It looks like apache is also getting killed by OOM in your 4GB VM.

MariaDB could be the victim here. I believe your next move should be tuning
Apache so it uses less memory,
or move your db server to a spare VPS, so you can better troubleshoot who
is eating up your RAM.

Cheers.

On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 8:28 AM Ruben Safir via discuss <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Not sure if this is much help
>
> Mar 17 21:03:13 www3 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 14642
> (mariadbd) total-vm:4142548kB, anon-rss:13008kB, file-rss:440kB,
> shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60 pgtables:1612kB oom_score_adj:0
> Mar 18 05:41:20 www3 mariadb[25757]: start-stop-daemon: no matching
> processes found
> Mar 18 08:41:16 www3 kernel: Out of memory: Killed process 25788
> (mariadbd) total-vm:3217532kB, anon-rss:9196kB, file-rss:328kB,
> shmem-rss:0kB, UID:60 pgtables:1080kB oom_score_adj:0
>
> Mar 17 21:03:13 www3 kernel:
>
> oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=68,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/openrc.mariadb,task=mariadbd,pid=14642,uid=60
> Mar 18 05:41:24 www3 mariadb[25767]: WARNING: mariadb is already stopped
> Mar 18 08:41:16 www3 kernel: [  25788]    60 25788   804383     2381
> 2299       82         0  1105920    91680             0 mariadbd
> Mar 18 08:41:16 www3 kernel:
>
> oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=68,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/openrc.mariadb,task=mariadbd,pid=25788,uid=60
> Mar 18 21:45:07 www3 kernel: mariadbd invoked oom-killer:
> gfp_mask=0x140dca(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_ZERO), order=0,
> oom_score_adj=0
> Mar 18 21:45:07 www3 kernel: CPU: 1 UID: 60 PID: 29866 Comm: mariadbd
> Not tainted 6.12.71-1-lts #1 0c6f64fd677899b1f215535073935a6275af35f3
> Mar 18 21:45:07 www3 kernel: [  29866]    60 29866   441047    22216
> 22186       30         0   303104        0             0 mariadbd
> Mar 18 21:45:07 www3 kernel:
>
> oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=openrc.mariadb,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/68,task=/usr/local/apac,pid=14730,uid=2
>
> Mar 18 21:46:30 www3 kernel:
>
> oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=openrc.mariadb,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/openrc.mariadb,task=mariadbd,pid=29990,uid=60
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 06:52:51AM -0400, Ruben Safir via discuss wrote:
> > I'll see what I can do on the next crash, but I haven't been able to
> > get anything from the logs
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 05:57:31AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > mariadb, which I am running at Artix Linux, has been set up and
> > > flawlessly running for decades with Perl DBI:DBD
> > >
> > > Of late, it has regularly been crashing and I can't find even log
> > > entries as to the cause, but suspect that the server is getting
> hammered
> > > by AI robots stressing the system.  A LONG time ago I had a similar
> > > problem with memory allcoation being excusted and Monty showed me how
> to
> > > increase the memory allocation.  I don't know if a similar thing will
> > > help as I am sure that these f***king robots will steal as many
> > > resources as you will feed them.  Once it crashed, it will not restart.
> > > Sometimes I need to kill apache as well to restart.  Occasionally I've
> > > had to do a complete system reboot.
> > >
> > > Do I have a solution to this?
> > >
> > > Reuvain
> > >
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> > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
> > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
> > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
> > http://www.mrbrklyn.com
> >
> > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
> > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive
> > http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
> > http://www.brooklyn-living.com
> >
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> http://www.mrbrklyn.com
>
> DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive
> http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
> http://www.brooklyn-living.com
>
> Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
> but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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