apache - strange request

[drhost]

Hello
In apache status appear this request.

29-0 - 0/0/30 .  4.07 65 0 0.0 0.00 0.64  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0 
30-0 - 0/0/2 .  0.00 124 0 0.0 0.00 0.00  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0 
31-0 - 0/0/4 .  0.00 105 0 0.0 0.00 0.01  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0 
32-0 - 0/0/4 .  0.00 124 0 0.0 0.00 0.01  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0 
33-0 - 0/0/18 .  1.36 46 0 0.0 0.00 0.11  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0 
34-0 - 0/0/1 .  0.00 594 0 0.0 0.00 0.00  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0 
35-0 - 0/0/32 .  6.68 434 0 0.0 0.00 0.64  127.0.0.1 hostname.server.com OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0

Please help me
The cpu usage is increment for this.

[hostmedic]

We are seeing this as well.

Load Averages: 13.91 14.09 12.95

Any suggestions ?

[hostmedic]

Srv PID Acc M CPU SS Req Conn Child Slot Client VHost Request
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5-1 - 0/0/147 . 0.00 729 0 0.0 0.00 5.67 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
16-1 - 0/0/314 . 5.08 464 0 0.0 0.00 2.33 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
17-1 - 0/0/137 . 0.00 728 0 0.0 0.00 1.45 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
18-1 - 0/0/76 . 0.01 719 0 0.0 0.00 0.51 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
19-1 - 0/0/84 . 0.00 727 0 0.0 0.00 1.02 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
20-1 - 0/0/107 . 10.09 78 0 0.0 0.00 19.57 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
21-1 - 0/0/186 . 0.09 726 0 0.0 0.00 1.24 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
22-1 - 0/0/42 . 2.52 658 0 0.0 0.00 0.75 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
23-1 - 0/0/68 . 0.51 718 0 0.0 0.00 0.43 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
24-1 - 0/0/90 . 0.00 749 0 0.0 0.00 2.26 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
25-1 - 0/0/35 . 0.00 747 0 0.0 0.00 49.62 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
26-1 - 0/0/34 . 0.00 746 0 0.0 0.00 0.09 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
27-1 - 0/0/86 . 3.46 519 0 0.0 0.00 0.73 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
28-1 - 0/0/32 . 0.00 745 0 0.0 0.00 0.40 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
29-1 - 0/0/64 . 0.21 730 0 0.0 0.00 1.22 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
30-1 - 0/0/15 . 0.00 744 0 0.0 0.00 0.03 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
31-1 - 0/0/29 . 0.77 660 0 0.0 0.00 0.28 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
32-1 - 0/0/18 . 0.47 702 0 0.0 0.00 0.03 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
33-1 - 0/0/28 . 0.00 743 0 0.0 0.00 0.02 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
34-1 - 0/0/9 . 0.00 742 0 0.0 0.00 0.09 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
35-1 - 0/0/54 . 6.98 601 0 0.0 0.00 0.59 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
36-1 - 0/0/15 . 0.00 741 0 0.0 0.00 0.02 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
37-1 - 0/0/15 . 0.00 740 0 0.0 0.00 0.11 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
38-1 - 0/0/31 . 2.96 523 0 0.0 0.00 0.76 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
39-1 - 0/0/10 . 0.00 739 0 0.0 0.00 0.01 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
40-1 - 0/0/65 . 2.75 467 0 0.0 0.00 0.32 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
41-1 - 0/0/104 . 11.26 76 0 0.0 0.00 1.20 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
42-1 - 0/0/18 . 0.05 725 0 0.0 0.00 0.22 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
43-1 - 0/0/26 . 0.66 2779 0 0.0 0.00 0.21 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
44-1 - 0/0/7 . 0.00 2889 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
45-1 - 0/0/4 . 1.81 2743 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
46-1 - 0/0/4 . 0.36 2893 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
47-1 - 0/0/8 . 0.09 2771 0 0.0 0.00 0.05 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
48-1 - 0/0/3 . 0.00 2890 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
49-1 - 0/0/10 . 0.42 2824 0 0.0 0.00 0.05 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
50-1 - 0/0/22 . 2.46 2877 0 0.0 0.00 0.12 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
51-1 - 0/0/5 . 0.36 2792 0 0.0 0.00 0.01 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
52-1 - 0/0/8 . 1.16 2850 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
53-1 - 0/0/21 . 2.46 2770 0 0.0 0.00 0.31 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
54-1 - 0/0/9 . 1.93 2738 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
55-1 - 0/0/29 . 1.19 2965 0 0.0 0.00 0.26 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
56-1 - 0/0/4 . 1.55 2726 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
57-1 - 0/0/10 . 0.55 3192 0 0.0 0.00 0.01 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
58-1 - 0/0/6 . 1.04 2775 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
59-1 - 0/0/3 . 0.34 3272 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
60-1 - 0/0/2 . 0.59 2888 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
61-1 - 0/0/10 . 0.46 3171 0 0.0 0.00 0.07 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
62-1 - 0/0/10 . 1.26 2780 0 0.0 0.00 0.07 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
63-1 - 0/0/4 . 0.69 2924 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
64-1 - 0/0/32 . 8.02 2295 0 0.0 0.00 0.24 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
65-1 - 0/0/11 . 2.31 2777 0 0.0 0.00 0.03 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
66-1 - 0/0/7 . 1.70 2520 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
67-1 - 0/0/8 . 1.97 2768 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0
68-1 - 0/0/2 . 0.42 3182 30 0.0 0.00 0.00 127.0.0.1 hostname.here OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0

Strange as I cannot figure out why the server is doing this -
I see them in the apache logs but cannot figure what is doing the calling

[hostmedic]

ok - it only happens on apache 2.2
Also -watching this - it seems it might be related to the way WHM now shows the server load.
in WHM i think it is pulling as local - thus 127.0.0.1

I read this in another posting online and it works

Okay solved it.

For anyone interested in this, here's what I did:

1 -- Backed up the httpd.conf file.

2 -- Pico-ed into the httpd.conf file and scrolled down to the LogFormat section.

3 -- You will see a section that starts with this:

<IfModule log_config_module>
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

CustomLog logs/access_log common

Just change the CustomLog line, and enter a new line just above it. So your final will look like this:


<IfModule log_config_module>
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

SetEnvIf Remote_Addr "127\.0\.0\.1" exclude_from_log
CustomLog logs/access_log common env=!exclude_from_log



4 -- Restart Apache and now you should see no such entires when tailing /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log

Please note, that on one of our servers I had to use the following line instead, because the localhost entries were starting with ::1 rather than 127.0.0.1

SetEnvIf Remote_Addr "\:\:1" exclude_from_log


Also note ---> If you try this and it screws something up (it shouldn't), I take absolutely no responsibility. Again, be sure to backup your httpd.conf file before doing ANY work with this.

This removed the entries from the whm apache status as well as the logs.
Its nice not having the logs so large for something so silly.

[d_t]

I think they are “Apache (internal dummy connection)”. These "Dummy connections" are used internally by apache to destroy child processes.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ection-506054/

[rsaylor]

Thank you!