Re: Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-26 Thread Christoph Fischer
Hi, this seems also to be a problem in mod_jk , tomcat4.1.10, apache 1.3 on a linux server however it does build up slowly over the day. The problem seems to be that the connection via mod_jk (Port 8009) does not close, so the java/tomcat processes will not quit after responding to the request

Re: Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-26 Thread Lars George
Hi Christoph, I would recommend to upgrade to Apache 2 and mod_jk2 as soon as possible. With the old Apache 1 and mod_jk we had a whole set of other problems when it came to load related instabilities. The new version is heaps better. Lars Christoph Fischer wrote: Hi, this seems also to be a

Re: Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-26 Thread Lars George
David, Checking my log files, I can see that I get many of thoe lines in the generic apache error log: [...timestamp...] [error] child process xyzabc still did not exit, sending a SIGKILL I get at least 40 of these just after it starts running full. That does not look ok, does it? Lars David

Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-25 Thread Lars George
Hi, We have an odd problem we cannot solve. Maybe someone else has come across this too. We use Apache 2.0.52 with the Tomcat 5.0.25 and its included mod_jk2 with Coyote/JK2 AJP 1.3 connector. Usually Apache uses 230 slots out of 1000 it has set as the maximum. This can be seen from the

Re: Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-25 Thread David Smith
I would start with the apache logs and find out what kind of requests are logged in the access just before the event. That should get you going in the right direction. --David Lars George wrote: Hi, We have an odd problem we cannot solve. Maybe someone else has come across this too. We use

Re: Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-25 Thread Lars George
David, This proves more difficult, since the requests look like standard requests that work at other times. Moreover the POST data is no logged anyway so I cannot check if it was a value that was sent in by chance. Is there anything else I can check to see what is going on? I was more thinking

Re: Problems wth Apache, mod_jk2 and Tomcat

2004-10-25 Thread David Smith
Hmmm.. My assumption to your email was their was some kind of possible probing of your Apache server and/or a misbehaving client. Do you run snort on the box hosting the Apache httpd service? It's an intrusion detection tool designed to log suspicious activity. That could be something to