httpd dead but pid file exists

wirestyle22

the apache service status shows httpd dead but pid file exists. I cannot stop the service but when i start it, it treats it as starting properly. There is nothing is the logs about this error.

I also noticed that if I checked for apache updates with yum check-update httpd I get the following output

Loaded plugins: kmod, rhnplugin, security
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 157, in main
    base.getOptionsConfig(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 187, in getOptionsConfig
    self.conf
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 665, in <lambda>
    conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 254, in _getConfig
    self.plugins.run('init')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 179, in run
    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 125, in init_hook
    login_info = up2dateAuth.getLoginInfo(timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 219, in getLoginInfo
    login(timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateAuth.py", line 170, in login
    server = rhnserver.RhnServer(timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 155, in __init__
    self._server = rpcServer.getServer(timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 156, in getServer
    timeout=timeout)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'timeout'

This is an old rhel 5 machine

I can't stop the service even if I try to rename the old pid file

scottalanmiller

You are root?

wirestyle22

@scottalanmiller said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

You are root?

Yes I'm root

wirestyle22

I am seeing a new entry in the logs:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php/modules/oci8.so' - libclntsh.so.11.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0

black3dynamite

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

I can't stop the service even if I try to rename the old pid file

What about disabling the httpd service and then restart the server?

wirestyle22

@black3dynamite said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

I can't stop the service even if I try to rename the old pid file

What about disabling the httpd service and then restart the server?

This is going to sound stupid, but this is rhel 5. I see that I can disable service on startup but I actually don't see the option to disable the service. I also need to put a reboot request in to reboot a production server.

black3dynamite

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@black3dynamite said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

I can't stop the service even if I try to rename the old pid file

What about disabling the httpd service and then restart the server?

This is going to sound stupid, but this is rhel 5. I see that I can disable service on startup but I actually don't see the option to disable the service. I also need to put a reboot request in to reboot a production server.

Hope these links help.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/stopping.html

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/deployment_guide/s1-apache-startstop

wirestyle22

@black3dynamite said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@black3dynamite said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

I can't stop the service even if I try to rename the old pid file

What about disabling the httpd service and then restart the server?

This is going to sound stupid, but this is rhel 5. I see that I can disable service on startup but I actually don't see the option to disable the service. I also need to put a reboot request in to reboot a production server.

Hope these links help.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/stopping.html

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/deployment_guide/s1-apache-startstop

None of these disable

black3dynamite

This should disable httpd on each runlevel
chkconfig --level 2345 httpd off

black3dynamite

And according to the system manager manual, chkconfig --del httpd will remove the service from chkconfig management, and any symbolic links in /etc/rc[0-6].d which pertain to it are removed.

wirestyle22

@black3dynamite said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

This should disable httpd on each runlevel
chkconfig --level 2345 httpd off

apachectl status
ELinks: Connection refused

black3dynamite

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

@black3dynamite said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

This should disable httpd on each runlevel
chkconfig --level 2345 httpd off

apachectl status
ELinks: Connection refused

This user issue was related to postfix. Yours could be something else but the firsts is worth trying.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/170023

black3dynamite

Another tip for finding out what’s happening.
https://serverfault.com/a/174041

black3dynamite

Have you already tried temporarily disabling SELinux too?

wirestyle22

@black3dynamite Someone already had it disabled. Cardinal sin

wirestyle22

Rebooted last night. Same error.

wirestyle22

cat httpd.pid
1848

 ps aux | grep 1848
root      3017  0.0  0.0   4024   672 pts/0    S+   09:16   0:00 grep 1848

wirestyle22

Turned on debug mode, haven't seen any debug entries yet

wirestyle22

[Tue Oct 22 10:03:19 2019] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Tue Oct 22 10:03:19 2019] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Oct 22 10:03:19 2019] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Oct 22 10:03:19 2019] [info] APR LDAP: Built with OpenLDAP LDAP SDK
[Tue Oct 22 10:03:19 2019] [info] LDAP: SSL support available

stacksofplates

@wirestyle22 said in httpd dead but pid file exists:

I cannot stop the service

Did you try killing the pid, ensuring the pid file is removed and then restarting?