I asked the question below about my Apache server stopping serving
pages. Since then, the server has continued to stop serving pages
periodically, and is getting more frequent. A couple days ago,
wondering if there could be something competing for the IP port, I
changed the port from 81 to 8180, and then updated to port forwarding in
the router. I really had no reason to believe that port 81 was getting
any other activity, but it was an easy test. This did not make any
difference. Today I changed the error log level to debug to see if
anything showed up. Since that time, the server has stopped three more
times. In each case, I remoted into the server, and again was not able
to access any web pages from a web browser on the server. As soon as I
restarted Apache, it started working correctly. Looking at the error
logs, there is absolutely nothing to indicate a problem. Similarly, the
access log only showed that there was no activity from the time it
stopped serving pages, until I restarted the server, and then normal
activity.
I'm running out of ideas.
Anybody else?
Jim Walls
On 1/5/2016 11:05, Jim Walls wrote:
I have Apache 2.4.12 running on a 64 bit Windows Server 2012 R2
installation that periodically just stops serving web pages. Usually
it will start working after an hour or two, or if I'm in a position to
remote into the server I can restart the service using the Apache
Service Monitor, and normally get it to start without waiting. There
is absolutely nothing in the error or access logs. I have not seen
anything that seems to relate in the Windows logs either. I thought
it might be having a firewall (either Windows or router), but last
time it stopped, while remoted into the server, I brought up Firefox
and tried to access a web page or two. I get the browser error that
the web server is not responding (or something along that line). That
should eliminate the router, or Windows firewall I would think. As
soon as I restart the Apache service, both Firefox on the server and
on a remote computer are able to access pages.
The server gets restarted every Friday afternoon, and last Friday
Apache stopped within a couple hours. Problem happen anywhere from
a few hours to several days apart. This is a very plain vanilla
server that is serving three Virtual Hosts (all are affected at the
same time), with no dynamic content - just plain old html
Any good ideas of a cause or where to start looking?
Jim Walls
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