I am running a Debian Jessie server and want to log some custom messages using syslog. I added the following line to rsyslog.conf
local0.* -/var/log/mojosound.log
When I use the syslog function in my c program with this syntax:
syslog(LOG_LOCAL0, "Test Message");
I see the mojosound.log file created and updated each time I run the sample program. However, if I try and add a priority to the command, the message goes nowhere that I can find.
int priority = LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_LOCAL0, LOG_INFO);
syslog(pritority, "Test Message");
There are no other references to local0 in the conf file and no other rules that look like they should matter.
I am thinking that it must be an issue with my conf file but I cannot find anything in the rsyslog documentation that would point to what it is.
Any ideas?
rc.local was killing the rsyslog service at the end of startup. Took a while but finally found it.
We are trying to deploy one of our node js applications(AngularJS/NodeJS tech stack) to Production environment. Randomly, some of the ec2 instances just goes down as node process is getting killed. But no application/system level error messages are getting logged. We are unable to replicate this issue in local/dev/it environments. Has anyone faced something similar? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
I know this is an old question, just in case someone else run into the same problem.
Most probably is that your a running out of memory, as explained here. You can verify with dmesg command (linux). To fix it you can add more memory or add a swap volume.
One way is following this answer:
sudo /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap.1 bs=1M count=1024
sudo /sbin/mkswap /var/swap.1
sudo chmod 600 /var/swap.1
sudo /sbin/swapon /var/swap.1
// enable after reboot
/var/swap.1 swap swap defaults 0 0
By default, nodejs application would be stopped when no client connect to it, you could use some tools like forever to keep your nodejs app running
I want to monitor NTP error message to catch synchronization fail like network unreachable, server error etc..
When I add logconfig =allall in /etc/ntp.conf, and restart ntpd, trying to get more information when error occurs, but the output information is not enough for me to monitor.
But, if I run ntp in debug mode, like "ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -D 4", I can get more detail information.
Could I just modify ntp config file to do the same thing as debug mode?
By the way, logconfig seems not written on man page.
Thank you!
You don't say which OS you are running this on, or trying to configure this for but... if its a linux OS then have a look in the following file.
/etc/sysconfig/ntpd that is the default options file which is read when the daemon is started. My default config contains OPTIONS="-u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g"
You should be able to modify that to suite your requirement of additional logging.
I'm trying to get Tomcat 6 running on Fedora 14. I'm quite new to this sort of thing, though I have managed to get Apache running before.
I suspect I've made mistakes on some quite basic levels, because the test page (http://localhost:8080) can't be found.
If I try to check the service's status, as root or as an ordinary user, this is what I get:
tomcat6 (pid) is running...[OK]
tomcat6 lockfile exists but process is not running [FAILED]
So I'm confused, because I seem to be being told that Tomcat 6 both is and isn't running. If anyone can tell me what this really is telling me, and where my suspicions should turn next, I'd be very grateful.
There's no mention of any of this sort of thing in the docs.
I had the same problem. I found beetstra's answer to be necessary but insufficient. I also needed to change some permissions. As indicated (mostly) by this bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708694
# get rid of pid
rm /var/run/tomcat6.pid
# give tomcat sufficient permissions
chown tomcat:tomcat -R /usr/share/tomcat6/conf/
chown tomcat:tomcat -R /usr/share/tomcat6/conf
chown tomcat:tomcat -R /usr/share/tomcat6/logs
After that I could start tomcat successfully:
service tomcat6 start
Starting tomcat6: [ OK ]
I had the same problem, and it was caused by a stale lock file. The process was not really running, there was just a file that said it might be running. The solution was to remove that file:
rm /var/run/tomcat6.pid
Something that I've noticed recently on two different machines is that Apache2 installed via MacPorts seems to have stopped launching when I boot up. The honest truth is that I can't swear it did so before, but it's something I think I'd notice because installing the LaunchDaemon is part of my install process. In fact, if I try to reload the LaunchDaemon, it fails:
$ sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2.plist
org.macports.apache2: Already loaded
Unless I start Apache manually (using sudo apachectl restart), grep'ing for either "apache2" or "httpd" in my process list only produces this:
$ sudo ps -ef | egrep "apache2|httpd"
0 52 1 0 0:00.06 ?? 0:00.08 /opt/local/bin/daemondo --label=apache2 --start-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/apache2.wrapper start ; --stop-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/apache2.wrapper stop ; --restart-cmd /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/apache2.wrapper restart ; --pid=none
1410639199 6960 6792 0 0:00.00 ttys001 0:00.00 egrep apache2|httpd
Looks like the daemon itself is in place, but no executable. As far as I know/can tell, the relevant executables (httpd and apachectl) are executable by everyone.
Has anyone else noticed this? Any ideas?
UPDATE
As requested below, I did execute launchctl list. The list is long and I'm not sure how to snip it, but suffice to say that no org.macports.* items are listed. That in itself is interesting because my MySQL daemon is loaded the same way. It works, but also doesn't appear in the list. Let me know if the entire output is really needed.
