First, I know this is probably not an Apache question, but I'm hoping that
someone on this list may have seen this problem before and knows the
solution.
I know this is going to be very long winded, my apologies in advance, but I
have done quite a bit of research so I have a good idea what won't work :-(
Problem:
OS is Fedora 25
Fedora replaces service with systemctl control using service files for
starting and stopping daemons. This is a bit different than the traditional
init.d approach.
I installed Apache-2.4.25 from source without using the Fedora installation
so I had to produce my own start up scripts and used the compatibility
feature of systemctl so httpd can be started from /etc/init.d/httpd
My startup script works perfectly UNTIL I reboot. At that point the
directory where httpd.pid resides (/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid) gets deleted.
I have a good idea of why this happens; it is this line in
/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions which runs during shutdown or reboot:
rm -f "${pid_file:-/var/run/$base.pid}"
It is obvious that $base includes the httpd/ subdirectory so that gets
deleted too.
Changing the pid file location away from /var/run/httpd/ can't be done.
Even if the start up script in init.d is changed systemctl expects to find
it there. So I changed the httpd.conf file to put it where systemctl wants
it to be.
In case anyone wonders, I can put the pid file anywhere during start up but
if I do that systemctl hangs and then times out during startup with a
message that the pid file is unreadable, leaving httpd running and an
orphan. Also "systemctl stop httpd" hangs and httpd stays up. In this one
case, "systemctl reboot" never completes; you end up having to push the
reset button; although I would assume that in the fullness of time it might
time out.
"systemctl status httpd" in this case shows that httpd is NOT running due
to a missing resource (the pid file) even though it is up and running fine.
There is one obvious work-around, check for /var/run/httpd on startup in
the init.d script, and it it isn't there, create it, but that begs the
question of what am I not understanding.
So, has anyone encountered this before. I sure hope it isn't a fat finger
error on my part but two days is enough for something like this. I need
help!
Here is the relevant part of the (current) httpd.conf file in
/usr/apache-2.4.25/conf/httpd.conf
# Added with 2.4.25, 25/3/2017, to work with Fedora which won't
# relocate the pid file to the default location
PidFile /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid
#
and here is the complete init.d/httpd startup script. Mostly it was cribbed
from the old server's (RHEL6 and apache-2.4.10) script. A lot of the
commented lines are where I have been trying to find a solution to the
problem. In general, one # is Red Hat's comments and two ## is my testing.
#!/bin/bash
#
# httpd Startup script for the Apache HTTP Server
#
# chkconfig: - 85 15
# description: The Apache HTTP Server is an efficient and extensible \
# server implementing the current HTTP standards.
# processname: httpd
# config: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
# config: /etc/sysconfig/httpd
# pidfile: /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: httpd
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $named
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Should-Start: distcache
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: start and stop Apache HTTP Server
# Description: The Apache HTTP Server is an extensible server
# implementing the current HTTP standards.
### END INIT INFO
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/httpd ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/httpd
fi
# Start httpd in the C locale by default.
HTTPD_LANG=${HTTPD_LANG-"C"}
# This will prevent initlog from swallowing up a pass-phrase prompt if
# mod_ssl needs a pass-phrase from the user.
INITLOG_ARGS=""
# Set HTTPD=/usr/sbin/httpd.worker in /etc/sysconfig/httpd to use a server
# with the thread-based "worker" MPM; BE WARNED that some modules may not
# work correctly with a thread-based MPM; notably PHP will refuse to start.
# Path to the apachectl script, server binary, and short-form for messages.
# This was damaged by Red Hat system update 23/4/2013. Changed back to
# probable initial code.
#
# Converted for new prod04 server 26/3/2017 JI
#
## apachectl=/usr/sbin/apachectl
apachectl=/usr/apache-2.4.25/bin/apachectl
## httpd=${HTTPD-/usr/sbin/httpd}
httpd=${HTTPD-/usr/apache-2.4.25/bin/httpd}
prog=httpd
pidfile=${PIDFILE-/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid}
##>>>pidfile=${PIDFILE-/usr/apache-2.4.25/logs/httpd.pid} <<-- this doesn't
work
lockfile=${LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/httpd}
RETVAL=0
STOP_TIMEOUT=${STOP_TIMEOUT-10}
# The semantics of these two functions differ from the way apachectl does
# things -- attempting to start while running is a failure, and shutdown
# when not running is also a failure. So we just do it the way init
scripts
# are expected to behave here.
start() {
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
## LANG=$HTTPD_LANG daemon --pidfile=${pidfile} $httpd $OPTIONS
$apachectl -k start
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch ${lockfile}
return $RETVAL
}
# When stopping httpd, a delay (of default 10 second) is required
# before SIGKILLing the httpd parent; this gives enough time for the
# httpd parent to SIGKILL any errant children.
stop() {
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
## killproc -p ${pidfile} -d ${STOP_TIMEOUT} $httpd
$apachectl -k stop
RETVAL=$?
echo
## [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${lockfile} ${pidfile}
[ $RETVAL = 0 ]
}
reload() {
echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
if ! LANG=$HTTPD_LANG $httpd $OPTIONS -t >&/dev/null; then
RETVAL=6
echo $"not reloading due to configuration syntax error"
failure $"not reloading $httpd due to configuration syntax error"
else
# Force LSB behaviour from killproc
# LSB=1 killproc -p ${pidfile} $httpd -HUP
$apachectl -k restart
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL -eq 7 ]; then
failure $"httpd shutdown"
fi
fi
echo
}
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status -p ${pidfile} $httpd
RETVAL=$?
;;
restart)
stop
;;
status)
status -p ${pidfile} $httpd
RETVAL=$?
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
condrestart|try-restart)
if status -p ${pidfile} $httpd >&/dev/null; then
stop
start
fi
;;
force-reload|reload)
reload
;;
graceful|help|configtest|fullstatus)
$apachectl $@
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|try-restart|
force-reload|reload|status|fullstatus|graceful|help|configtest}"
RETVAL=2
esac
exit $RETVAL
FYI, the usual "S" and "K" links are in /etc/rc[1-6].d directories. They
were created automatically when I ran "systemctl enable" on httpd.
Any suggestions as to where to go next would be appreciated!
Regards,
John
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