> > - DNS: is it working? If apache needs it to resolve IPs (eg, if you have VH > tags containing a domain instead of an IP) and it isn't working, apache can > get stuck. > Yes, DNS is working fine. > - Hanging forever is sometimes due to an errant firewall - it silently drops > the packet rather than refusing the connection, that way an attacker can't > distinguish between active security and network latency. Did you > enable/adjust the FW (ipchains?) on the server? > When I try accessing firewalled ports on my server it hangs for 7-10 seconds before saying, "Connection Timed Out." When I access the Port Apache is running on I get an infinite hang. But if I kill the Apache process, then I get instantly "Connection refused" That tells me that it must be getting through the firewall. Plus, the server has been running on this port for months and I haven't made any changes to the firewall configuration.
> - you have: apache + server_1 = broken, apache + server_2 = works > therefore server_1 != server_2 > So what changed on server_1? Any chance of a re-install? That's the problem, nothing I can tell has changed. It has been working for the past two months, and then just yesterday I try and access the site and it's not working. There was nothing I changed in between. Since it's a VPS, I'm going to try restoring to a backed up copy and hope it works. > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > > > I have been running an Apache 2 server for several months on a Linux > > Fedora Core 2 Virtual Private Server. The server has > > guaranteed 256 MB > > of RAM. The Apache 2 is used for development purposes only. > > The Apache > > is configured with mod_python and with subversion/webdav. > > > > Earlier today I try to access the web site and my browser hangs. It > > does not say "connection refused", it does not say "connection > > timeout," it hangs for as long as I let it, even as long as a half an > > hour if I don't hit the stop button. > > > > When I do apachectl -k stop, it says, "httpd (no pid file) not > > running." But the process list shows that it's still running. I kill > > the process and the browser finally responds "connection closed." I > > start the Apache again, try and connect, and the browser hangs once > > again. I try cleaning out the PID files, rebooting the server, and > > checking all the access and error log, but to no avail. > > > > Everything else on the VPS works fine. I have a version of Apache1.3 > > running fine. SSH, the FTP server, and MySQL are all working too. My > > VPS power panel shows that system resources are well below critical > > levels. > > > > I get so frustrated I install a clean version of Apache, in a separate > > folder, running on a separate port. But the exact same problem > > happens! Then I try switching to a different server that I > > run, and do > > the exact same Apache installation - and it works! > > > > So for some reason Apache2 all of a sudden just stopped > > deciding to run > > on this one server, and I cannot do anything to get it back, not even > > rebooting. > > > > On the server where Apache works, after I start it and I run ps -Af I > > get: > > > > root 27642 1 0 15:27 ? 00:00:00 > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start > > nobody 27643 27642 0 15:27 ? 00:00:00 > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start > > nobody 27644 27642 0 15:27 ? 00:00:00 > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start > > nobody 27645 27642 0 15:27 ? 00:00:00 > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start > > nobody 27646 27642 0 15:27 ? 00:00:00 > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start > > > > But on the server where it doesn't work I just get this: > > root 20352 1 0 15:48 ? 00:00:00 > > /usr/local/apache3/bin/httpd -k start > > > > So I have decided that the problem is that Apache is not > > spawning child > > processes. > > The browser makes a socket connection to the server, but Apache has no > > child process to pass the connection off to, so the browser just waits > > forever to get a response back. > > > > The question is, how in the world do I fix this? 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