Package: varnish
Version: 7.7.0-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
The systemd service file for varnishncsa does not invoke the daemon
mode. However the ExecReload sends SIHGHUP to the process. According to
the manpage:
Rotate the log file (see -w option) in daemon mode, abort the loop
and die gracefully when running in the foreground.
As the process thinks it's running in the foreground, the logrotate
postrotate script does systemctl try-reload-or-restart which effectively
kills the process.
I suggest changing the systemd service file to invoke the daemon mode;
I've attached a patch that seems to work for me.
Thanks,
Paul
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (800, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500,
'stable-security'), (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable-security'),
(500, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (100, 'trixie-fasttrack'), (100,
'bookworm-fasttrack'), (100, 'bookworm-backports-staging')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
--- /lib/systemd/system/varnishncsa.service 2025-06-08 13:43:35.000000000
+0200
+++ /etc/systemd/system/varnishncsa.service 2025-10-14 11:04:25.353741661
+0200
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
After=varnish.service
[Service]
-Type=exec
+# Type=exec
+Type=forking
User=varnishlog
Group=varnish
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/varnishncsa -a -w /var/log/varnish/varnishncsa.log
+RuntimeDirectory=varnishncsa
+PIDFile=/run/varnishncsa/varnishncsa.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/varnishncsa -a -D -P %t/varnishncsa/varnishncsa.pid -w
/var/log/varnish/varnishncsa.log
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure
LogsDirectory=varnish
