[rt-users] Memory leak (RT 4.0.5)

[Austin Denyer]

Thanks for your response!

On 04/18/2012 10:31 AM, Tim Cutts wrote:
> 
> On 18 Apr 2012, at 13:07, Austin Denyer wrote:
> 
>>
>> System:
>> RT version         4.0.5
>> Apache version     2.2.16
>> PostgreSQL version 8.4.11
>> Debian version     6.0.4
>> Kernel version     2.6.24-25-xen (64-bit)
>>
> 
> I've not used the Debian packaged version - is it using mod_perl, or
> mod_fastcgi or mod_fcgid? 

It is using mod_perl.  It didn't have mod_fastcgi or mod_fcgid installed.

> I found that using mod_fastcgi we had
> severe memory leak problems, so yes there does seem to be a memory
> leak in RT, but I don't know where.  However, I mitigated the
> problem by switching to mod_fcgid in the Apache config, because it
> has useful knobs you can tweak to tell it to start new CGI processes
> every so often, or after a certain number of requests have been
> handled.  Thus no individual RT server process now lives long enough
> for the memory leak to be a significant problem.  Here's my
> /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/fcgid.conf:
> 
> <IfModule mod_fcgid.c>
>   AddHandler    fcgid-script .fcgi
>   FcgidConnectTimeout 20
>   FcgidIdleTimeout 300
>   FcgidProcessLifetime 3600
>   FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 1000
> </IfModule>

Cool.  I've just installed mod_fcgid, made the above changes to
/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/fcgid.conf and restarted Apache, though I'm
not sure how to get RT to use it.

Regards,
Austin.
-- 
Austin L. Denyer.
I. T. Server & Security Administrator.

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