Hello,

I have a virtual server on Virtuozzo/Plesk platform, and run into a
permanent problem with the Apache server: if the server is not
restarted daily, it reaches very high numfile numbers (around 5-6000).
The server hosts about 20 domains with low activity (there is no
domain with more than 1000 hits per day).
A lsof on the machine reveals that Apache uses a lot of files for
logging (for each domain, it opens the log files several times). Does
anyone know what config isn't ok?

Alex

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> Hello,
>
> I have a virtual server on Virtuozzo/Plesk platform, and run into a
> permanent problem with the Apache server: if the server is not
> restarted daily, it reaches very high numfile numbers (around 5-6000).
A numerical suffix makes me think logrotate is too eager.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/pro...otatelogs.html

Why logrotate, try -if supported on your platform- rotatelog (...)

> The server hosts about 20 domains with low activity (there is no
> domain with more than 1000 hits per day).

> A lsof on the machine reveals that Apache uses a lot of files for
> logging (for each domain, it opens the log files several times).
Apache has a few (preforked) childs waiting for requests.
Each child keeps all log files of all vhosts open.

For 15 vhost-ed domains this give me 15 error_log-s and 15 access_log-s
opened 10 times each on an idle server.


HansH