Source: apache2 Version: 2.4.38+deb10u3 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
when apachectl configtest failed, the systemd reload apache2.service command kill the apache mainprocess. command: systemctl reload apache2.service log: apachectl[6784]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 1 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: apachectl[6784]: Invalid command 'i', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration apachectl[6784]: Action 'graceful' failed. apachectl[6784]: The Apache error log may have more information. systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. systemd[1]: Reload failed for The Apache HTTP Server. I think if the systemd service Type=Forking, when the main process exit with failure, the systemd stopping the whole cgrup. ExecReload=/usr/sbin/apachectl graceful call the same apachectl script which is the ExecStart script also Solution: systemd service Type=Notify with mod_systemd like in RedHat & CentOS systems Not too good solution: apacectl zero exit status on configtest failed (if the invoke from systemd) regards: Bertalan -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.11 APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-0.bpo.6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
