DB down or something?

Amour · Post by **Amour** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:10 pm

exp wrote:(load >1000, a simple ssh login takes a couple of hours and a ps axw i started ~17h ago hasn't finished yet x_X)

kill -9 -1

DonGato · Post by **DonGato** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:30 pm

I doubt he has the rights to do so.

Post by **exp** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:34 pm

Amour wrote:kill -9 -1

that would be a VERY bad idea.
it would (if it works) kill sshd but leave the box running -> no way to access it remotely anymore.
however i've already issued a "reboot" command nearly 20h ago.
who knows maybe the server will reboot at some point but right now I think that only a hard reset will get it running again.

BYe!
EXP

rowaasr13 · Post by **rowaasr13** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:39 pm

Maybe you should run some really high-prio daemon that would reboot box, when specific string is received on some port?

Amour · Post by **Amour** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:24 pm

Or, next time everything works fine, you write down on a piece of paper the id of the Apache process. Like this, no need to do a ps when something bad happens, you can directly kill it.

lucky644 · Post by **lucky644** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:34 pm

Bah, this certainly sucks

mattmann72 · Post by **mattmann72** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:24 am

Hint of advice. Next time run apache with a Nice level (something like 10+) if it keeps overtaking the CPU usage. By doing so you will still be able to SSH in.

Another thing to consider is running a cron script to check the CPU usage of Apache and if it stays at 99% or greater for more than an hour just have it kill and restart apache.

There are some other options too.

Matt

OnegaiNL · Post by **OnegaiNL** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:56 am

or some script that auto-reboots when the loads reaches max.

anyways reboot it i can't live without anidb xD

CodeZ · Post by **CodeZ** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:02 am

Oh dear.. Too bad that apache is going berserk... killall httpd (maybe not) or killall apache2 (maybe better) would do something

I wonder if updating apache would fix something, but of course that depends on accessmethods to server (I mean, if updating it is possible by admins accessing server via ssh and if there is new version of apache available atm).
Hope that reboot-command doesn't take too many hundreds of days to process

Take your time. We'll wait

bata · Post by **bata** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:03 am

oh well only one thing to do, gotta start taking bets on when it will be back up ^^

So very glad i decided to download AOM just before it went down i have nfi how i would be able 2 keep track of my downloads without it. tho i still prefer to use the webbie over AOM.

VHS_Guy · Post by **VHS_Guy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:27 pm

i had just finished writing a post to the AR forums when i clicked submit and got page cannot be displayed, back down again?

Post by **PetriW** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:58 pm

Just a few server updates to make it less likelly to happen again.

Post by **exp** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:07 pm

After a restart the server is running fine again.
You might still notice short downtimes every now and then today and this WE as I am making some updates.

BYe!
EXP

VHS_Guy · Post by **VHS_Guy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:11 pm

glad its back, was starting to go through a little withdraw from not visiting the site for that long