Collectinfo.pl again

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Ubuntu 20.04
Webmin version 2.111
Virtualmin version 7.10.0
Webserver version Apache 2.4.41
Related packages SUGGESTED

One of my servers has been running multiple instances of collectinfo.pl, using a large amount of RAM. I’ve reviewed the previous closed topics on the archive site and in the forum here.

I tried to change the interval that collectinfo.pl runs, to 60 minutes. However the problem continued and when I went back to check the setting, it was back to 5 minutes. I set it to 60 2 more times, went back to webmin and then back to virtualmin to check the settings so, at least on my system, that setting doesn’t stick.

I changed it to Never Run and that seems to be sticking and the server is running OK at this point. But I need this running at some point, do I not?

Hello,

To start, you should upgrade to the latest Webmin 2.202 and Virtualmin 7.20.2 versions.

I changed it to Never Run and that seems to be sticking and the server is running OK at this point. But I need this running at some point, do I not?

Yes, I would advise against disabling Webmin scheduled cron jobs completely. You really should simply increase the interval at which it runs.

Where exactly are you trying to tweak it?

I would guess this reason ?

Thanks for this, I actually wasn’t aware that I was so far behind and it wasn’t updating automatically. I guess since August of last year. I’ve run the script for configuring the repository and it’s up to date now. v 2.202.

I am using the UI at Virtualmin->System Settings->Virtualmin Configuration->Status Collection. But since I posted the original question I discovered that changing the setting seems to only become effective after running Re-Check Configuration. I did that last night without realizing it’s importance. I’ve now changed the Status Collection to 60 minutes, and it’s been running like that for about 3 hours. After changing that setting I killed the existing collectinfo.pl processes to start fresh. Performance instantly stabilized.

I’ve been monitoring it closely. A new pair of collectinfo.pl and webmincron.pl processes started about 70 minutes ago. They are still running. About 10 minutes ago a 2nd pair of those processes started, so now I have two pairs of those processes running. I took a screen shot of the original collectinfo.pl almost an hour into it’s process. I’ll try and upload it here. Knowing next to nothing about linux processes, I found it very interesting that almost an hour into it’s life, it’s “run time” was only 17:23.

I just checked again, all those two pairs of processes have now gone away. According to the Stats History/CPU, this happened about 3 minutes ago, with CPU going from about 75% to normal range of 5-50%.

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