Yes, that's the reason why the location of the file can be user selectable. There's no need to adjust the name when you can adjust the location/path.
On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:00 AM, Zisis Lianas <zisis.lia...@consol.de> wrote: > Currently the default location of the slotmem file > is the "DefaultRuntimeDir", since on slotmem creation > only the "conf->id" is defined as filename: > modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c, 762: > rv = storage->create(&new, conf->id, > ALIGNED_PROXY_BALANCER_SHARED_SIZE, > conf->max_balancers, AP_SLOTMEM_TYPE_PREGRAB, pconf); > > modules/slotmem/mod_slotmem_shm.c, 275: > fname = slotmem_filename(pool, name); > > modules/slotmem/mod_slotmem_shm.c, 137: > const char *filenm = apr_pstrcat(pool, DEFAULT_SLOTMEM_PREFIX, > slotmemname, DEFAULT_SLOTMEM_SUFFIX, NULL); > > > There is no possibility to customize the shm-filename > resp. the shm-target-directory. Thats a big issue when > working with shared filesystems. > > So my idea was to define some shm-target-directory and > slotmemname-prefix in httpd.conf. So e.g. when shm-target-directory > is /shared-fs/logs/shm/ and slotmemname-prefix is `hostname` > (exported as shell variable), the final shm file would be > /shared-fs/logs/shm/slotmem-shm-myhostname-sbf751527.shm. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Jagielski" <j...@jagunet.com> > To: dev@httpd.apache.org > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:16:08 PM > Subject: Re: httpd 2.4.2 - mod_proxy id name not unique > > I have to admit, I never really considered that case, but can't > you simply change the default location of the slotmem on one? > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Zisis Lianas <zisis.lia...@consol.de> wrote: > >> Hi Jim, >> >> what do you think about the suggested directives of >> "ProxyConfigIdPrefix" and "BalancerSlotmemDir"? >> (any other way to solve this problem is also welcome) >> >> >> Today I just ran into the same problem with httpd-2.4.3. >> The apache config/logs directory is shared (NFS) on two >> servers - when trying to restart both apache instances >> at same time, the last one throws an error: >> [proxy_balancer:debug] mod_proxy_balancer.c(760): AH01178: Doing balancers >> create: 544,1 (6) >> [slotmem_shm:debug] mod_slotmem_shm.c(300): AH02300: create >> /apache/logs/slotmem-shm-sbf751527.shm: 544/6 >> [proxy_balancer:emerg] (17)File exists: AH01179: balancer slotmem_create >> failed >> >> When I restart this instance when the first one is up, >> the restart is successful. >> >> >> regards, >> Zisis >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim Jagielski" <j...@jagunet.com> >> To: dev@httpd.apache.org >> Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 8:43:46 PM >> Subject: Re: httpd 2.4.2 - mod_proxy id name not unique >> >> Let me look into that... iirc, it was due to us wanting to >> be able to persist data between restarts and using the time >> as part of the id prevented that. But I could be mis-remembering. >> >> On Apr 30, 2012, at 7:50 AM, Zisis Lianas wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> when mod_proxy currently is generating his "id", the name >>> of this id is not very unique. So if you have a shared config/ >>> logs dir for more instances, the slotmem-shm files generated in >>> DefaultRuntimeDir are the same. Bit unlucky if working with shared >>> file systems. >>> >>> In httpd-2.4.2/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c line 1146 I can see >>> the following code: >>> #if 0 >>> id = ap_proxy_hashfunc(apr_psprintf(p, "%pp-%" APR_TIME_T_FMT, ps, >>> apr_time_now()), PROXY_HASHFUNC_DEFAULT); >>> #else >>> id = ap_proxy_hashfunc(apr_psprintf(p, "%pp", ps), PROXY_HASHFUNC_DEFAULT); >>> #endif >>> >>> Primarily checked in with >>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c?r1=1065749&r2=1065748&pathrev=1065749 >>> >>> >>> If activating the first ap_proxy_hashfunc call, the generated names >>> seem to be unique. Is there any reason this code is not used? Maybe >>> we can set the "timed" version as default? >>> >>> >>> >>> best regards, >>> Zisis >>> >> >