Apache keeps restarting with DaemonTools

humbletech99 · 11-14-2005, 05:56 AM

I've installed DaemonTools, created /service/apache

and wrote a very simple run with the lines:

#!/bin/sh
exec /path/to/httpd/binary/httpd

the line "exec /path/httpd" works from the command line and I get httpd in the background when I check with ps and also port 80 is bound to with netstat.

However, when I use this run script with daemontools service, the process restarts every second such that it never appears in the ps list. It's pid keeps changing indicating a constantly respawning process.

Any idea why this is?

xrtc · 11-14-2005, 07:31 AM

why u try to execute apache with DeamonTools??

try the simple httpd &

or if u still have probs try with screen utility

screen -AmdS apache /path to apache/httpd

if u need to start the apache at boot just put these one of these lines into ur startup files (rc.local or boot.local etc.

humbletech99 · 11-14-2005, 08:58 AM

I want it to restart apache if it falls over

otherwise I could just use the init.d script...

xrtc · 11-14-2005, 09:55 AM

*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/iptraffic 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null

expample from my cron

the cron check every 5mins if its runnin the iptraf... if not it restart the service

humbletech99 · 11-14-2005, 10:51 AM

did I mention this is a mission critical server?

daemon-tools restarts within 5 seconds if anything goes wrong. Also, I have added extra security to this server which kills any process that is compromised, So if something gets killed in order to avoid compromise, I want it to come straight back up.