A uname -a and the relevant snippets of hoststated.conf would go a long way in assisting you...
On 1/18/08, Rami Sik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been using PF on openBSD as a firewall box without any problem. I > have two boxes in redundant configuration with CARP. Afterwards, I > needed to use load balancing for both http and https using hoststated. > However, load balancing does not seem to stable. In my case, it is > almost working for a week. Then, it starts seeing the primary web server > down, and it tries to use the backup web server. Sometimes, it fail > overs to the backup server, sometimes it sees the backup one down as > well. Although my both web servers are up and running, it never sees > them up, and load balancing just stays in down state. I tried to reload > hoststated but it did not make any difference. I also tried to stop > hoststated, but it failed to stop. I also tried to disable/enable PF, > and it did not make any difference. Only way to recover is to reboot the > boxes once hoststated is down. Then, the cycle starts again, and it goes > well for a week and the same thing again. > > > > While troubleshooting, I only noticed that the total memory usage > reported by "top" always gets higher and higher. I have 2 G of physical > memory on the boxes. However, my observation is that when the total mem > hits 260M level, it may fail anytime. > > > > Here is the top from a newly rebooted box: > > > > load averages: 0.11, 0.09, 0.08 > 11:16:54 > > 36 processes: 35 idle, 1 on processor > > CPU0 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, > 100% idle > > CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, > 100% idle > > Memory: Real: 12M/97M act/tot Free: 3865M Swap: 0K/3585M used/tot > > > > PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE WAIT TIME CPU > COMMAND > > 7 root 10 0 0K 84M sleep/0 pftm 0:00 0.00% > pfpurge > > 9 root -18 0 0K 84M idle reaper 0:00 0.00% > reaper > > 11 root 18 0 0K 84M sleep/0 syncer 0:00 0.00% > update > > 0 root -18 0 0K 84M sleep/0 schedul 0:00 0.00% > swapper > > 13 root 14 0 0K 84M idle crypto_ 0:00 0.00% > crypto > > 10 root -13 0 0K 84M idle cleaner 0:00 0.00% > cleaner > > 4 root 10 0 0K 84M idle usbevt 0:00 0.00% usb0 > > 6 root 10 0 0K 84M idle usbevt 0:00 0.00% usb1 > > 12 root -18 0 0K 84M idle aiodone 0:00 0.00% > aiodoned > > 8 root -18 0 0K 84M idle pgdaemo 0:00 0.00% > pagedaemon > > 5 root 10 0 0K 84M idle usbtsk 0:00 0.00% > usbtask > > 3 root 10 0 0K 84M idle bored 0:00 0.00% syswq > > 2 root -18 0 0K 84M idle kmalloc 0:00 0.00% > kmthread > > 640 root 2 0 2252K 4480K sleep/0 select 0:00 0.00% snmpd > > 24451 _hoststa 2 0 1356K 2456K idle kqread 0:12 0.00% > hoststated > > > > > > The following is from a box rebooted yesterday (note the increased > memory usage of system processes under RES column): > > > > load averages: 0.16, 0.14, 0.09 > 11:18:01 > > 37 processes: 1 running, 35 idle, 1 on processor > > CPU0 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, > 100% idle > > CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, > 100% idle > > Memory: Real: 13M/206M act/tot Free: 1802M Swap: 0K/3584M used/tot > > > > PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE WAIT TIME CPU > COMMAND > > 8 root 10 0 0K 193M sleep/0 pftm 0:00 0.00% > pfpurge > > 4 root 10 0 0K 193M sleep/0 ipmi_po 0:00 0.00% ipmi0 > > 10 root -18 0 0K 193M idle reaper 0:00 0.00% > reaper > > 12 root 18 0 0K 193M sleep/0 syncer 0:00 0.00% > update > > 0 root -18 0 0K 193M sleep/0 schedul 0:00 0.00% > swapper > > 14 root 14 0 0K 193M idle crypto_ 0:00 0.00% > crypto > > 11 root -13 0 0K 193M idle cleaner 0:00 0.00% > cleaner > > 5 root 10 0 0K 193M sleep/0 usbevt 0:00 0.00% usb0 > > 7 root 10 0 0K 193M sleep/0 usbevt 0:00 0.00% usb1 > > 13 root -18 0 0K 193M idle aiodone 0:00 0.00% > aiodoned > > 9 root -18 0 0K 193M idle pgdaemo 0:00 0.00% > pagedaemon > > 6 root 10 0 0K 193M idle usbtsk 0:00 0.00% > usbtask > > 3 root 10 0 0K 193M idle bored 0:00 0.00% syswq > > 2 root -18 0 0K 193M idle kmalloc 0:00 0.00% > kmthread > > 29491 root 2 0 2308K 4536K sleep/0 select 0:03 0.00% snmpd > > 22579 _hoststa 2 0 2280K 2832K idle kqread 3:11 0.00% > hoststated > > > > > > Rami
