[ic] mod_interchange and Apache MaxClients

[Ron Phipps]

> From: interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org
[mailto:interchange-users-
> bounces at icdevgroup.org] On Behalf Of John1
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 5:26 PM
> 
<snip>
> >
> > Kevin asked me to try the following:
> >
> > You could set up a cgi-bin executable on a "testing" subdomain,
along
> > with a "/cgi-bin/foo" alias on the end of your Catalog line.
if/when
> > Interchange stops responding, try sending requests through the CGI.
If
> > the requests fail there as well then the finger points at
Interchange,
> > otherwise it would look more like a mod_interchange (or Apache
module
> > API) issue.
> >
> > I will be trying the above steps the next time the site goes down to
> > see if we are seeing a problem with Interchange or a problem with
> > Apache/mod_interchange communicating with Interchange.  John and
Jeff
> > it'd be great if you could do the same on your systems so we have
more
> > then one result.
> >
> I will try to do this but may take me a while to remember/figure out
how
> to
> do this - if you have time to post a snippet from you catalog config
once
> you have done this it would be appreciated.
> 
> > Also post your mod_interchange section for Apache so we can see if
we
> > are all communicating with IC via unix sockets or tcp.  My config is
> > as follows:
> >
> > <Location />
> >        SetHandler interchange-handler
> >        InterchangeServer 127.0.0.1:7483
> >        DropRequestList /default.ida /x.ida /cmd.exe /root.exe
> >        OrdinaryFileList /w3c/ /webstats/ /rss/ /classes/ /banner/
> > /images/ /guides/ /nav/ /ebay/ /guides/
> > </Location>
> >
> I am running via Unix sockets:
> <Location />
> InterchangeServer /usr/local/interchange/socket
> ...
> </Location>
> 
> I have recently also enabled Inet mode from localhost by adding the
> following to my interchange.cfg:
> 
> Inet_Mode Yes
> TcpMap 127.0.0.1:7786 -
> 
> The reason I did this was to allow me to telnet to Interchange when
the
> site
> stopped responding to try to verify whether Interchange was still
> responding.  When the site last stopped I did "telnet 127.0.0.1 7786"
and
> I
> did get a connection, but I wasn't sure what else to input in the
telnet
> session confirm whether Interchange was responding.  Is this a useful
test
> and if so, what should I key into the telnet session to confirm
> Interchange
> is alive and well?  Thanks

I tried the same as well and would like to know what we could type in
the telnet session, if anything, to verify the server is still
processing requests?  Perhaps Mike can elaborate on this?

Thanks!
-Ron