sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
>> Stopping web server: Apache2.
>> docwhat % sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
>> Stopping web server: Apache2 ... no pidfile found! not running?.
>> docwhat % sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
>> Starting web server: Apache2.
>> docwhat % lynx -source http://gerf.org/test/mptest.py
>> Hello World!
>> Script done on Fri Sep  9 09:45:58 2005
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> --
>>
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