mod_fcgid timeout ?

Virtualmin
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I’m running Virtualmin Pro on Centos 5.1
Many hosted sites run various php mailer script but they both cant complete their cycle, I got:

"Thu Apr 10 02:06:03 2008] [warn] mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 40 seconds [Thu Apr 10 02:06:03 2008] [info] (110)Connection timed out: mod_fcgid: can’t read data from fcgid handler [Thu Apr 10 02:06:03 2008] [warn] (110)Connection timed out: mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request function "

I think it’s related with some mod_fcgid timeout but I cant figure out how to override it
any advice?

thx
Andrea

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Actually I suspect something is slowing down mail commands from PHP…40 seconds ought to be plenty of time to send an email. (Though sometimes I see fcgid timeout errors on our systems…it’s never been mail related, as far as I know.)

Try running a test email script from the command line to see how long it takes to send out a message from PHP. That might give you some clues.

You can adjust the timeout for Apache IPC (which I think is the only timeout that effects fcgid) using these two directives in httpd.conf:

IPCConnectTimeout 20
IPCCommTimeout 300

Both times are in seconds.

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thx, after adding those two lines with the proper timeout everything went fine !!
thx!!

ANdrea

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Awesome. Thanks for the update!

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By the way, this bug http://www.virtualmin.com/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=3860 is for a request to set the IPCCommTimeout to the PHP max execution time, which will be implemented in Virtualmin 3.56.

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Thank you Jamie!

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Where exactly, in the VirtualMin/WebMin interface does one go to edit the IPCComTimeout?

We seem to be having this problem on our server, and, while I can edit the httpd.conf file directly, I like to learn where these things are in the VirtualMin GUI…which is maze like…can we PLEEEEZZE DADDY get a Search option added to the UI? :slight_smile:

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Well, first off, if you’d like to be able to search in the Virtualmin GUI, just click the Webmin link on the top-left, and look on the bottom of the left column – there’s a Search textbox there.

However, I believe the IPCComTimeout param is one that you’ll need to add manually to the Apache config.

Just go into Webmin -> Servers -> Apache Webserver -> Global configuration -> Edit Config Files, and add it to the end there somewhere.
-Eric

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that search box is actually pretty powerful.
never used it/noticed it really, lol
thx for pointing out

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I keep seeing the error:
mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 40 seconds

No matter where I add the following:

IPCConnectTimeout 20
IPCCommTimeout 300

I have edited the directives in
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

and I have eddited the directives in
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks =)

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Are you sure your script is returning in reasonable time? I’m guessing 40 seconds is the maximum set in PHP, perhaps. I don’t really know as I’ve never run into this myself.

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Joe, thanks for the help.

The issue is with the maintenance script that runs once an hour for OpenX.

Sometimes it finishes without the error, but, I assume, when there is more to process it errors out.

I just can’t find where 40 seconds is specified anywhere. Everything that I can find from php to fcgi is set to a 60 second maximum.

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…well, 60 seconds or higher.