> The console terminal didn't respond either. I could use Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch consoles but the console terminal wouldn't respond at all to key strokes. I didn't see any error messages on the console itself either. Faulty hardware or is it lack of RAM due to the multiple apache instances?
>
>
> OpenBSD 4.0-stable (GENERIC) #3: Wed Mar 14 14:13:09 CDT 2007
> claus@server1.xxxxxx.us:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> cpu0: Intel Pentium II ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 266 MHz
> cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,MMX
> real mem = 66678784 (65116K)
> avail mem = 52568064 (51336K)
> using 839 buffers containing 3436544 bytes (3356K) of memory
> mainbus0 (root)
> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(96) BIOS, date 08/22/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xec800, SMBIOS rev. 2.1 @ 0xf13e6 (54 entries)
> bios0: Compaq Deskpro
> pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xec800/0x3800
> pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf6ff0/176 (9 entries)
> pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:20:0 ("Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x00)
> pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus
> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xe0000/0x8000!
> cpu0 at mainbus0
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x02
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x02
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Mach64 GD" rev 0x5c
> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> xl0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "3Com 3c905C 100Base-TX" rev 0x6c: irq 11, address 00:01:02:66:8e:45
> bmtphy0 at xl0 phy 24: Broadcom 3C905C internal PHY, rev. 4
> pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0:
> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 58644MB, 120103200 sectors
> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
> atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
> scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <, 40X CD-ROM, 2.B1> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable
> cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
> uhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
> usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0 at usb0
> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> piixpm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x02: SMI
> iic0 at piixpm0
> isa0 at pcib0
> isadma0 at isa0
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> sb0 at isa0 port 0x220/24 irq 5 drq 1: dsp v3.01
> midi0 at sb0:
> audio0 at sb0
> opl0 at sb0: model OPL3
> midi1 at opl0:
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi2 at pcppi0:
> spkr0 at pcppi0
> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
> pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
> fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> biomask ff45 netmask ff45 ttymask ffc7
> pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
> dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
> root on wd0a
> rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
> WARNING: / was not properly unmounted
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:49:46 -0500
>> Von: Claus
>> An:
misc@openbsd.org
>> Betreff: Server trouble shooting
>
>> Background:
>>
>> I'm running an web server with the Apache from the base install, php,
>> pureftp and postgresql database to serve multiple websites. Each
>> websites runs in its own instance of apache and one extra instance of
>> apache is doing reverse proxy via the domain name. In all 5 independent
>> apache instances are started. I've done this to separate the domains so
>> that php won't be able to access the data from another domain.
>>
>> A simplified graphic representation:
>>
>> Internet
>> |
>> NAT Firewall (OpenBSD)
>> |
>> +----------------------+
>> | | |
>> | Apache Reverse proxy | Web Server (OpenBSD 4.0)
>> | | | |
>> | dom1.com dom2.com |
>> +----------------------+
>>
>> Problem:
>>
>> This is the second time that after a period of time (1 to 3 months) that
>> the server does not respond to http, ftp and ssh. The connection seems
>> to be established but the service does not respond. Ping responds fine.
>> The first time this happened the system was in the ddb>. Since I'm not
>> to familiar with kernel debugging I simply restarted the system. :(
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> Instead of simply just rebooting the system I would like to start to
>> learn to trouble shoot the problem. Currently I'm physically away from
>> the system and can't look at the console. Since I can't connect
>> successfully via ssh is there anything else I could be doing remotely?
