nxlog-4.6.4640 self stops | Log collection solutions

#1 hatula 4 years ago

Hello!

I updated my nxlog server to 4.6.4640, and today during the day I saw a new for me error in log file:

2020-03-02 18:03:01 WARNING nxlog received a termination request signal, exiting...
2020-03-02 18:03:11 ERROR failed to stop module in, module is busy
2020-03-02 18:03:16 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable
2020-03-02 18:03:16 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable
2020-03-02 18:03:16 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable
2020-03-02 18:03:17 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable
2020-03-02 18:03:17 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable
2020-03-02 18:04:09 ERROR timed out waiting for threads to exit
2020-03-02 18:04:19 ERROR failed to shutdown module in, module is busy

And nxlog server was down until I restarted it. This situation is repeated several times per hour.

Please help. Thaks a lot!

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#2 manuel.munozDeactivated Nxlog ✓ 4 years ago

#1 hatula

Hello! I updated my nxlog server to 4.6.4640, and today during the day I saw a new for me error in log file: 2020-03-02 18:03:01 WARNING nxlog received a termination request signal, exiting... 2020-03-02 18:03:11 ERROR failed to stop module in, module is busy 2020-03-02 18:03:16 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable 2020-03-02 18:03:16 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable 2020-03-02 18:03:16 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable 2020-03-02 18:03:17 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable 2020-03-02 18:03:17 ERROR Another instance is already running (pid 5075);Resource temporarily unavailable 2020-03-02 18:04:09 ERROR timed out waiting for threads to exit 2020-03-02 18:04:19 ERROR failed to shutdown module in, module is busy And nxlog server was down until I restarted it. This situation is repeated several times per hour. Please help. Thaks a lot!

Hatula,

There is something in one of your input modules preventing it from stopping, probably an open file. You can always kill the process using the PID in the error message.