UPDATE
I assumed that I had executed launchctl list under sudo, but prompted by mipadi's comment below, I tried again ensuring that I did so and I assumed incorrectly. When executed under sudo, the MacPorts items appear:
51 - org.macports.mysql5
52 - org.macports.apache2
I'm not sure whether that will help, but it's a little more info nonetheless.
UPDATE
I've asked a different, but related, question at LaunchDaemons and Environment Variables. I'll update both questions as I learn more.
UPDATE
Today, based on mailing list input, I tried using a wildcard home directory. Academically, it's a little more inclusive than I'd like, but the practical reality is that I'm the only one using this computer; certainly the only one who'd have Apache config files laying around.
Include "/Users/*/Dropbox/Application Support/apache/conf.d.osx/*.conf"
Include "/Users/*/Library/Application Support/MacPorts/apache/conf.d/*.conf"
Unfortunately...
httpd: Syntax error on line 512 of /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: Wildcard patterns not allowed in Include /Users/*/Dropbox/Application Support/apache/conf.d.osx/*.conf
I found my answer to this problem here:
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36101
"I apparently fixed this when changing my local dnsmasq config. In /etc/hosts I added my servername (gala) to the loopback entry:
127.0.0.1 localhost gala
and then I changed ServerName in /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf to match:
ServerName gala
Apache now starts at boot for me."
Since I now know why Apache has stopped loading on startup, I'm going to articulate that answer and mark this question as answered. The reason Apache has stopped launching on boot is that I'm trying to share an httpd.conf file across systems. The config file needs to Include files from directories that exist within my home directory. Since the home directory is different on each machine, I was trying to reference the ${HOME} environment variable.
This works fine when manually starting after the machine is booted, but fails on startup because the environment variable isn't yet set. As mentioned above, see this question for more information.
Rob:
Had the same problem: "sudo launchctl load -w ..." started Apache2 while I was logged in, but did not work during startup (the "-w" should have taken care of that). Also, as you noticed, the daemon seems to be registered with launchctl. It will show up with "sudo launchctl list" and another "sudo launchctl load ..." will result in the error message.
I played with "sudo port load apache2" and "sudo port unload apache2", but could not get httpd running on reboot.
In the end, I got rid of the MacPorts startup item: "sudo port unload apache2", checked with "sudo launchctl list" that org.macports.apache2 is no longer registered for startup.
Afterwards, I followed the steps on http://diymacserver.com > Docs > Tiger > Starting Apache. I only had to adapt the path from /usr/local/... to /opt/local/...
Now the MacPorts Apache2 is starting fine with every reboot.
Good luck, Klaus
I found that my MacPorts apache2 was not starting on boot because of an “error” in my httpd.conf.
I was using
Listen 127.0.0.1:80
Listen 192.168.2.1:80
Listen 123.123.123.123:80 # Example IP, not the one I was really using
And in Console.app I was seeing
4/8/12 4:59:06.208 PM org.macports.apache2: (49)Can't assign requested address: make_sock: could not bind to address 192.168.2.1:80
4/8/12 4:59:06.208 PM org.macports.apache2: no listening sockets available, shutting down
4/8/12 4:59:06.208 PM org.macports.apache2: Unable to open logs
I tried adjusting permissions on all the log folders (despite the fact that logs were being written just fine when I manually started apache2) and that didn't help.
Even though the Apache Documentation for Listen clearly states
Multiple Listen directives may be used to specify a number of addresses and ports to listen to. The server will respond to requests from any of the listed addresses and ports.
I decided to try switching back to just using
Listen 80
And after doing so apache2 is starting on boot with no errors or warnings.
If you're using Subversion with Apache, you may find that Apache is not starting because the mod_dav_svn.so file has moved to /opt/local/libexec. You'll need to adjust your Apache startup files to account for the new location of this file.
In newer versions of MacPorts you can run sudo port load apache2 to instruct MacPorts to take care of the launchctl setup and automatically start the process. To stop the process run port unload.
After loading check /opt/local/apache2/logs/error_log for errors, including configuration issues.
In addition to my previous answer I have also found that sometimes Apache fails to start because something else with the system is not yet ready.
On one OS X Server machine I also use the DNS to create a “internal only” DNS name for the machine and that name is used in my Apache configuration. Sometimes when Apache tries to start the DNS server is not yet ready and Apache fails to load because the hostname isn’t valid.
I have also seen this on other non-Server systems without local DNS as well where something else required by Apache must not be ready yet.
One thing that has worked is to edit the apache2.wrapper located at /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/apache2.wrapper that MacPorts’ daemondo uses to start up Apache.
Edit the Start() function to add a sleep command to wait a bit before launching Apache.
Original (Lines 14-17 on my machine)
Start()
{
[ -x /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl ] && /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start > /dev/null
}
With wait time added
Start()
{
[ -x /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl ] && sleep 10 && /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start > /dev/null
}