OS is CentOS based Scientific Linux 6.5. Squid is version 3.4.6 (updated
today) but was happening as well with 3.4.5.
This happens only after a reboot, so there has to be an issue in the
/etc/init.d/squid startup script causing this. Something on initial
startup is causing it to start and then immediately exit with the status
0. Subsequent startup attempts by it causes the ssl_crtd helpers to
crash, so I want to prevent that initial automated "exit with status 0".
A manual "service squid start" allows it to start without a problem.
We even tried a delayed secondary startup in /etc/rc.local pointing to a
basic (chmod +x) script that says
#!/bin/bash
sleep 60
service squid start
but that doesn't help, the exact same thing happens when it tries to
start, so I suspect something in the init.d script.
Permissions are all set, selinux is disabled.
From the var/log/messages
Jun 26 11:41:05 cogicm01 squid[1544]: Squid Parent: will start 1 kids
Jun 26 11:41:05 cogicm01 squid[1544]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1547 started
Jun 26 11:41:05 cogicm01 squid[1544]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1547 exited with status 0
Jun 26 11:41:10 cogicm01 squid[1561]: Squid Parent: will start 1 kids
Jun 26 11:41:10 cogicm01 squid[1561]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1563 started
Jun 26 11:41:10 cogicm01 squid[1561]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1563 exited with status 0
Jun 26 11:41:15 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: will start 1 kids
Jun 26 11:41:15 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1568 started
Jun 26 11:41:15 cogicm01 (squid-1): The ssl_crtd helpers are crashing
too rapidly, need help!
Jun 26 11:41:16 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1568 exited with status 1
Jun 26 11:41:19 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1577 started
Jun 26 11:41:19 cogicm01 (squid-1): The ssl_crtd helpers are crashing
too rapidly, need help!
Jun 26 11:41:19 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1577 exited with status 1
Jun 26 11:41:22 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1610 started
Jun 26 11:41:22 cogicm01 (squid-1): The ssl_crtd helpers are crashing
too rapidly, need help!
Jun 26 11:41:22 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1610 exited with status 1
Jun 26 11:41:25 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1617 started
Jun 26 11:41:25 cogicm01 (squid-1): The ssl_crtd helpers are crashing
too rapidly, need help!
Jun 26 11:41:25 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1617 exited with status 1
Jun 26 11:41:28 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1624 started
Jun 26 11:41:29 cogicm01 (squid-1): The ssl_crtd helpers are crashing
too rapidly, need help!
Jun 26 11:41:29 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1624 exited with status 1
Jun 26 11:41:29 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process
1624 will not be restarted due to repeated, frequent failures
Jun 26 11:41:29 cogicm01 squid[1566]: Exiting due to repeated, frequent
failures
Based on my last email, I adjusted things since it kept trying to remove
a pid folder that is there but empty, whereas the pid file itself is
within the normal /var/run/ folder, not the /var/run/squid/ folder. This
means on shutdown or service restart, it was not removing the old pid
file. So I adjusted it on stop or restart to remove the .pid file which
works. But the above issue on system startup remains.
The init script:
#!/bin/bash
# chkconfig: - 90 25
# pidfile: /var/run/squid.pid
# config: /etc/squid/squid.conf
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: squid
# Short-Description: starting and stopping Squid Internet Object Cache
# Description: Squid - Internet Object Cache. Internet object caching is \
# a way to store requested Internet objects (i.e., data available \
# via the HTTP, FTP, and gopher protocols) on a system closer to the \
# requesting site than to the source. Web browsers can then use the \
# local Squid cache as a proxy HTTP server, reducing access time as \
# well as bandwidth consumption.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin
export PATH
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/squid ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/squid
fi
# don't raise an error if the config file is incomplete
# set defaults instead:
SQUID="/usr/sbin/squid" && SQUID=squid
SQUID_OPTS=${SQUID_OPTS:-""}
SQUID_PIDFILE_TIMEOUT=${SQUID_PIDFILE_TIMEOUT:-20}
SQUID_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=${SQUID_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT:-30}
SQUID_CONF=${SQUID_CONF:-"/etc/squid/squid.conf"}
SQUID_PIDFILE_DIR="/var/run/squid"
SQUID_USER="squid"
SQUID_DIR="squid"
# determine the name of the squid binary
[ -f /usr/sbin/squid ] && SQUID=squid
prog="$SQUID"
# determine which one is the cache_swap directory
CACHE_SWAP=`sed -e 's/#.*//g' $SQUID_CONF | \
grep cache_dir | awk '{ print $3 }'`
RETVAL=0
probe() {
# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 1
[ `id -u` -ne 0 ] && exit 4
# check if the squid conf file is present
[ -f $SQUID_CONF ] || exit 6
}
start() {
# Check if $SQUID_PIDFILE_DIR exists and if not, lets create it
and give squid permissions.
# if [ ! -d $SQUID_PIDFILE_DIR ] ; then mkdir $SQUID_PIDFILE_DIR ;
chown -R $SQUID_USER.$SQUID_DIR $SQUID_PIDFILE_DIR; fi
# probe
parse=`$SQUID -k parse -f $SQUID_CONF 2>&1`
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
echo_failure
echo
echo "$parse"
return 1
fi
# for adir in $CACHE_SWAP; do
# if [ ! -d $adir/00 ]; then
# echo -n "init_cache_dir $adir... "
# $SQUID -z -F -f $SQUID_CONF >>
/var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
# fi
# done
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
sleep 5
squid -z
sleep 5
$SQUID >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
timeout=5;
while : ; do
[ ! -f /var/run/squid.pid ] || break
if [ $timeout -ge $SQUID_PIDFILE_TIMEOUT ]; then
RETVAL=1
break
fi
sleep 5 && echo -n "."
timeout=$((timeout+1))
done
fi
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$SQUID
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo_success
[ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && echo_failure
echo
return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
$SQUID -k check -f $SQUID_CONF >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
$SQUID -k shutdown -f $SQUID_CONF &
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$SQUID
timeout=0
while : ; do
[ -f /var/run/squid.pid ] || break
if [ $timeout -ge $SQUID_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT ]; then
echo
return 1
fi
sleep 2 && echo -n "."
timeout=$((timeout+2))
done
echo_success
echo
else
echo_failure
if [ ! -e /var/lock/subsys/$SQUID ]; then
RETVAL=0
fi
echo
fi
rm -rf /var/run/squid.pid
return $RETVAL
}
reload() {
$SQUID $SQUID_OPTS -k reconfigure -f $SQUID_CONF
}
restart() {
stop
rm -rf /var/run/squid.pid
start
}
condrestart() {
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/squid ] && restart || :
}
rhstatus() {
status $SQUID && $SQUID -k check -f $SQUID_CONF
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
reload|force-reload)
reload
;;
restart)
restart
;;
condrestart|try-restart)
condrestart
;;
status)
rhstatus
;;
probe)
probe
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0
{start|stop|status|reload|force-reload|restart|try-restart|probe}"
exit 2
esac
exit $?
