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  1. #1
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    Unhappy Apache ZOMBIES killing my apache, please help...

    I don`t know what this can be but I know that this killing my apache every few minutes on 2 my servers and I think this is some attack or...

    Server working fine, like before this problem but now I have too much zombies (when I use 'top' command) and from 0 in second come to 30 and back to 0 and back to 2x-30 and I think that that killing my apache...now I have too much:
    httpd <defunct>

    processes in apache...

    Somebody know what can be problem?

    Thanks.

  2. #2
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    check your error log.. You may have log files over 2gb in size
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  3. #3
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    yes, problem is in apache main log, thank you...that is because cPanel don`t rotate log file on my server because I have load over 2 and cpanel don`t want start webalizer and other stats programs (cpanel rotate my logs after create stats)...

    Can I on some way disable apache main log (not error) or start log rotation on load over 1-2 and without webalizer stats...

    Thanks.

  4. #4
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    any solutions yet?

  5. #5
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    Wink

    Hi!
    You can go to WHM -> Tweak settings and change a value in this field:
    The load average above the number of cpus at which logs file processing should be suspended

    Put 4 in it and cpanel wil run logs if the load is under (4+number of CPUs).

    That should help you.

  6. #6
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    For those who don't have cPanel and are having this problem, you can use a script called logrotate to compress and move the logs, then restart Apache.

    http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/logrotate8.html

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