Package: apache2 Version: 2.4.10-10+deb8u4 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
On Debian systems running SystemD we've noticed that systemd-sysv-generator generates an incorrect service file, which causes systemctl to report incorrect service status. This bugreport is identical to a similar report I've submitted for unbound. For information please see: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807132 Normal operation: # systemctl status apache2 ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2) Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-01-27 13:32:00 CET; 4 months 19 days ago Process: 24838 ExecReload=/etc/init.d/apache2 reload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service We now kill apache2, verify no processes are running, and ask systemd for a status: # killall -9 /usr/sbin/apache2 # ps -aux | grep apache | grep -v root # systemctl status apache2 ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2016-01-27 13:32:00 CET; 4 months 19 days ago Process: 24838 ExecReload=/etc/init.d/apache2 reload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) It says "active (exited)". It is clearly not only exited, it is not active either. Asking systemd to start the service has no effect: # systemctl start apache2 # ps -aux | grep apache | grep -v root Only stopping and starting and/or 'restart' works to resolve the issue. Implemeting this override in SystemD seems to resolve the issue: Create file: /etc/systemd/system/apache2.service.d/sysv-generator-overrides.conf with the following content: [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid RemainAfterExit=no Restart=on-failure Then run systemctl daemon-reload The issue is now resolved: Normal operation: # systemctl status apache2 ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/apache2.service.d └─sysv-generator-overrides.conf Active: active (running) since Thu 2016-06-16 09:56:28 CEST; 16min ago We now kill apache2, verify no processes are running, and ask systemd for a status: # killall -9 /usr/sbin/apache2 # ps -aux | grep apache | grep -v root # systemctl status apache2 # systemctl status apache2 ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/apache2.service.d └─sysv-generator-overrides.conf Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Thu 2016-06-16 10:13:13 CEST; 2s ago I believe this bug is important, because the incorrect status report by systemctl causes monitoring tools to beeing misled. e.g. tools like Puppet use systemctl to verify service status. A puppet manifest to ensure Apache is running has no effect, because Puppet relies on systemd. -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages apache2 depends on: ii apache2-bin 2.4.10-10+deb8u4 ii apache2-data 2.4.10-10+deb8u4 ii apache2-utils 2.4.10-10+deb8u4 ii dpkg 1.17.27 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian13+nmu1 ii mime-support 3.58 ii perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u5 ii procps 2:3.3.9-9 Versions of packages apache2 recommends: ii ssl-cert 1.0.35 Versions of packages apache2 suggests: pn apache2-doc <none> pn apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom <none> pn www-browser <none> Versions of packages apache2-bin depends on: ii libapr1 1.5.1-3 ii libaprutil1 1.5.4-1 ii libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 1.5.4-1 ii libaprutil1-ldap 1.5.4-1 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u4 ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u2 ii liblua5.1-0 5.1.5-7.1 ii libpcre3 2:8.35-3.3+deb8u4 ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1t-1+deb8u2 ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u2 ii perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u5 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 Versions of packages apache2-bin suggests: pn apache2-doc <none> pn apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom <none> pn www-browser <none> Versions of packages apache2 is related to: ii apache2 2.4.10-10+deb8u4 ii apache2-bin 2.4.10-10+deb8u4 -- Configuration Files: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf changed [not included] /etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_event.conf changed [not included] /etc/apache2/mods-available/ssl.conf changed [not included] /etc/apache2/mods-available/status.conf changed [not included] -- debconf-show failed
