Apache server keeps crashing, "caught SIGTERM, shutting down"

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This just started happening three weeks or so ago. The content of my website hasn't changed, it's just a phpBB forum using MySQL as a back end.

Nothing has changed in well over a year but recently, every two days or so, the server just shuts down and cannot be accessed at all, I have to notify my service provider to physically restart the machine.

It seems to be tied to these SIGTERM errors I find in the logs. Problem is I have no idea how to fix these kinds of things or find the root cause as my skills in this area are lacking.

Anyone have any ideas what could be going on?

  • Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
  • 20051115
  • Linux 2.6.18-028stab057.4 #1 SMP Fri Aug 1 10:47:59 MSD 2008 x86_64

From the error log:

[Sun Nov 01 15:18:53 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down

Not entirely sure that's what's causing me my problems but it doesn't sound like a good thing.

I can post more log information if needed

[Sun Nov 01 05:07:17 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:17 2009] [notice] Digest: done
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 10 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [warn] Init: SSL server IP/port conflict: default-64-6-237-192:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:83) vs. webmail:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:159)
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [warn] Init: You should not use name-based virtual hosts in conjunction with SSL!!
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [warn] WARNING: Attempt to change ServerLimit ignored during restart
[Sun Nov 01 05:07:19 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Nov 01 15:16:11 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Invalid method in request get
[Sun Nov 01 15:18:53 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] Init: SSL server IP/port conflict: default-64-6-237-192:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:83) vs. webmail:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:159)
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] Init: You should not use name-based virtual hosts in conjunction with SSL!!
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [notice] Digest: done
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 10 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] Init: SSL server IP/port conflict: default-64-6-237-192:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:83) vs. webmail:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:159)
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [warn] Init: You should not use name-based virtual hosts in conjunction with SSL!!
[Sun Nov 01 15:19:27 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sun Nov 01 16:42:31 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 16:47:25 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 16:59:22 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 17:37:42 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 17:44:54 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 17:44:55 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 17:44:56 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 18:14:45 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 18:40:30 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 20:10:59 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 20:35:10 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 20:43:07 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 20:43:46 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 21:25:39 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 21:26:03 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 21:56:57 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:21:02 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:25:16 2009] [error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting
[Sun Nov 01 22:25:17 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:25:18 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:25:20 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:25:21 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:25:22 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:46:47 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:52:56 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:56:07 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:56:51 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 22:56:58 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 23:00:41 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 23:09:59 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 23:23:49 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 23:27:14 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 23:36:25 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Sun Nov 01 23:54:06 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 00:12:44 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 00:12:50 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 00:13:23 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 00:39:06 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 00:52:50 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 00:53:02 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:13:38 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:13:39 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:13:40 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:23:01 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:43:47 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:45:51 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:46:27 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 01:47:25 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 02:23:02 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 02:25:37 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 02:25:38 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 02:52:29 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 02:52:51 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 03:49:29 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 03:49:48 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 04:35:33 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:01 2009] [error] [client 66.96.201.63] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/README
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:01 2009] [error] [client 66.96.201.63] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:01 2009] [error] [client 66.96.201.63] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde2
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:01 2009] [error] [client 66.96.201.63] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde3
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:01 2009] [error] [client 66.96.201.63] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde-3.0.9
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:01 2009] [error] [client 66.96.201.63] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/Horde
[Mon Nov 02 04:46:02 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:06 2009] [error] [client 58.246.73.74] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/README
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:06 2009] [error] [client 58.246.73.74] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:07 2009] [error] [client 58.246.73.74] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde2
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:08 2009] [error] [client 58.246.73.74] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde3
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:08 2009] [error] [client 58.246.73.74] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/horde-3.0.9
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:09 2009] [error] [client 58.246.73.74] File does not exist: /var/www/vhosts/default/htdocs/Horde
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:09 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:10 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 05:01:11 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
[Mon Nov 02 09:17:58 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] Init: SSL server IP/port conflict: default-64-6-237-192:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:83) vs. webmail:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:159)
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] Init: You should not use name-based virtual hosts in conjunction with SSL!!
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [notice] Digest: done
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 10 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] Init: SSL server IP/port conflict: default-64-6-237-192:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:83) vs. webmail:443 (/etc/httpd/conf.d/zz010_psa_httpd.conf:159)
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [warn] Init: You should not use name-based virtual hosts in conjunction with SSL!!
[Mon Nov 02 09:18:58 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Nov 02 09:32:34 2009] [error] [client ::1] Directory index forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/
sigterm crash linux apache
8 Answers

Apache is not running

It could also be something as simple as Apache not being configured to start automatically on boot. Assuming you are on a Red Hat-like system such as CentOS or Fedora, the chkconfig –list command will show you which services are set to start for each runlevel. You should see a line like

    httpd           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

If instead it says "off" all the way across, you can activate it with chkconfig httpd on. OR you can start apache manually from your panel.

user_122225740

Try to upgrade and install new packages 

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
user_28145710

During writing to a large Excel file with python and checking the memory in another terminal using free -m command, when the memory had reached 0, the console output was

Killed

Looking up the logs of the server, I found that the error was that same as yours:

Received SIGTERM, shutting down

Therefore, in my case, it was a memory problem. I did not know that writing to Excel takes so much RAM, see Why does writing to a workbook of a few MB with Python's openpyxl module eat Gigabytes of RAM?.

user_111548410

try to disable the rewrite module in ubuntu using sudo a2dismod rewrite. This will perhaps stop your apache server to crash.

user_93985050
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